United Kingdom & Ireland

Magazine articles on politics and society in the United Kingdom & Ireland.

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ifeminists November 11, 2003 Glenn Sacks	In Defense of Spiderman The mayor of London compares him to Osama bin Laden. He's been dubbed a "menace" holding a city for "ransom," as well as a lunatic and an extremist. What has 36 year-old David Chick done to arouse such anger? He loves his little daughter, from whom he's been forcibly separated.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Kerry Capell	Nurturing Homegrown Talent In Ireland Ireland's economic boom was built largely on the back of multinationals, a fact that is becoming troublesome. In response, the Irish government is shifting gears. To continue attracting foreign investment, officials realize they must also foster homegrown talent.
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 Stanley Reed	The New Deal Gets Britain Off The Dole Since taking power in 1997, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour government has launched a flurry of programs under the New Deal banner aimed at putting the unemployed to work. Britain's welfare-busters are on a winning streak.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Stanley Reed in London	School Daze At British Universities They're facing huge funding gaps as subsidies shrink and enrollments swell.
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003	A New Chance For Britain's Tories? Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith's defeat in a confidence vote by Tory MPs on Oct. 29 may mark at least a temporary end to internecine warfare inside the party. In the wake of Duncan Smith's departure, Tory MPs may rally around former Home Secretary Michael Howard.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 David Fairlamb	They're Changing The Face Of Europe Judges on the European Court of Justice have become major players in the drive for economic integration.
BusinessWeek November 3, 2003 Stanley Reed	Commentary: Back To The Bad Old Days Of Strikes? British unions are angry, but things are nowhere near as chaotic as in the '70s
BusinessWeek October 13, 2003 Stanley Reed	Commentary: Labour's Deep Bench Even if Blair stumbles, Chancellor of Exchequer Brown can step in.
ifeminists September 30, 2003 George Rolph	An Open Letter to the Police Commissioner of Great Britain As someone who mans a 24-hour help line in the UK for male victims of domestic violence, I am struck by the number of men who tell me that the police refuse to either take their complaints seriously, ignore them entirely, arrest the victim or fail to arrest the perpetrator.
ifeminists August 26, 2003 Wendy McElroy	Going to Extremes The issue of fathers' rights in the U.K. may be entering a more violent phase. If so, this should act as a cautionary tale for North America.
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