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Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 8:26PM 
In a recent Simpleton blog there was commentary on the rise of the far right in Australia. You’re not alone – and if you come to work in the UK you may well be affected.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 8:15PM 
In 1982 Argentina invaded a group of islands in the South Atlantic owned by Britain. Famously Margaret Thatcher sent a fleet of ships and a load of soldiers 9000 miles south, and chucked the invaders out. I visited there 4 years later and already land prices were soaring over the possibility of oil under the islands…
Argentina, Falkland Islands, General Gateliri, UK in Politics, Workd Monday, September 12, 2011 at 10:24PM 
When the Liberal Democrats formed coalition government with the Conservative party, they sort of knew what they were getting into. "The Coalition: Our Programme For Government" has drawn criticism from a number of major political analysts and of course the people of United Kingdom. The coalition has been pushing for stronger civil liberties, a significant premium funding for educating the poorer sections, and a marked resistance towards non-EU immigration. While many of these have found support with people, the Coalition has been criticised for many decisions that have been described as drastic.
The latest criticism that the coalition has come under is because of a new decision to increase the mean retirement age to 67 by 2026. The argument that people have a greater life expectancy today than the previous generation did, and that working for a year more or two would only enhance people's quality of life has been the coalition's favourite argument, which has also met stiff resistance from people who work in public sector. The decision would be enforced anytime soon, which means millions of people who are aged 50 or under at the moment would have to work for a longer time before they start receiving the pension.
