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Looking back the shocking thing is just how mundane it was to visit Northern Ireland’s H Blocks of Long Kesh – or "the Maze" as the British called it.

When you walk into the British Library and through the door to the Taking Liberties exhibition, the first thing you come face to face with is a copy of Magna Carta.

The Another Education Is Possible campaign was launched on Saturday of last week, with 170 delegates from universities across Britain attending the launch conference.

The government and the mainstream press are attempting to scapegoat asylum seekers in Britain. But there is a stark contrast between the lifestyle the media allege they have and the reality.

Women in Britain had a chance to win improved abortion rights for the first time in 18 years last week. But the plans were disgracefully scuppered by a diktat from New Labour that blocked MPs from even debating the measures.

British justice last week delivered another blow against the Chagos Islanders when the law lords voted by three to two against their right to return home.

There is a major fight underway for the future leadership and direction of Britain’s biggest union, Unite.

The Labour government has disgracefully blocked attempts to improve abortion law in Britain for the first time in 40 years.

It will come as no surprise to know that British troops helped the US to train the Georgian army. Or that Britain is providing assistance to the US-Ethiopian puppet regime in Somalia, a regime notorious for torture and massacre.

More than one in four of Britain's biggest companies do not pay any corporation tax, and many are using tax avoidance measures to get round the rules.

A deal that would formalise the occupation of Iraq by the US and Britain has run aground – again.

Thousands of people in Britain are threatened with losing their homes and Gordon Brown is refusing to take any action to stop it.