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British ‘Tea Party’ UKIP surges, putting pressure on Tories and Cameron
United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage arrives in Westminster, London, May 3, after a successful night in the local council elections. David Cameron’s Conservative Party is being exposed by a surging UKIP demanding lower taxes.(Stefan Rousseau/AP……
Goodbye ‘chillaxing,’ hello ‘omnishambles’: the phrases that fell in and out of fashion this year
How our language is changing It is often claimed, usually by people justifying offences against grammar, that language evolves. It doesn’t. Evolution implies gradual change over a long period. It also contains the notion of fitness prevailing. In reality, language mutates. Each year sees standard usage deformed while new idioms,…
Euroskeptics condemn EU Nobel peace prize
Eurosceptics reacted with dismay on Friday after the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize, saying the award would be brought into disrepute. European Parliament member Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, said the 27-nation bloc was creating “violence and division” in eurozone nations like Spain and…
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