Month: May 2015
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All change for the Hybrid Bill committee?
With the decimation of the LibDems in the election, the HS2 Hybrid Bill committee lost one of their members. The committee has since postponed their visit to Buckinghamshire. David Liddington, Aylesbury MP, told Mix 96 “Following the postponement, I subsequently spoke to the Committee Chairman, Robert Syms MP. The reason for the postponement is that there are […]
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Jane Austen on the White Man’s Privilege
From Persuasion by Jane Austen. Captain Harville and Anne Elliot are discussing whether men or women are more constant: “…Well, Miss Elliot,” (lowering his voice,) “as I was saying we shall never agree, I suppose, upon this point. No man and woman, would, probably. But let me observe that all histories are against you–all stories, […]