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| A third of Britons do not trust any politician, a poll revealed today. Of the remaining two-thirds, more said they trusted Tory leader David Cameron to keep his word (21 percent) than Prime Minister Gordon Brown (12 percent). London Mayer Boris Johnson was in second place in political selections with 20 percent. The Queen was the most trusted person in the public eye said YouGov. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel- April 17th 2009 |
| Town halls must be able to show pay for senior officers is “reasonable” a local government chief warned today as it emerged more than 1,000 are now paid six-figure salaries. Research by The Taxpayers’ Alliance showed the number earning more than £100,000 a year had soared by 27 per cent since last year, with several chief executives on packages worth more than twice that. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - April 6th 2009 |
| A church leader has blasted the British National Party for promoting “division, fear and hatred” and is now urging voters to reject the far-right group in upcoming elections. The Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester, spoke out against the BNP during a speech to Manchester City Council. He said the party has “a racial analysis at the core of its philosophy” that was incompatible with British democracy. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - March 26th 2009 |
| Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive the U.S.’s highest civil award, the Medal of Freedom, at a ceremony in Washington today. A week before he leaves office President George Bush will bestow the honour in recognition of the ex-premier’s work to “improve the lives of citizens” and for his effort to promote “democracy, human rights and peace abroad”. President Bush has handed out 78 such awards during his eight-year reign. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - 13th January 2009 |
| The Daily Telegraph reported that a town councillor at Dartmouth in Devon “could be banned from official meetings for refusing to pray with colleagues and listening to his iPod instead”. The paper said that Brian Boughton had refused to take part in prayers, which have opened monthly meetings for decades. He commented that compulsory prayers were abolished years ago, but another councillor was quoted as saying Mr Boughton had been “disrespectful” by standing “clicking his fingers to an iPod”. | |
| Politics | The War Cry – 7th February 2009 |
| Public confidence in Gordon Brown as the best leader to deal with the economic crisis has fallen sharply. The populus survey found Mr Brown was rated best to lead Braitan through the recession by 42 per cent of those questioned, compared to 52 per cent in a similar poll a fortnight ago. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel – 28th November |
| The European Parliament’s employment committee is due to vote today on whether Britain should keep its opt out from EU rules which limit the working week elsewhere in Europe to 48 hours. Labour members on the committee back the scrapping of the opt out from the Working Time Directive, despite Gordon Brown’s opposition. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - November 5th |
| A campaign to scrap the historic requirement on MPs to swear allegiance to the monarch has been described by a Conservative peer as an attack on the state. Former Tory chairman Lord Tebbit condemned MPs who want to see an alternative oath allowing them to pledge to serve their constituents rather than the queen. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - August 8th 2008 |
| Officials are investigating reports that two Britons have been detained in china after unfurling Tibetan flags and two banners outside the bird’s nest Olympic stadium in Beijing, the British Embassy in Beijing said today. The protest group Students for a free Tibet said four Tibet activists from Britain and the United States were detained in Beijing today after displaying two 140-square-foot banners outside the Olympic stadium. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - August 6th 2008 |
| The national census is a £500 million waste of money and should be scrapped, a think tank said today. A report by the New Local Government Network (NLGN) says information collected by the 10-yearly survey is out of date by the time it is published and underestimates the number of people living in Britain. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - August 21st 2008 |
| ‘God Talk’ is still the way to move the masses, according to a think tank’s research showing that politicians are increasingly referring to religion. As the political parties gather for their annual conferences, public theology think tank Theos reveals a growing use of ‘God talk’ by party leaders in their conference speeches. Labour, under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, has made most use of ‘God talk’. In the 10 conference speeches examined, Labour’s leaders have made 98 religious references compared with 65 for the Conservatives and 23 for the Liberal Democrats. Gordon Brown made an average of 14 references per speech, to Tony Blair’s 9.3 and David Cameron’s 8.3. Although the research shows a steady increase through the decade, there was a spike in 2001 when each of the speeches was delivered within weeks of the 9/11 attacks. | |
| Politics | The Church of England Newspaper - September 19th 2008 |
| The UK is heading for an economic “horror movie” and will struggle to avoid recession next year, a think tank has claimed. Ernst & Young’s ITEM club is forecasting GDP growth of one per cent next year, inflation to remain above the Government’s target for the next 12 months, and a “substantial” increase in unemployment | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - July 21st 2008 |
| Britain’s tax bill has increased by more than 50 per cent in the past 10 years under labour, it was claimed today. A report by the TaxPayers’ Alliance pressure group said the total tax burden now stood at £517 billion a year – or £20,700 per household. That compared with a tax take of £294 billion in 1997-98 when Labour came to power. | |
| Politics | The Sentinel - May 12th 2008 |
| The majority of voters believe that “green taxes” are designed mainly to fill the Government’s coffers, rather than to encourage environmentally friendly behaviour, according to a poll released today. | |
| Politics | Evening Sentinel - March 11th 2008 |
| The Catholic Church in Australia has applauded Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s long awaited apology to the nation’s Aboriginals. “Today is a great day in the history of our nation because it represents a much longed-for point of arrival,” conference president Archbishop of Adelaide Phillip Wilson said. “For true healing to take place we must also acknowledge that this national apology is a point, not only of arrival, but a point of hope and a point of departure.” “As of today the time for denial, the time for delay, has at last come to an end,” Mr Rudd said in his speech accompanying the apology. “As prime minister of Australia, I am sorry. On behalf of the government of Australia, I am sorry. On behalf of the Parliament, I am sorry.”“I offer this apology without qualification.” | |
| Politics | The Universe - February 24th 08 |
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