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The Government can’t shirk blame for the HGV driver shortage

To say that this problem is being faced across Europe is an abrogation of ministers’ own duty to do what they can to mitigate the effects Grant Shapps, the Transport Secretary, has called the panic buying of fuel a “manufactured situation” deliberately engineered to pressure the Government over the shortage …

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The Observer view on shortages and rationing

Boris Johnson can’t blame Covid for the hardship that lies ahead; deliberate choices by Tory ministers have also played their part Queues at the pumps, shortages in supermarkets, energy companies going bust and chemotherapy being cancelled due to staff shortages. Welcome to Britain in 2021. Some of this disruption has …

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Άμεση ανάλυση: Το «Φανάρι» υπό τον Σολτς το πιθανότερο σενάριο και το χαστούκι στο συντηρητικό στρατόπεδο

Το «Φανάρι» υπό τον Ολαφ Σολτς είναι το πιθανότερο σενάριο στο Βερολίνο, χαστούκι στο συντηρητικό στρατόπεδο και τον Αρμιν Λάσετ, ποιοι προαλείφονται για νέοι υπουργοί Το οριακό προβάδισμα των σοσιαλδημοκρατών (SPD) στα πρώτα exit polls φέρνει πιο κοντά το σενάριο της σύμπραξης με τους Πράσινους και τους Ελεύθερους Δημοκράτες με …

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The Real Estate State?

Real Estate is the world’s largest asset class. The numbers are staggering- globally, real estate in aggregate is worth approximately $230 trillion. Of this, residential real estate is the majority player, worth approximately $180 trillion. This far exceeds the value of all stocks and is on the order of 25 …

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A Forever Wall for Our Forever Wars

As a parting shot, on its way out of Afghanistan, the United States military launched a drone attack that the Pentagon called a “righteous strike.” The final missile fired during 20 years of occupation, that August 29th airstrike averted an Islamic State car-bomb attack on the last American troops at …

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