Tag: UK Justice system
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Brexit: ‘the people have spoken’ insists May
An explosive weekend in Britain saw an MP resign, judges attacked, and Nigel Farage hinting at revolution. Theresa May is firm on Brexit. But many are now predicting a snap general election.
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A Brexit thunderbolt from the High Court
In one of the biggest legal shocks of the decade British judges yesterday ruled that the prime minister must get approval from parliament before she can lead the country out of the EU.
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Theresa May: meet the UK’s new prime minister
Britain has its 76th prime minister — and for only the second time, she is a woman. She has an image as an earnest politician with a grasp of detail. Is she the leader the country needs?
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Survivors’ anger as Breivik wins rights case
Anders Breivik killed 77 in a terrorist attack. A court has ruled that his human rights have been violated in prison. Should society’s worst criminals enjoy the same rights as everyone else?
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Hillsborough: 96 dead who were wrongly smeared
For 27 years, the police hid the truth about a disaster which cost 96 lives. Yesterday, a jury declared them responsible. Was their cover-up worse than their negligence?
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New laws to stop cosmetic surgery ‘cowboys’
Across the world, millions go ‘under the knife’ to improve their looks. The UK is introducing new rules in its cosmetic surgery industry — but why do people want to change their appearance?
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UK media gagged by privacy injunction ‘farce’
A celebrity scandal has already been reported in the USA and Scotland including names — banned from publication in England and Wales. Do the famous deserve a legal right to privacy?
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No jail for ‘Heathrow 13’ who held up flights
Activists who oppose the expansion of Heathrow have been spared prison sentences after disrupting flights at the airport last year. But can such action be justified in a democratic society?
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Sovereignty: rival camps argue over EU’s power
Britain’s Parliament spent centuries winning the right to make its own laws. Now, some fear this power is being eroded by an overreaching European Union. How important is sovereignty?
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Ten million locked up as jail population soars
Yesterday Britain’s prime minister called the UK’s justice system a ‘scandalous failure’. More people live behind bars than ever before. Jails cost the USA $80bn a year. Time to break free?
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Putin ‘probably’ killed rebel spy in London
Yesterday an inquiry declared that one of the world’s most powerful men had ‘probably’ agreed to poison a dissident in a London hotel. But can the West afford to stand up to Vladimir Putin?
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Facebook’s tiny tax bill sparks anger
It dominates many Brits’ lives, but Facebook paid less than £5,000 in corporation tax last year. Is it time to defriend the social network — or would we only be harming ourselves?
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Outrage over ‘sexist’ LinkedIn message
A vicious debate is in full flow after a senior lawyer called his female colleague ‘stunning’ online. There have been accusations on all sides. What is the problem?
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RAF drone kills two British men in Syria
Two British jihadi fighters from Islamic State have been killed in an RAF drone strike in Syria. Was this a perfectly legal killing or simply an immoral assassination?
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British teenagers arrested en route to Syria
Turkey has intercepted three male teenagers on their way to join IS. Should we be sympathetic and try to re-integrate these people, or stand firm and punish their intentions?