Boxing Day sales: Shoppers predicted to spend less

12 minutes ago About sharing By Nick Edser Business reporter The post-Christmas sales may be getting into full swing, but research suggests shoppers will be spending less than they did last year. Consumers are forecast to spend £3.7bn on Boxing Day, according to research for the VoucherCodes website, which is down 2.9% on a year…

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Big Oil Is Greeenwashing the Planet

December 26, 2023 Big Oil Is Greeenwashing the Planet The hosting of the recent COP28 climate summit by the United Arab Emirates is just one instance. Juan Cole Ad Policy Students take part in a “youth strike to act on climate change” in France in March 2019. (Eric Gaillard / Reuters Pictures) This article originally…

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The Indefensible Job of Policing the Border

/ December 26, 2023 The Indefensible Job of Policing the Border Against the Wall, a former border officer’s memoir, argues that when it comes to protecting the border, cruelty is the point. Caroline Tracey Ad Policy A US border patrol agent on patrol near La Joya, Tex., 2013. (Photo by John Moore / Getty Images)…

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Hanif Kureishi: I’ve become a reluctant dictator

7 hours ago About sharing Hanif Kureishi pictured before his accident By Sarah Bell BBC News Novelist Hanif Kureishi sustained life-changing injuries when he collapsed and landed on his head on Boxing Day last year. Left without the use of his arms and legs, the award-winning writer of The Buddha of Suburbia and My Beautiful…

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