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Attempted coup in Washington
IT TAKES a lot to unite Iranian President Hassan
Rouhani and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
– but the violent scenes in the Capitol Building on
Wednesday by fanatical Trump supporters trying
to prevent the final certification results of the
Presidential election in favour of the Democrat Joe
Biden united them in the sternest condemnation.
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Tough at the top
HALF PAST FIVE on the
first Wednesday of the New
Year marked a great advance
towards a more equal
Britain. It was at that hour
the bosses of Britain’s top
100 companies earned more
than the average worker
does in a year.
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V2: a review
by Ben Soton
SINCE THE DAYS of
Walter Scott, who was
born 150 years ago,
historical fiction has
been established as a
good way of learning
historical facts. More
people died making
the V2 missile than
were killed by it. Its
victims included
200,000 slave labourers
as well as 2,700
civilian casualties,
mostly in greater
London. With this
in mind, its creator
Wernher Von Braun
(Wernher Magnus
Maximilian Freiherr
von Braun), who was
after all a Major in the
SS, should have been
put on trial for War
Crimes. Instead, after
the war he moved to
the USA and in 1970
he was recruited to
NASA to head up its
strategic development.
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V2: a review