Month: May 2024

UK News: Incident in Belfast follows gaffe in Welsh brewery and campaign launch where Labour anthem was played

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In her interviews this morning Claire Coutinho, the energy secretary, also claimed the decision by Ofgem to bring down the energy price cap by 7% to the equivalent of £1,568 a year this summer was “welcome news for families”.

Ed Miliband, the shadow energy secretary, said this argument showed the Tories were complacent and out of touch. In a statement he said:

Only Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives could look at energy bills still being hundreds of pounds a year higher for families and call it good news.

This government is totally out of touch with the cost of living crisis families face. The British people know that they are paying the price for 14 years of failed Conservative energy policy.

If you look at these smoke-free generation, he took a very bold decision to do something … It was controversial in certain quarters.

I think what he’s done is won the argument on it. And that is exactly what Rishi Sunak is like as a politician. I’ve known him a long time, and the whole time I’ve known him he’s been the kind of person who does take on big arguments. Continue reading…
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Before, during and after the 1998 Good Friday agreement, Gareth McConnell went around Belfast photographing the sectarian murals that characterise the city’s streetscapes. “The murals are everywhere, and they’re huge,” says the Northern Irish photographer and publisher. “For years now, taxi drivers have been taking people on tours of them.” McConnell photographed murals from both sides of the conflict, but focused on such small details that they are not identifiable. “I wanted to explore the language of form and colour,” he says. “Abstraction as a means of accessing a different kind of spiritual realm, trying to tap into a deeper, more universal understanding.”

* Details of Sectarian Murals, 1997-99 is published by Sorika ( £ 35 )

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Incident in Belfast follows gaffe in Welsh brewery and campaign launch where Labour anthem was played

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In her interviews this morning Claire Coutinho, the energy secretary, also claimed the decision by Ofgem to bring down the energy price cap by 7% to the equivalent of £1,568 a year this summer was “welcome news for families”.

Ed Miliband, the shadow energy secretary, said this argument showed the Tories were complacent and out of touch. In a statement he said:

Only Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives could look at energy bills still being hundreds of pounds a year higher for families and call it good news.

This government is totally out of touch with the cost of living crisis families face. The British people know that they are paying the price for 14 years of failed Conservative energy policy.

If you look at these smoke-free generation, he took a very bold decision to do something … It was controversial in certain quarters.

I think what he’s done is won the argument on it. And that is exactly what Rishi Sunak is like as a politician. I’ve known him a long time, and the whole time I’ve known him he’s been the kind of person who does take on big arguments. Continue reading…
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ICYMI: Recipe Listings: This creamy buttery nipple shot is an easy cocktail shot made with 2 ingredients aka butterscotch schnapps and Bailey Irish cream. Serve as a 2 layer party shot or as a regular cocktail. Continue reading Buttery Nipple Shot at Recipes From A Pantry.http://dlvr.it/T7G05N
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