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Trump Says HeExpects PoorRelationship

With CameronR By Danica Kirka

PRESIDENTIAL candidate DonaldTrump says he may have a poorrelationship with Prime MinisterDavid Cameron in light of the Brit-ish leaders criticism of Trumpscall for all Muslims to be tempo-rarily banned from entering theUnited States.

Trump Downing StreetInvitation Claim Not True

US PRESIDENTIAL candidate DonaldTrump claims British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron has asked him to visitLondon, but a UK spokesman says noinvitation has been extended.

The apparent crossed signals werethe latest sign of tension between thepresumptive US Republican Partycandidate and the leader of a majorUS ally, who has criticised Mr Trumpscall for a temporary ban on Muslimsentering the United States.

They have asked me to visit 10Downing Street and I might do it,Trump told MSNBC. I will do justne with David Cameron. I think hesa nice guy.

RBirmingham Men AccusedOf Helping Brussels BombersTWO Birmingham men were accused

in court last month of giving money toa key suspect in the Brussels and Parisbombings in a case that may link Britishresidents to those plots.

Prosecutors said in Westminster Mag-istrates Court that Mohammed Ali Ahmedand Zakaria Boufassil, both 26, allegedlygave more than 3,000 ($4,400) to suspectMohamed Abrini in Birmingham in July.

The two suspects are charged withviolating Britains Terrorism Act byproviding someone with money that theyknew, or had reason to believe, would beused for terrorism.

Abrini, who is in custody, was theman in the hat seen on video foot-age moments before the deadly March22 bombings at Brussels airport thatkilled 16 people. He was also wanted inthe November 13 attacks on Paris thatclaimed 130 lives.

A third suspect from Birmingham,Soumaya Boufassil, 29, was also chargedalong with Ahmed with preparing actsof terrorism between January 1, 2015and April 8.

R UK Will Accept SyrianChildren From EuropeBRITAINS government bowed to pres-sure last month and agreed to take insome unaccompanied children from Syriawho have made their way to Europe.

Prime Minister David Cameronsoffice said children who registered inGreece, Italy or France before March 20 when the European Union struck a deal toreturn many migrants to Turkey wouldbe eligible to come to the UK It did notspecify how many Britain would accept.

The government said that the retro-

spective nature of its resettlement plan

WWII Decoding Machine Found On eBayONE OF THE machines used to sendcoded messages between Adolf Hitlerand his generals sold for 10 on eBayafter being discovered in a shed in Eng-land, the buyer said last month.

Researchers at The National Museumof Computing at Bletchley Park saw atelegram machine for sale on the auc-tion site for 9.50 ($14), and believedit may have actually been a Lorenzmachine, used by the German army tosend top-secret coded messages.

My colleague was scanning eBay andhe saw a photograph of what seemed tobe the teleprinter, John Wetter, a volun-teer at the museum in Buckinghamshire,south England, told the BBC.

To investigate further, Wetter trav-elled to the southeastern town of South-end where he found the machine, whichresembles a typewriter, on the floor of ashed, covered with rubbish.

We said Thank you very much, howmuch was it again? She said 9.50, sowe said Heres a 10 note keep the

change, he added.The museum is now hunting for

a replacementmotor, which ismissing.

I t l o o k slike an electricmotor in blackcasing with twoshafts on eachs i d e , w h i c hdrive the gearsof the Lorenzmachine, said Wetter.

The Lorenz teleprinter was used inWorld War II to swap personal messagesbetween Hitler and his generals.

A linked cipher machine consistingof 12 individual wheels each containingmultiple settings encoded the messages.

Andy Clark, chairman of the trusteesat The National Museum of Computing,called the machine far bigger than thefamous portable Enigma machine.

Everybody knows about Enigma,but the Lorenz machine was used forstrategic communications, said Clark.

It is so much more complicated thanthe Enigma machine.

The mighty Queen Mary shown as she edged up lower New York Harbor, with the skyline of Manhattan in the background, toward her pier and the completion of her firstvoyage to the United States, June 1, 1936.(See more about the Queen Mary as she celebrated her 80th Birthday on page 8)

Queen Mary Turns 80

Trumps comments, broadcast lastmonth on ITVs Good Morning Britainmade headlines in Britain, which claimsa special relationship with America.Trumps suggestion of a temporaryMuslim ban led to a petition signed by halfa million people demanding that Parlia-ment hold a debate on whether he shouldbe banned from the country. Lawmakersheld the debate, but rejected a ban.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *divisive, stupid

and wrong.Prime Minister David Cameron onDonald Trump proposed Muslim ban.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *It looks like we are not going to have

a very good relationship, Trump said inthe interview conducted in New York.

will avoid creating a perverse incentivefor families to entrust their children topeople traffickers.

Britain has already agreed to resettleup to 3,000 vulnerable child refugeesfrom the Middle East and Africa by 2020,as well as 20,000 Syrians from MiddleEastern refugee camps.

But the government had argued that

accepting children already in Europewould encourage others to make thedangerous journey.

Labour peer Alf Dubs, who came toBritain on the 1930s kindertransportsof Jewish children from Nazi-occupiedEurope, led a campaign to get CameronsConservative government to change itsmind.

R UK Court Says Police CantMake Hacker Hand OverPasswordsA JUDGE has rejected an attempt by Brit-ains security services to force an allegedhacker to hand over the passwords to hisencrypted computers.

Lauri Love is fighting extradition tothe United States, where he has beencharged with breaking into Federal

Reserve computers.When British police arrested him in2013, they seized encrypted computersand hard drives from his home in easternEngland. Love was not charged in Britain,but the National Crime Agency soughtto look through his computers beforereturning them.

Judge Nina Tempia ruled last monththat the agency as trying to circumventthe Regulation of Investigatory PowersAct, which governs data privacy.

Love said the decision retains thestatus quo which means there has to besafeguards before you force people toundermine their security.

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user starrynitess who said: We had a localelementary school decorate paper bags forEarth day and I found this one we had leftover. This kid lol.

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This was his (or her) suggestion tomobilise the eco-army and get them reus-ing, reducing and recycling. Judging by theposter, which shows Africa, America and

Europe reduced to blobs of land on an oceanplanet, it was suggested that will happensooner rather than later.

Newlyweds Unhappy With GiftThat Wasnt Generous EnoughAFTER being contacted by a newly-marriedcouple and told her gift wasnt generousenough for them, the guest decided it wasworth sharing on a public web forum lastmonth.

The angry, unnamed wedding guestposted her thoughts on Mumsnet asking foradvice after she was told the 100 chequeshe provided wasnt enough.

She revealed how the couple, who hadasked for cash gifts, had emailed to say theywere surprised by her contribution andeven suggested an adjustment.

The Happy couple added: In view of

your own position, if you wanted to send anyadjustment it would be thankfully received.The poster surmised that the reference to

her position was most likely about a recentinheritance.

A number of users suggested cancellingthe cheque, while others advised informingmutual friends about what had happened.

One wrote: I would email back but BCCany mutual friends in so they are able to see

the email f or themselves or s end a glitterbomb as the extra part of her gift!

The poster said she was surprised by thelevel of response and added that in the endshe chose to reply with one sentence.

I assume this was some sort of mis-take?

Police Outnumber Protesters 4 To 1At Cancelled Anti-Islam March

DONALD TRUMP would have been verydisappointed last month when an anti-Islammarch had to be cancelled due to only 24people turning up.

Burtons Islam-battling Casual Infidelsgroups anti-Islam march didnt go quite toplan when 24 people turned up. So theywandered around for a few minutes, and

then went home.The Casual Infidels movement, branches

of which, they say, are popping up all over

the country, describes itself as a free-lancing movement which battles Islam.Unfortunately, on this Sunday morning lastmonth Staffordshire Police outnumbered

them four to one and told them to get onwith their march when they said they werewaiting for other people.

Finally, the Infidels wandered 200 yardsup the street to an area from which the lead-ers were supposed to give speeches.

Then, on surveying the scene and real-ising that there wasnt anyone to givespeeches to, they waited for five minutesand then went home.

But, keeping things interesting, somehow,two people ended up getting arrested, onlyto be later un-arrested and given notice toleave by police.

So, the march didnt go to plan.But at least the weather was good.

Harry Potter, Lord Of The RingsAnd Hunger Games Cause Brain

Damage Headmaster ClaimsA HEADMASTER has come under fire afterclaiming fantasy books like Harry Pottercause mental illness.

Graeme Whiting has urged his pupils notto readLord of the Rings,theHunger Gamesand any Terry Pratchett books because theyencourage difficult behavior.

The alternative put forward by Pratchetis for the pupils to read books by authorssuch as Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley andShakespeare.

I want children to read literature thatis conducive to their age and leave thosemystical and frightening texts for when theycan discern reality, and when they have firstlearned to love beauty, Whiting, head of theindependent Acorn School in Nailsworth,Gloucester, wrote on his blog.

He added: Children are innocent andpure at the same time, and dont need to bemistreated by cramming their imagination

that lies deep within them, with inappropri-ate things.

High-Heels Parliament PetitionCould Bring Workplace Rule

Changes For WomenFOLLOWING a full shift in her receptionist

temp job Nicola Thorp wore f lat shoes thenext day she was turned away from work.

Thorp, 27, told theLondon Evening Stan-dard:I expressed my confusion as to why Iwas being turned away from work, and theyexplained that flat shoes are not part of theirdress code for women,

Thorp then decided to campaign againstit being legal for companies to have rulessaying women should wear heels (andmakeup) at work. She has now launcheda petition on the Parliament website callingfor it to be illegal for companies to demandwomen wear heels.

Reflecting on her conflict at the officeThorp said: The supervisor told me that Iwould be sent home without pay unless Iwent to the shop and bought a pair of two

to four inch heels. I refused and was senthome.

Her employers, PwCs outsourced recep-tion firm Portico, also apparently told her towear make up for the role and gave her acolour chart of acceptable shades.

Thorp claims that when she said menwere allowed to wear flat shoes in the office,

and that the heels rule was discriminatory,she was laughed at.A spokesperson for PwC told Metro .

co.uk:PwC outsources its front of house/reception services to a third party supplier.The dress code referenced in the article isnot a PwC policy. We are now in discussionwith the suppliers about the policy. We have

taken on board the comments regardingfootwear and will be reviewing our guidelinesin consultation with our clients and teammembers.

Re Thorps Parliament approach Aswith allParliament.ukpetitions, if it reaches10,000 signatures the Government willsend a response. At 100,000 signatures,

the petition will be considered for a debatein Parliament.

Just Like That! Historic Blue PlaqueOn Home Of Tommy Cooper

COMEDIAN Tommy Cooper has been hon-oured with a blue memorial plaque on hisformer west London home.

Cooper lived in the house with his wifeand two children from 1955 until his deathin 1984.

In a party atmosphere a crowd wearingred fez hats chanted just like that as bal-loons were released to reveal the plaque inBarrowgate Road, Chiswick.

The FA chairman Greg Dyke said as he

unveiled the plaque that Cooper was acomic genius and none of us quite under-stand how and why but he was.

Tommy Coopers friend and colleagueKen Dodd had supported the proposal fora plaque, but was unable to attend theceremony.

Cooper died after collapsing during a livebroadcast from Her Majestys Theatre onHaymarket in the City of Westminster.

An official plaque can only be proposedfor a person who has been dead for at least20 years

Could Be Worst Burger Ever Lettuce, Tomato, And

NEVER BEEN known for burgers, but a Welshdrive through, took the biscuit well meat out of this one!

A customer last month grabbed a burgeron the way home. When he hungrily openedhis package and bit into the bun, all he gotwas salad. Yes, it had inadvertently arrived,

the salad burger.The mans companion said: My partner

and I decided to stop at the drive-thru inBangor on our way home to Holyhead. Heordered a double burger but when he opened

the wrapper at home, there were no burgers,just a salad bun.

We live about half an hour away so there

was no way we were going to drive back. Icalled up to complain and was offered a freemeal but I dont think we will be going back.

The drive-throughs owner Craig Holmessaid: It was an error and wouldnt happenagain.

Be It On His Mothers HeadAs Man Sells All HisHousewares Literally

A CRAZY, but unique, method of selling onFacebook may not have brought too manysales, but certainly brought lots of laughslast month.

The mans method?He balanced the itemson his mothers head!

The list included achair, an ironing boardand a hoover

The carefully bal-anced items are placeon moms head ,and plays the goodsport.

There are 10,000members of the buy-

ers and sellers grouphas and is focusedon people living in

the Shankhill area ofBelfast.

Other membersof the group saw thefunny side as they noted the unique sellingpoint the budding entrepreneur had come upwith for his goods and Facebook user BarryONeill was one of those who quickly alertedhis 20,000 followers to the hilarious pictures.

Unexploded WWII Shell InBath Deactivated Last Month

A MILITARY explosives unit has deactivateda World War II-era shell found by contrac-

tors beneath a school playground in thecity of Bath.

The Explosive Ordinance Disposal unitremoved the device May 13 and carried outa controlled explosion at a nearby quarry.

Thousands of people had been evacu-ated from homes and businesses after the500lb shell was discovered on a disusedplayground at the Royal High School Bath.

Germanys Luftwaffe bombed Britainheavily during the war, and undetonatedexplosives are occasionally found duringconstruction work.

Bath, known for its Georgian architecture,was targeted in the Bath Blitz over severaldays in April 1942. Some 400 people werekilled and 19,000 buildings damaged.

University Bans Mortarboard Possible Injury Risk

A BRITISH university has been accused ofoverreacting for banning graduating studentsfrom tossing mortarboards into the air onhealth and safety grounds.

The University of East Anglia in easternEngland told students it was curbing cap-

throwing after a number of injuries overrecent years to graduates hurt by fallingmortarboards.

Penguin Photography, which takes gradu-ates portraits, said students could mime the

throwing motion and have a mortarboarddigitally added later. It said in a statement thatwe would much prefer to do these photos

the traditional way but have to comply withthe universitys wishes.

Geoff Cox of Britains Health and SafetyExecutive said last month that the chanceof being injured by a flying mortarboardis incredibly small and its over the top toimpose an outright ban.

English Mr Jobby AdSees Viewers In Scotland

Having A Good LaughANYONE whos spent more than a few days inScotland and paid attention to the vernacularwould have heard the word Jobby usedregarding a certain bodily function that requireone to sit down, be one lad or lassie.

With this in mind, imagine the mirth, joyand almost collapsing laughter a recentEnglish promotional ad has caused north of

the border from a company named Mr JobbyThe ad is even concluded with the words

You can officially hire a jobby for a wholeday for 199 from handyman company MrJobby.

Then, as if to complete a comedy moment,the video ad ends with the catchy slogan: IfDIYs not your hobby, dont despair - callMister Jobby.

Laughter and goodwill came from manyonline visitors:

The companys Facebook was ham-mered by amused fans.

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British Newspaper ClosedOnly 9 Weeks After Its Start

THE NEW DAY newspaper shut down lastmonth after only nine weeks after its circula-

tion failed to meet expectations.Trinity Mirror revealed the closure in a

trading update last month. The newspaper the first title to launch in Britain in 30 years had been seen as a coun ter to the trend ofdeclining newspaper sales in an online world.

Trinity Mirror had hoped The New Daywould stand out from other British newspa-

pers by being politically neutral. While thenewspaper built a following on Facebook,circulation fell far below the target of 200,000copies a day.

Alison Phillips, the newspapers editor,said in a message to staff that the companyhad tried everything but was unable to makeit financially viable.

The newspaper closed May 6.

Angelina Jolie To Teach AtLondon School Of Economics

OSCAR-WINNING actress and activistAngelina Jolie has been appointed a visitingprofessor at one of Britains most prestigiousuniversities.

The London School of Economicsannounced that Jolie will be working withstudents studying for a masters degree inWomen, Peace and Security.

Among others appointed to teach thecourse is former British Foreign SecretaryWilliam Hague.

I hope other academic institutions willfollow this example, as it is vital that webroaden the discussion on how to advancewomens rights and end impunity for crimes

that disproportionately aff ect women, suchas sexual violence in conflict, Jolie said ina statement.


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AS LONDON shivered through April, once againthe fantastic annual Virgin Money London Mara-thon saw thousands of people take to the streetsin the largest single charity fundraising event in

the world. Little did Pheidippides know quitewhat he started when he ran from the battlefieldof Marathon to Athens to tell everyone about

the Greek victory over the Persians in 490BC!But London did not come up with the idea of

a city marathon. No, that accolade belongs toBoston which has had city dwellers pounding

the streets since 1897. London is a relativenewcomer, having only started the event in1981 but has since become one of the six majorworld marathons, the others being Boston,Tokyo, Berlin, Chicago and New York City. In

that time, over one million runners have crossedthe finishing line in the UK capital, raising around1Bn ($1.5Bn) for charities and good causes.

London can also claim credit for the lengthof the modern marathon race (26.2 miles). Thiswas an increase on the original distance, whichwas some four miles shorter, so that the RoyalFamily could see both the start of the race atWindsor Castle and the finish from the RoyalBox at White City Stadium in West London, at

the London Olympics in 1908.Over 35 glorious years, the London Marathon

has become a major national and internationalevent, watched around the world on TV in over200 countries. There is eccentricity and fun,including this year a guy dressed up in full,antique, deep-sea divers equipment, two ladyapples and a Pepperami of unknown sex!

The Streets of LondonHistory, some of it quite gruesome, abounds

as you run, walk or crawl in a car through thecapital. Pudding Lane in the City of London isfamous as the location where the Great Fire,which destroyed most of the medieval city,started 350 years ago this year. But where does

that rather homely name come from? Actuallyyou probably wont want to know this, but itderives from the street effectively being usedas a drain into the Thames for the entrails ofanimals (known colloquially as pudding) fromlocal butcher shops!

Houndsditch on the edge of the East Endwas where, yes, you may have guessed, thecapitals dead dogs were dumped and then

there is Bleeding Heart Yard, also in the City.This rather pleasant cobbled courtyard wasapparently so-named after the gruesome mur-der of Lady Elizabeth Hatton in 1626. Her stillbeating heart was found on those very cobblesbeside her mutilated body! Work continues at

the office of your columnist to find the historybehind Bollocks Terrace in Tooting, south west

London, so watch this space!More generally, some interesting facts on

the streets of London have been sent in by agood friend and reader of this column. He tellsme there are no Roads in the City of London only Streets, Lanes, Squares etc. Theexplanation is simple the word road was notin general use before the late 16th Century, bywhich time everything in the Square Mile hadalready been named!

And moving to the smarter end of town,London has a road which required a special actof Parliament in 1902 to allow cars to drive on

the right and as such is the only road in theUnited Kingdom where this is permitted. SavoyCourt leads from the Strand to the famous hoteland whilst people claim it was to make American

hotel guests feel more at home or allow women,who traditionally sit behind the chauffeur toalight from a car on the side nearest the hotelentrance, the answer is a little more mundane.The Savoy theatre is on the corner of SavoyCourt and the Strand and there was a concern

that carriages and cars dropping people off orpicking them up would block the entrance to thehotel! And quite right too as the queues around

the Savoy Theatre are big at the moment withthe wonderful Sheridan Smith appearing in thelead role ofFunny Girl.

New Tenant at City HallIt was all a lot tighter than expected in the

battle to become the next Mayor of London,one of the most powerful political positions in

the country.Sadiq Khan, the former human rights lawyer

Keep On Running

and son of an immigrant, Pakistani bus driverwon despite infighting in his own party and hasnow become the first Muslim Mayor of London.Regardless of politics, this result clearly demon-strates just how much progress the UK capitalhas made, in terms of tolerance and multi-ethnicintegration, in the last thirty years.

Meanwhile, the son of the late Sir JamesGoldsmith lost and the Conservative tenureat County Hall (previously with Boris Johnsonas incumbent) came to an end. Zac thereforeremains the serving Member of Parliament for

the leafy west London suburb of RichmondUpon Thames. His pledge to stop Heathrowexpansion was at the top of his agenda and hesays he will continue to fight this corner. For me

though, the most memorable part of his cam-paign was at one of his hustings meetings wheresomeone had scrawled words the and crackon a poster beneath his slogan Back Zac!

A close shave indeed.

Much Ado AboutSomething

Last month saw the 400th anniversary of thedeath of the worlds greatest playwright, WilliamShakespeare. Known as the Bard of Avon,Shakespeare moved to London in 1587 and itwas here he wrote much of his work.

It is less well-known that he was also aleading actor in a company called the LordChamberlains Men and performed in manyof his own and other plays at the newly builtGlobe Theatre on Londons Southbank. Or thathe was also a shareholder in the theatre andas his fame and wealth grew, he amassed aproperty portfolio in London and Stratford whichwould be the envy of any modern day investor!

The original Globe Theatre burned down onJune 29, 1613, in less than two hours, whena theatrical canon set fire to the thatched roofduring a performance of Henry VIII, a collab-orative play by Shakespeare and John Fletcher.It was rebuilt the following year sadly only to be

torn down by the Puritans 30 years later! Thecurrent painstaking reconstruction opened in1997 and performs the Bards plays every dayof the week. It is well worth a visit to take in aplay or a guided tour.

Shakespeare retired to Stratford Upon Avonand died there on April 23, 1616 at the age of 52.

Marathon runners who smashed the records at the the 2015 VirginMoney London Marathon.

Labours Sadiq Khan Elected1st Muslim London Mayor

R By Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka

SADIQ KHAN became Londons firstMuslim mayor last month, as votersrejected attempts to taint him with links toextremism and handed a decisive victoryto the bus drivers son from south London.

The citys new mayor appealed to vot-ers as a true child of Britains diverse and

dynamic capital. Like many Londoners,hes the son of immigrants, born to par-ents who came to Britain from Pakistan.Like more than one million of the citys8.6 million residents, hes Muslim.

Khan hailed his victory as the triumphof hope over fear and unity over divi-sion.

His victory was the most dramaticresult in local and regional elections thatproduced few big changes but under-scored Britains political divisions aheadof a referendum on whether to remain inthe European Union.

Labour Party candidate Khan receivedmore than 1.3 million votes 57 percentof the total to Conservative rival ZacGoldsmiths 43 percent, after voters firstand second preferences were allocated.

Turnout was 45.6 percent, up from 38percent in 2012.

REPLACEKhan was elected to replace Conserva-

tive Mayor Boris Johnson after a campaignmarked and many said marred by US-style negative campaigning. Goldsmith,a wealthy environmentalist, called Khandivisive and accused him of sharingplatforms with Islamic extremists acharge repeated by Prime Minister DavidCameron and other senior Conservatives.

Khan, who calls himself the British

Who knows, I hope to have a good rela-tionship with him (Cameron) but hes notwilling to address the problem either.

Cameron has refused to retract com-ments Trumps proposed Muslim banas divisive, stupid and wrong. ButCamerons spokesman, Dan York-Smith,told reporters that the prime ministerwas committed to maintaining thespecial relationship whoever wins thepresidential election.

He has been clear that he will workwith whoever is president of the UnitedStates, York-Smith said.

In the interview, Trump also describes

Londons new mayor, Sadiq Khan, asrude for calling him ignorant. The realestate tycoon said he would rememberthe mayors hostile reaction to the ideathat Khan, a Muslim, w ould be given anexception to the temporary ban.

He doesnt know me, hasnt met me,doesnt know what Im all about. I thinkthey were very rude statements and,frankly, tell him I will remember thosestatements, Trump said. They are verynasty statements.

Trump denied he was at war withKhan.

Khans office said American voterswould reject Trumps views.

Sadiq has spent his whole life fightingextremism, but Trumps remarks makethat fight much harder for us all it playsstraight into the extremists hands andmakes both our countries less safe, hisoffice said in a statement.

Trump Says He Expects Poor Relationship With Cameron

KAHN: TRUMPS VIEWS IGNORANTSOON AFTER being elected Khan slammed Donald Trump who said he would make anexception for the new London Mayor being allowed into the US, saying: This isntjust about me its about my friends, my family and everyone who comes from abackground similar to mine, anywhere in the world.

The new London mayor continued: Donald Trumps ignorant view of Islam couldmake both our countries less safe it risks alienating mainstream Muslims aroundthe world and plays into the hands of the extremists. Donald Trump and thosearound him think that western liberal values are incompatible with mainstreamIslam London has proved him wrong.

Muslim who will take the fight to theextremists, accused Goldsmith of tryingto scare and divide voters in a proudlymulticultural city of 8.6 million people more than one million of them Muslim.

The attacks, criticised by some seniorConservatives, appear not to havedeterred voters from backing Khan.London has seen attacks by Islamicextremists, including July 2005 suicidebombings that killed 52 bus and subwaycommuters, but has avoided the level ofracial and religious tensions seen in someEuropean cities.

FEAR

Fear does not make us safer it onlymakes us weaker, Khan said in his vic-tory speech. And the politics of fear issimply not welcome in our city.

Labour, Britains main oppositionparty, performed strongly in the capital,taking more than 40 percent of London-ers votes. That and Khans victory werebright spots for Labour, which was pushedinto third place in Scotland, where it wasonce dominant.

Boaty McBoatface Contest A SuccessTHERES NO sinking feeling for thescientists who inadvertently gave theworld Boaty McBoatface. In fact, theyrebuoyant.

The leader of Britains Natural Envi-ronment Research Council said last

month that its name-the-ship competition,which drew global attention when it waswon by a jokey Mc-moniker, was anincredible success.

Parliaments Science and TechnologyCommittee grilled council officials aboutthe contest, which invited the public to helpname a new 200m polar research vessel.

Boaty McBoatface was suggestedby a former BBC radio host, and drew124,000 votes, more than three times itsnearest rival.

Despite the vote, the vessel waschristened Sir David Attenborough inhonour of the naturalist and broadcaster though one of the ships remotely oper-ated submarines is being named BoatyMcBoatface.

Some Boaty-backers took the decisionbadly, expressing anger that their viewshad been disregarded.

The committee is studying sciencecommunication, and wanted to knowwhether the research council considered

the contest a success or, as committeechairwoman Nicola Blackwood, put it,would staff have to walk the plank?

Council chief executive Duncan Wing-ham said that far from being an embar-rassment, the contest was an astonish-ingly great outcome for us. In addition,it has put a smile on everybodys face.

Although Boaty McBoatface was thetagline that took the story around theworld, we can see evidence time and timeagain of people reading about the boat,reading about the science and learningmore about the work that we do, he said.

Half a million people visited its websiteduring the competition, and 214 millionTwitter users were reached through thehashtag boatymcboatface.

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R By Jill Lawless

RAISING the stakes in Britains EuropeanUnion membership debate, Prime Minis-ter David Cameron said last month thatleaving the bloc would increase the riskof war in Europe.

Camerons speech on national securitycame as campaigning ahead of a June 23vote on the countrys EU membershipmoved into its final weeks.

Cameron said it would be rash toassume that peace and stability on ourcontinent are assured beyond any shadowof doubt. He said the EU has helpedreconcile countries which were at eachothers throats for decades.

Britain has a fundamental nationalinterest in maintaining common purposein Europe to avoid future conflict betweenEuropean countries, he said.

Cameron argued that isolationism hasnever served this country well. Wheneverwe turn our back on Europe, sooner orlater we come to regret it.

HIGHLIGHTEDThe EU was founded after World War

II, in part to prevent the continentsnations from waging war ever again. But

terrorist attacks in Paris and Brusselsand the arrival of hundreds of thousandsof migrants from the Middle East, Asiaand Africa have highlighted the securitychallenges facing the bloc.

The two sides in Britains referendumdebate have argued bitterly over whetherleaving the 28-nation union would makeBritain more or less secure. Two formerUK intelligence chiefs said in an interviewpublished last month that the EU givesBritain an edge in gathering anti-terrorintelligence and underpins continentalpeace.

Cameron said that, with the fight

UKs Former Spy ChiefsSay Britain MoreSecure Inside EU

BRITAINS former spy chiefs have askedvoters to keep the United Kingdom insidethe European Union, arguing that the alli-ance gives their nation an edge in gather-ing anti-terror intelligence and underpinscontinental peace.

Last months published appeal by for-mer MI5 director-general Jonathan Evansand former MI6 chief John Sawers sparkeda erce rebuttal from campaigners seekinga British exit from the 28-nation EU in theJune 23 referendum.

The intelligence experts joint interviewin the Sunday Times newspaper empha-sized their view that EU membership

meant Britain could shape key policies onsharing anti-terror intelligence. Sawerssaid in an accompanying video interviewthat a British exit would weaken thebloc and potentially promote its politicalunraveling.

Pro-exit campaigners countered that anon-EU Britain would share intelligenceunhindered and defend its borders better.

Pound Exchange UpAs Markets See Lower

Risk Of EU ExitTHE POUND posted strong gains lastmonth as market expectations wanedsomewhat of a British exit from the Euro-pean Union, so-called Brexit.

With less than a month to go before theJune 23 referendum on Britains future

in the 28-country EU, bookmakers haveslashed their odds on a remain vote.

On May 24, some were offering as littleas 1-7 1 in return for a 7 bet, halfas generous as just a couple of weeksback. The odds of a Brexit have widenedto around 4-1 over the same time periodfollowing a string of polls suggesting thatthe remain camp is building up a size-able lead.

This puts the chance of Brexit close to20 percent after adjusting for the book-makers margins, said Mark Dampier,head of investment research at London-based stockbrokers Hargreaves Lans-down.

That fairly limited expectation of a Brexitvote has helped the pound claw back someground, the pound was up 0.8 percent toa near-month high of $1.4595 followinga poll showing the remain camp with a13-point lead.

The economic uncertainty that a Brexitvote would likely entail has been one ofthe major factors hurting the pound thisyear. In February, the currency fell to aseven-year low of $1.3873.

UK Tabloid Reprimanded For ClaimingQueen Supports Brexit

UK Treasury: HousePrices Will PlummetIf Britain Leaves EU

R By Jill Lawless

BRITISH HOUSE prices could fall by upto 18 percent if the country leaves theEuropean Union, the Treasury says aclaim dismissed as scaremongering bycampaigners for a UK exit from the bloc.

Treasury chief George Osborne said

leaving the EU would be a profound eco-nomic shock that would lower propertyvalues and raise mortgage rates.

Treasury analysis estimates propertyprices will be worth between 10 and 18percent less by 2018 if Britain leavesthan if it stays.

British house prices rose nine percentin the year to March, and the value ofproperty is something of a national obses-sion especially in London, where theaverage home costs 535,000, more than10 times the average annual householdincome.

Some economists think a fall in houseprices would be a good thing because itwould help new buyers currently pricedout of the market. Others argue any benetwould be offset by a rise in mortgage ratesand economic instability.

Top UK Court Rules Against ExpatsOver EU Referendum Voting

Cameron Says Leaving EU Would BringDecade Of Uncertainty, Increase Risk Of War

against the Islamic State group raging andan assertive Russia flexing its muscles,now is a time for strength in numbers.

ARGUING

The anti-EU group Vote Leave calledCamerons claims historically illiterate,arguing that NATO contributes far more to

European peace and security than the EU.The notion that the peace of Europewas guaranteed by the institutions ofthe European Union was always utternonsense, said Robert Cowcroft of theUniversity of Edinburgh, a member ofHistorians for Britain, an anti-EU group.

Former London Mayor Boris Johnson,

a leader of the Vote Leave campaign, saidthe 1990s Balkan wars on the EUs door-step showed the bloc was no guaranteeof peace.

I saw the disaster when the EU wascharged with sorting out former Yugosla-via, and I saw how NATO sorted it out,Johnson said in a London speech.

I dont believe that leaving the EUwould cause World War III to break outon the European continent.

The Prime Minister also said that a dvo-cates of leaving the European Union havenot thought through its economic impact,warning that an exit would spark a decadeof uncertainty.

BRITAINS Supreme Court has rejected abid by two Britons who live abroad to votein this months referendum on EuropeanUnion membership.

British citizens who have lived abroadfor more than 15 years are not eligible tocast a ballot in the June 23 vote.

A London-born World War II veteran

who lives in Italy and a Scottish lawyerwho lives in Belgium argued the 15-year

cutoff was arbitrary and unfair.But the Supreme Court, on May 17,

denied the pair permission to appeallower court judgments that the rule did notamount to an unjustified restriction on theirfreedom of movement and right to vote.

Judge Brenda Hale said the courthad considerable sympathy for the

applicants, but would not strike down the15-year rule.

BRITAINS press regulator has repri-manded tabloid newspaper The Sun forclaiming the Queen wants the UK toleave the European Union.

The Independent Press StandardsOrganization says the headline QueenBacks Brexit made a factual assertionthat the queen had expressed a position

in the referendum debate that wasntsupported by the accompanying article.

Buckingham Palace complained to theregulator about the March article, whichclaimed the queen had criticised the EUduring functions with politicians.

The monarch is expected to remainpolitically neutral and not express opin-

ions on issues suchas Britains upcom-ing referendum onwhether to remain inthe EU.

The Sunpublished

the watchdogs rulingin an edition. But edi-tor Tony Gallaghersaid he didnt acceptthat the paper hadmade an error.

R By Pan Pylas

HALF A CENTURY ago, French Presi-dent Charles de Gaulle twice vetoedBritain from joining what was then theEuropean Economic Community, warn-ing that the countrys fundamental

hostility to economic integration couldsabotage the bloc.In just over three weeks, the British

could be fulfilling that prediction whenthey vote on whether to leave the Euro-pean Union, a move that would be thebiggest reverse in the blocs near 60-yearexistence and a threat to its economy.

A vote for a British exit from the EU so-called Brexit on June 23 would likelytrigger turmoil in financial markets anduncertainty for businesses, jolting theregions economy.

The real damage may take longerto emerge. The fear in continentalEurope is that the UKs departure couldprompt other countries to seek changesto their EU membership. In a worst-case scenario, it could usher in a newera of nationalism that diminishes thedrive to strengthen economic ties and

undermines the EUs core purposes:the freedom to trade and move betweencountries.

It could be another torpedo in theship of the EU, said Jan Bryson, globaleconomist at Wells Fargo Bank. Brexitcould set a precedent and it could raisequestions about the future of the EUitself.

DE GAULLEIn 1963 De Gaulle warned the other

five founding members of the bloc thatBritains culture was too different to beinterested in long-term integration. Hehad first-hand knowledge of Britain, hav-ing spent most of World War II in Londonorganizing the French resistance.

Non, he said in 1963, and again fouryears later, to Britains attempt to join.The country eventually joined in 1973,after de Gaulle resigned in 1969.

The immediate aftermath of a Britishvote to leave the EU would likely seehuge volatility in financial markets.

Many forecasters predict the Britishpound would fall as much as 20 percentin the following days. Worries over thevote have already seen the pound dropthis year to a seven-year low against thedollar. Though a weaker pound may helpBritains exporters, it would hurt Euro-pean firms exporting to Britain.

The instability would discourage busi-nesses from investing or hiring. Surveysof companies have already shown someexecutives, mainly in Britain but also theeurozone, becoming more cautious in therun-up to the vote.

Some say, that given the size of thecommercial relationship, a Brexit,would see the EU likely try to secure atrade deal with Britain swiftly. Othersthink the EU would look to punish Brit-ain whatever the economic cost todiscourage other states from going downthe same route.

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The filing fee for the popular Form I-129, the non-immigrant worker petition, would increase to $460,from $325. The fee for Form I-140, the immigrantworker petition, would increase to $700, from $580.

Applications under the EB-5 Immigrant InvestorVisa Program would be subject to the most sub-stantial fee increases. Regional Centers applying fordesignation under the program would pay a filingfee of $17,795, up from $6,230. They would pay

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DHS is seeking feedback on the proposed feeschedule, and public comments will be acceptedfor 60 days from its publication on May 5, 2016.Increases to USCIS filing fees would not take effectuntil the regulation clears the federal approval pro-cess, which typically takes several months.

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IF CELEBRITY power werevotes, Britains European Unionmembership would be secure.

Almost 300 actors, writers,musicians and other cultural fig-ures appealed last month for Brit-ish voters to back the remainside in the June 23 EU membershipreferendum.

Signatories from the actingworld included Sherlock starBenedict Cumberbatch, X-Mensuperhero Patrick Stewart, JudeLaw, Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley,Kristin Scott Thomas, ChiwetelEjiofor and Helena Bonham Carter.

They were joined by spy novel-ist John le Carre, Wolf HallwriterHilary Mantel, fashion designerVivienne Westwood, SlumdogMillionaire director Danny Boyle,singer Paloma Faith and the mem-

Celebs Urge Britain To Stay In EUbers of rock band Franz Ferdinand.

The letter said many creativeprojects would never have hap-pened without vital EU funding orby collaborating across borders.

INSPIRESFrom the Bard to Bowie, Brit-

ish creativity inspires and influ-ences the rest of the world. Webelieve that being part of the EU

bolsters Britains leading role onthe world stage, the signatoriessaid. Lets not become an outsidershouting from the wings.

Culture is one of Britains big-gest exports. Data released lastmonth by the British PhonographicIndustry showed than one in sixmusic albums sold in 2015 was by aBritish act, and UK actors regularlyheadline Hollywood films.

Prime Minister David Cameronunderscored the artists remain

message with a visit to LondonsAbbey Road Studios, where theBeatles once recorded. He metsignatories to the letter includingThe Wirestar Dominic West andsculptor Anish Kapoor.

Most of the generally liberal artscommunity backs remaining in theEU, but the support is not abso-lute. Brexit-backing entertainers

include actor Michael Caine andsinger Roger Daltrey of The Who.Writer and Conservative peer

Michael Dobbs who wrote theoriginal British 1990s seriesHouse of Cards said Britainscreative industries were boomingbecause of the talent that is inBritains DNA, and not becauseof the EU.

The EU, Dobbs said, is failing.The dream is dead. We need tomove on.


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THERE WAS a time when British politicswere straightforward. On election nights,Robert Mackenzie would be in charge of theBBC Swingometer which swung one wayor another to indicate whether the votersfavoured left or right. At the end of the night,

the sums were neat a five percent swingto the right put the Conservatives in power.To the left and it was Labours turn.

Nowadays it is all much messier as shownby the local government elections at thebeginning of last month.

Conventional wisdom has it that the partyin power suffers heavy losses while theopposition starts to rebuild itself ready forgovernment four or three years hence. Thusif the governing party does badly, it is nosurprise; while if the opposition does badly,for them it is a disaster.

To some extent that is still true but there isa further complicating factor these days: thatthere are three regional assemblies North-ern Ireland, Wales and Scotland whoseresults produce more confusing pictures.

The Irish have always been a bit of amystery with a proliferation of small partiesbearing no resemblance to what happens onmainland Britain. As far as one can tell, it willbe very much business as usual, Unionistparties sharing power with Sinn Fein.

SIGNIFICANTIn Wales this May, there were one or two

significant developments. Labour maintainedits hold on power with just under half theseats. Welsh nationalism is not a very power-ful cause though the leader of Plaid Cymrupicked up a seat in the Rhondda. More sig-


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nificantly the UnitedKingdom Indepen-dence Party (UKIP)registered its firstAssembly members.Since they appear tohave no policy other

than that of leavingthe European Union,it is hard to under-stand why anyone inWales would bother

to vote for them.But what their success, albeit limited this

time, would appear to indicate is that UKIPis capable of attracting working class votes,Labour votes. On the face of it, UKIP is a right-wing party but one that effortlessly draws in

traditionally left-wing voters.

In Scotland, the outcome was a surpriserather than a shock. From this distance, itseemed as though Nicola Sturgeons Scot-

tish Nationalist Party (SNP) would sweep toa third successive victory, clearing the wayfor another referendum on independence. ANo to the European Union in this monthsreferendum would provide the pretext for thesecond Scottish referendum which is aboutall that the SNP seem to stand for these days.

MAJORITYYet the SNP f ailed to secure an overall

majority in the Scottish Assembly and will beobliged to rule in some sort of coalition. Theywill nevertheless be by far the biggest party.

Beneath them, the old political landscapehas changed. Suddenly and almost fromnowhere the Scottish Tories have become

Politics Gets Messy

the oppositi on relegat ing Labour to thirdplace. Now that really is tectonic platemovement if you like. For years, the ScottishLabour movement has been at the heart notonly of Scotland but of the UK. Now it mustrebuild from scratch, in much the same wayas the Liberal Democrats had to start anewafter last years General Election.

More significantly, Labour needs ScottishMPs, all 58 of them, to form a national gov-ernment. At present they have one.

By way of explanation for the ScottishTories overnight success, it may be worthpointing out that theirs is the only major partynorth of the border which is unequivocallyagainst another referendum on Scottishindependence, and one is tempted to assume

that this made them attractive to all the Novoters in the 2014 referendum who won that

vote by ten percentage points.YES / NOBut Nicola Sturgeon has now made it plain

that she intends to carryon working towardswhat she and AlecSalmon described as aonce in a lifetime Yes/No referendum. Thoseof us south of the bordercan only hope that theloss of the SNP overallmajority will frustrate

that ambition.In England there was

no substantial changein the the main partiesfortunes. Jeremy Cor-

byns enemies in his own party did not havethe disaster to justify mounting a leadershipcoup. Still, to have made no progress eightmonths after becoming leader and given thefact that the opposition does well in electionsof this sort, it suggests that Corbyns daysare numbered. Maybe the mutiny when itcomes will be after the European referendum

this month.Labours one bright light amid all the

gloom came in Sadiq Khan winning theLondon mayoralty by a handsome margin.The Tories had run a nasty campaign againstKhan, a Muslim, with all sorts of dark warn-

ings about extremism. Anyone who canremember the appalling parliamentary elec-

tion for Smethwick in 1964 will have someidea of what happened in London this May.Happily, the nastiness appears to have helpedand not hindered Sadiq Khan.

DIVERSIONThere remains a sense that this years

local government elections have been a diver-sion on the way towards the most importantUK vote for 40 years: the EU referendumon June 23.

Listening to debates, phone-ins andgeneral discussions, one gets the feeling

that public sentiment is balanced on a knife-edge. Most of the big guns seem to be on theRemain side but the reception given to Leavecampaigners, in TV debates for instance,is noticeably strong. The word Id use israucous suggesting a sort of passionatefervour for getting out of Europe.

It is this almost nasty atmosphere whichhas characterised a number of recent politi-cal developments, like the rise of UKIP, thepartisan Scottish independence campaigners,

the strength of anti-migrant feelings, Clegg-mania and Jeremy Corbyns overwhelmingsupport among grassroots members of theLabour Party that renders him virtually bomb-proof. Even, maybe, Leicester City winningfootballs Premier League.

It is why politics has become so messy,so unpredictable. I think it may have some-

thing to do with the exponential rise of socialmedia which cuts across reasoned debateand allows strong feelings to ebb and flow

through our society in an almost anarchicfashion.

This very strong populism will I think beexpressed in the EU referendum by a heftyvote to leave.

I hope I am wrong.John [email protected]

Presenter Robert McKenzie with the swingometer on election night, 1964Photo: BBC

UKs Cameron Caught Calling Nigeria, Afghanistan Corrupt

EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

Controversy SurroundedUkraine Song Winner

TO DESCRIBE the Ukranian winnerof the Eurovision Song Contest ascontroversial would be an under-statement.

First, just weeks before the Con-test last month, it was pointed outthat the song by Jamala was bornof a political message. Her song,1944lamented Stalins deportationof more than 240,000 ethnic Tatarsfrom Ukraines Crimea region duringthe Second World War.

But the Geneva-based Eurovisionorganisers decided the song was notin breach of the competitions rulesagainst political speech.

Then, following her win there wasa huge outcry that a video existed ofher previously performing the songin 2013.

In the past, songs that had beenpublicly available before the dead-line, but had not been accessible bya wide audience, had been grantedpermission to compete in the Eurovi-sion Song Contest by the ReferenceGroup.

PUBLICLY

In the case of Jamalas1944theEBUs attention has been drawn,after the 2016 Eurovision SongContest, to a public performanceof an earlier version of the song inMay 2015.

But, the singer who narrowlybeat Australia to take the title lastmonth with her song 1944 willnot be disqualified, despite a videoshowing her performing the song in2013, emerging, Eurovision bosseshave announced.

The decision was slammed bysome fans who claim the song shouldhave been disqualified and Australiacrowned the winners.

One wrote: So many people saidit was shown on TV, also the video inyoutube, before deleting, was viewed

from like 3000 people.The rules are the rules for every-one but not for this winner? Why?

PRIME MINISTER David Cameron was lastmonth caught on microphone saying that lead-ers of fantastically corrupt countries includingNigeria and Afghanistan, were to attend an anti-corruption summit in London just days later.

Cameron brought together politicians andofficials from around the world May 12 as part ofefforts to clamp down on bribery, money launder-ing and other forms of wrongdoing.

At the earlier Buckingham Palace reception,

a television microphone caught Cameron sayingwe have got some leaders of some fantasticallycorrupt countries coming to Britain.

He referred to Nigeria and Afghanistan possibly two of the most corrupt countries inthe world.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari andAfghan President Ashraf Ghani both elected in2014 have promised to curb corruption in theircountries. Both attended the meeting in London.


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KEEPING UP WITH BRITAINS FAVOURITE SOAP OPERAS

THIS MONTH in Coronation Street,Gary hasbeen scoring drugs for Izzy from his mateDane. Izzy says that theyre the only thing that

helps her with pain relief, and Gary wants todo all he can to help. But Sharif sees the drugdeal taking place in his gym, calls the copsand Gary is arrested. Izzy begs the police torelease Gary and tells them he was getting

the drugs for her. This makes things worsefor poor Gary as the cops upgrade his chargefrom possession to dealing.

Maria returns from Cyprus this month,with gay husband Pablo in tow. Shes marriedhim so that Pablo can be with his boyfriendin London. Its an arrangement that worksfor Pablo and Maria but its one that Luke, asyou can imagine, isnt very keen on. Pablosas camp as Christmas and so when he tellsDavid in the salon: My parents dont knowIm gay, David replies with: Have they notmet you?

Pat Phelan is shaping up to be one ofCoronation Streetsbest ever villains. This

month he breaks into the community centreand smashes the place up, just so that he cango in there to fix it up again. Hes hailed as ahero, but Todds on his case, he knows theressomething fishy about Phelan after he seeshim hanging around outside the communitycentre just minutes before the break in.

News reaches the Grimshaws that Jasonsdad Tony Stewart has died. Along with Toddand Pat Phelan, Jason goes to his dads flat

to sort through h is belongings. The flats indisarray, as if Tony has just stepped outsideand left things as they were. Jason picks upa bottle from the kitchen worktop. He lovedhis brown sauce, he muses, tears in hiseyes. This was a wonderful bit of comedyin another wise nasty, dark scene as Todd

tries to stop Phelan getting his claws into hisbrother as he wallows in grief.

Billy the vicar is in a bad mood. Hes beingpestered with text messages from someonehe doesnt want to be pestered by. Themystery texter then turns up in the shadowson the street demanding money from Billy,which he hands over in secret. The same lad

turns up again and Billy refuses him moneythis time. Who is the mystery stranger andwhy is Billy enraged?

And finally this month, Nick Tilsleystruggles to cope as the symptoms of his

EVERY END is a new beginning. That is theline the BBC used to publicize the storyline

that played out this month, a story that endedan era, but first

Everyone in the Square is all up in Iansgrill; not sitting at a table at his restaurant grill.No, thats going down the pan. But they areupset because they found out hes selling out

to a big chain store that will kill the market.Why would someone whos family has beenon the market for generations (even Ian) kill

the market? Its to save his son, secret serialkiller Bobby. Ian and Jane cannot afford the

tuition fees at Bobbys new, posh boardingschool, the school they think is keeping theirlittle psychopath on the straight and narrow.To protest, all the market traders boycott theChippy and Cafe. But at the critical momentwhen he has to sign the contracts, Ianchanges his mind. He cant sell. Now theyvegot to tell Bobby (whos home on break withhis hockey player of the month trophy yes,of course he excels at an activity that includesa blunt object) that he cannot return to theschool he loves. Hes going to be upset andas we all know, if you upset Bobby, you endup with blood splatter patterns in the darn-dest of places.

In retrospect, when Jane asked Bobbywhat he wanted for tea and he answered,Fava beans and a nice Chianti, she shouldhave known summink was up. Yes, he over-heard Jane telling Sharon the news they were

going to have to break to him, so he packshis bag and wants to head back to school,

assuming theyll let him stay even if his par-ents cant pay. Jane wont let him leave, butBobby says she cannot tell him what to dobecause, You aint my muvver shades ofKat & Zoe, but Zoe didnt do this: When Jane

turned her back to call Ian, Bobby bludgeonedher with his hockey stick. Not once, but three

times. Thats gotta smartAcross the Square, theres a new stalker

in town. Hes a handsome, homeless con-struction worker hired to work on Jacksreno project on #3 (Maxs old house), butunbeknownst to Jack (and everyone else) hehas some kind of obsession with Ronnie. Itlooks like he might have been the one stalkingher. And hes creepy and causing problemsfor Stacey and Martin as well, but thoseproblems are set aside as Stacey and Martinget married in a sweet and happy ceremony,before heading back to the Vic for the recep-

tion, not knowing that their cake, still sittingon Ian and Janes table is now splattered inJanes blood

As Phil lurches from disaster to disaster,unable to stay sober long enough to get on

the liver transplan t list, Peggy turns up onRonnies doorstep. We knew her cancerhad come back, but now we find out it hasspread to her bones and brain, and she has(essentially) come home to see everyonefor the last time, before she takes her ownlife because she wants to take control over

the cancer and go out (she says), the wayshe has lived, head held high, like a queen.Both Phil and Grant (who flew in when Sharonsent up the Bat Signal), try to convince her itswrong, and take her pills away, not knowingshe has more. In the end, as she prepares

to go, she is hallucinating and sees Pat, whoreassures her that she wont leave her alone,not for a minute. And with that she leavesbehind letters for Phil, Grant and Sam, putson her lippy and takes the bottle of pills.

To hear Peggys final words to Phil, herfirst best boy, in the letter she left for him,watch this clip and I dare you not to well up:www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eydi3BZAwyg

And so this marks the end of the roadfor one of the most iconic characters toever walk the cobbles of Albert Square:Peggy Mitchell, part chipmunk, part fire-breathing dragon, 100 percent force to bereckoned with and all heart (even whenmisguided, heart), played too often campperfect by (inter)national treasure, DameBarbara Windsor. Her like wont come thisway again, andEastEnderswill forever havea Barbara Windsor-shaped hole in its soul.Respect. And respect also goes to outgoingEastEnders producer Dominic TreadwellCollins, as well as writers Sarah Phelps andRob Gittins who gave Peggy (& Babs) an exitworthy of this great character.

To keep up with all things EastEnders ,just email me here at the Launderette andIll sign you up for the FREE E20Chroniclese-newsletter:[email protected].

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brain injury return. Hes in pain and turmoiland starts to lose his temper and fly intorages over the simplest of things. He seeshis doctor who refers him to the hospitalconsultant. Its not looking good for Nick andhe confides in David that he cant tell Carlabecause it wouldnt be fair on her. Threaten-ing to call off the wedding he tells David: IfI cant be proper husband, I cant marry herat all. Oh dear.

Later in the Bistro, Carla waits for Nick tocome in for a quiet drink. Shes drinking redwine and is surprised that Nick is having asoft drink. She jokes with him about this and

turn soon talks to their upcoming wedding.Till death us do part, she says to him towhich he replies, sadly: In sickness and inhealth. Yeah, but were both as fit as fiddlesarent we? she smiles. Oh, if only she knew.Later, in Carlas flat Nick goes out running for

the second time in the same day, as a wayto vent his frustrations. Run like the wind,Carla tells him. Run to the top of a mountainand pull me down a star. I was thinking offive times around the Red Rec. Nick replies.And its wonderful dialogue like this thatproves exactly why I love Coronation Street.

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THE FIRST book about CoronationStreetdiva Carla Connor has been pub-lished.

The Little Book of Carla Connor marks the tenth anniversary of theiconic soap character. The new book iswritten by one of Britains leading soapexperts, Glenda Young who is editor ofthe acclaimed Coronation Street Blogand Corrie.net, and Union Jack Corriecolumnist.

Since the character of Carla Connorfirst appeared on the cobbles of Corona-tion Streetin 2006, she has become oneof the most iconic, contemporary femalecharacters in the soap world.

This groundbreaking book takes a lookat one of the most electrifying life storiesin soap. There are details of Carla Connor

being held hostage in a siege; surviving afire; a bus crash; rape; suicide attempts;alcoholism and gambling. The highsand lows of the reign of a true queen of

10 Year Milestone For Queen Of The

Soaps Celebrated With New Bookthe soaps is now inprint.

In a week thatone soap queen,Peggy M itche l l ,leaves our screens its great to cel-e b r a t e s u c h a nimportant mi le -stone of another,says Glenda Young.Carla Connor has

become one of the strongest femalecharacters ever to appear in UK dramaand her tenth anniversary should get theattention it so richly deserves.

The Little Book of Carla Connor: Adecade in the life of a soap queen. AnUnofficial Coronation StreetCompanion

is now on sale published by KDP (ebook)and CreateSpace (paperback), along withother books by Glenda Young, atglenday-oungbooks.com, and online from Amazon

Tony Blair SaysDefeating IS RequiresProper Ground War

FORMER British Prime Minister TonyBlair says the Islamic State group will bedefeated only with a ground war involv-ing Western troops.

Blair says air strikes alone will notdefeat the militants. He said last monththat you are going to have to go andwage a proper ground war, with Britishand American troops playing a support-ing role.

Blairs decision to take Britain into theUS-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 remainsdeeply divisive, and Iraq is mired inviolence. Blair is likely to be criticised

in a long-delayed report on the war andits aftermath that will published in July.At an event in London, Blair acknowl-

edged the invading nations had underes-timated the forces of destabilisationthat would emerge in Iraq after the top-pling of dictator Saddam Hussein.

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TWO FIRMS have expressed inter-est in buying the available assets ofTata Steel UK, setting up rival bidsthat could help revive the troubledindustry in Britain.

Commodities trading firm LibertyHouse said last month it has submit-ted a letter of intent to bid for TataSteels available assets in the UK,including the massive Port Talbotsteel works in south Wales. A secondgroup planning a management buyout,Excalibur Steel UK, has also regis-tered a letter of intent.

Liberty said its bid uses a modelthat will involve a transition of steel-making in blast furnaces to recyclingsteel in electric arc furnaces overtime. The company also said Cam-bridge University professor JulianAllwood who has studied reducingcarbon emissions by making less newmaterials has joined the team ofexternal advisers.

Steelmaking would be ultimatelypowered by renewable energysources, the company said in a

statement. Liberty believes the UKsteel industry can achieve long-termviability if based on an agile, sustain-able, non-cyclical model.

The other bid is led by StuartWilkie, chief executive of Excaliburand previously the hub director of

Liberty House Submits BidFor Tata Steel Assets In UK

Tata Steels Strip Products in theUK He said their project has madeenormous advances in the two weekssince making the decision to pursuea buyout.

We believe we have a large num-ber of the pieces in place requiredto make this a success, including a

management team with vast experi-ence of steel making and processing,Wilkie said. We are confident we canturn the business around and sustainprofitable steel-making in the UnitedKingdom.

India-based Tata has said it is losing1m ($1.4m) a day at Port Talbot amidhigh costs and a glut of cheap Chinesesteel in global markets.

The government has said that it isprepared to take a 25 percent stakein any rescue of Tata, mindful of the4,000 people who work at Port Talbotalone.

Critics say the government shouldreduce energy costs and cut businesstaxes to help the steel industry. If itcant find a buyer, some argue the gov-ernment should nationalize the plants

to ensure Britain keeps producing thesteel needed by UK manufacturers.Unions argue that the state pumped

more than 100bn into banks duringthe financial crisis and that the steelindustry is also worth a helping handin a time of need.

Cover Star: Duchess

Kate Poses For British

Edition Of VogueTHE BRITISH edition of Voguewill markits 100th anniversary with a rare portraitof Kate Middleton looking relaxed in thecountryside.

The Duchessof Cambridgeopts for a casuallook in her first-ever cover shootfor Vogue. Thefashion maga-zine is publish-i n g a s e r i e so f Midd le tonimages shot byphotographer Josh Olins in its June edi-tion and some will be placed in BritainsNational Portrait Gallery.

Kensington Palace said Kate hopesthat people appreciate the portraits withthe sense of relaxed fun with which theywere taken.

The casual clothes and settings pro-vide a counterpoint to the more formalportraits commonly produced of seniorroyal figures.

The Duchess visited the NationalPortrait Gallery in London last monthto view the Vogue exhibit.

Nationalized Royal Bank OfScotland Sees Loss Widen

ROYAL BANK of Scotland says its net loss widened in the first quarter as thetaxpayer-owned bank made its final 1.2bn ($1.7bn) payment to the UK Treasury aspart of a deal to give the government first crack at any profits.

The bank, which is 73 percent taxpayer-owned, last month reported a net loss of968m, compared with 459m in the first quarter of 2015. Excluding the payment tothe government, RBS posted a profit of 225m.

Operating profit increased more than 10-fold to 421m as the bank cut operatingexpenses and reduced restructuring costs.

Once the worlds largest bank, R BS was bailed out during the 2008 financial crisis

and has been posting annual losses ever since.

UKs Long-DelayedIraq War Report To Be

Published July 6A LONG-DELAYED report onBritains involvement in theIraq war will be published July6, seven years after the inquirybegan, officials said last month.

The Iraq Inquiry said security

checking of the report by retiredcivil servant John Chilcot hasbeen completed, without anyredactions being sought, and the2.6 million-word document willnow be prepared for publication.

The inquiry into mistakes madebefore and after the 2003 US-ledinvasion of Iraq held public hear-ings between 2009 and 2011,taking evidence from more than150 witnesses, including formerPrime Minister Tony Blair, andscouring 150,000 documents.

The inquiry has cost more than10m ($14.4m), but its report hasbeen repeatedly delayed, in partby a process that gives those whoare criticised a chance to respond.

Families of troops killed in

Iraq say the delays are prolong-ing their grief as they search foranswers about how Britain endedup in the conflict.

Britains involvement in thewar in which 179 UK per-sonnel died between 2003 and2009 remains a divisive issue.Blairs government made a casefor joining the invasion based onwhat turned out to be false claimsabout Saddam Husseins allegedweapons of mass destruction, andwithout a comprehensive plan forpostwar reconstruction.


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the British Government stepped up.Built on Clydebank in Glasgow, Scotland at

the John Brown Shipyard the toil, sweat, loveand soul of these men and women labored tobuild possibly the finest ocean liner ever built,certainly of its day. A floating palace, a statelyhome on water.

Before Trans-Atlantic airplanes ships werethe only way to cross the Atlantic or voyagearound the world. Celebrity passengers are toonumerous to mention, to its most illustriouspassenger Winston Churchill. When WWII brokeout it became a troop ship tran sporting 800,000GIs to the UK, in preparation for the NormandyInvasion of Europe. Adolph Hitler put a bountyof $250,000 on her, to any U-boat captain thatcould sink her. Fortunately, the Germans couldntcatch the Grey Ghost as she zigzagged across

the Atlantic. She was even in a collision with anescort ship costing 388 lives and damaging itsstem (bow) considerably, but couldnt stop asshe was under orders never to be a target.

ESCAPINGOne story I hadnt heard was with then Com-

mander Irving, who held up the sailing fromCherbourg, France for six hours to enable one

Jewish family to arrive by train, escaping almostcertain death from the Nazis.

Fast forward to 1968 on its last voyage toLong Beach, fortunately saving it from the scrapheaps, it had a huge send off from Portsmouthin the UK, and encountered a very rough pas-sage across the Bay of Biscay. That was myfirst encounter with the Queen Mary off the Westcoast of Africa on the island of Las Palmas deGran Canaries.

I was somewhat of an adventurer, sailing a50 ketch and come across the QM there, andwhen we met up again in Barbados, sh e dwarfed

the entire island. I was invited onboard there and

again in Barbados. We sailed north up the Eastcoast to NYC, past the statue of Liberty, an experi-ence you never forget on your first trip to America.

The QM sailed around the Horn to its final andtumultuous welcome in Long Beach , California.After many decades in her permanent home shesstill thriving! Did Long Beach make the QM ordid the QM make Long Beach from an industrialharbor to the jumping waterside community thatit is today, full of restaurants, s hops, hotels, witha huge night life?

IMAGINATIONCelebrating the 80thbirthday took an enormous

amount of imagination, cooperation and talent toaccomplish so much fun, history, and nostalgia. Itstarted with an idea from Dan McCue, PR for theQM, who was given the go-ahead by marketingdirector Chris Wilmoth and GM John Jenkins. Hewent to the UK to meet up with the BBC to put

together a documentary on people that had sailedon the QM: war veterans, British war brides, and

the crew. The documentary aired May 24 in theUK to the highest ratings only to CoronationStreet. The sanitized version (less the sexy sto-ries) will be shown in the US on the SmithsonianChannel August 21 (we hope later on PBS). Youwill laugh, you will cry, you will be proud of thehistory of who we are: people of both nations.

Dan approached Randolph Churchill and LordAlan Watson (respected Churchill expert andauthor,BBC Panorama) in London with the idea

to visit the QM to reflect on the some 60 millionpeople who have been personally touched by

the QM since the ship was first sailed.On Wednesday May 25 when Karen and I

arrived, we were met by Dans fabulous assistantJohanna Felix, for a press conference and screen-ing of the BBC documentary in the QMs lavishnew 4D Theatre. We stayed onboard to learnmore about the guests that had actually sailed,

they could on ly describe their voyage as someof the most lasting and memorable experiencesof their lives.

GALA DINNERThe Gala Dinner Thursday evening was abso-

lutely spectacular, held in the main dining roomfor first class passengers, just as it always hasbeen for 80 years. Commodore Everette Hoardgave us all an insight into the history of the QM,as hes spent the last 35 years of continuedservice to the ship. Dinner was served as close

to the original menu as possible to perfection byChef Todd Henderson and his staff, all making anappearance to the applause of everyone.

Guests had come from as far away as Tasma-nia, Australia, UK and Canada, just to be at thisgrand event. Grandson Randolph Churchill gavea very lively, visual and entertaining account ofhis memories of Sir Winston. This was followedby an equally enlightening speech by author and

British Consul General Chris OConnor; Lord Alan Watson; RandolphChurchill; and Dan McCue at the Gala Dinner honoring the 80th Anniversaryof the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary Photo: Jeanine HIll

historian Lord Alan Watson. Dan McCue gavemention to the ships former passengers presentfrom the war brides: Annie Wichert, Sylvia JeanDahler, and June Allen, to crew a first class waiterwho had traveled with his wife and two childrenfrom Tasmania, just to be part of history.

A full orchestra played all night and this wasfollowed by more dancing and socializing on theAfterdeck, myself spending a couple of hourswith our own delightful and fun Deputy ConsulGeneral Bernadette Green who represents all of usBrits so very well here in the US, a nd, who moreappropriate as she hails from Glasgow herself.

A few wild ones like Katie Armstrong of theForestry Service and her fianc Patrick Magnottaof the FAA, both civil servants out of WashingtonDC and Steve Pratt out of Memphis, TN sangsongs on the Promenade Deck.

SPEECHESOn Friday morning an event on the Foredeck

with short speeches by the QM GM John JenkinsJr; our British Consul General Chris OConnorwho emphasized the importance of our Anglo-American relationships stated at least 1.5mAmericans are employed by British companies

and about the same number of Brits here in theUS; French Consul Christophe Lemoine; repre-senting Janice Hahn was Laura L Larramendi.This was followed by the opening of a galleryof Winston Churchill paintings, including hispersonal easel which went every.

Something else we noticed: the UJ newspaperwas in the hands of so many visitors all over

the ship. S eems people couldnt get enough ofthings British.

The Queen Mary is certainly sailing in the rightdirection hopefully for the next 80 yea rs. Keep up

the good work. Happy Birthday!! Cheers.

UK Man ConvictedOf Manslaughter For

Road Rage KillingA MENTALLY ill British man whostabbed a motorist to death after a minorfender-bender has been cleared of mur-der but convicted of manslaughter onthe grounds of diminished responsibility.

Matthew Daley knifed 79-year-oldDonald Lock 39 times on a road in south-ern England in July after their cars werein a low-speed collision.

Daleys family told a jury at Lewes

Crown Court in southern England thatthey had pleaded with doctors to takethe 35-year-old into psychiatric care afteryears of mental-health problems.

Local health authorities have apolo-gized for not providing better care.

The victims son, Andrew Lock, saidafter the verdict that it is clear that dadwould still be here today if they had donetheir job properly.

Judge Rabinde r Sing h set senten cingfor July 8.

WINDFALL ELIMINATIONPROVISION

Suit Against ForeignPensions Deducted From

Social SecurityATTORNEY Jonathan Bruce, JD, PhD,recently contacted us at the Union Jackregarding the Windfall Elimination Provision(WEP), and what is seen as the unfair reduc-

tion of hard-earned pensions from anothercountry. We have long felt the law unfair andfeel this is a wonderful opportunity for thoseeffected, or soon-to-be, to join Mr Brucein his legal action to stop this reduction ofmonies due that is impacting many Union

Jackreaders.Mr Bruce has enough Brits through UJ

already to launch a class action case, withmore still coming in. If you are having all orpart of your UK deducted from your US SocialSecurity this is something you may want tobe part of as the suit moved forward.

We now have six people who havereturned contracts to us for our class actioncase, and this is enough. We anticipate fil-ing soon. I am waiting to hear back from asmany as 14 others.

Mr Bruce told me last month, that he cer-tainly would like to be in touch with everyoneinterested in and concerned with the case. Allcontact info below:

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