Phil Barker

Humanist, foodie. Works in IT. Sometime student of Philosophy of Religion. From Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. Testiculi ad Brexitum.

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Phil Barker
flipped into Brexit is Bad - We Warned You It Would Be.
Brexit
Many firms 'have not considered Brexit effect'
BBC News
Only half of UK firms that trade internationally have considered the impact of Brexit on their business, says the British Chambers of Commerce. It said only 52% of them had carried out a risk assessment...
1 day ago
Phil Barker
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Brexit
Editorial: No-deal Brexit will be worse than we feared
independent.co.uk - Editorial
ince the EU referendum four years ago, there has been an unending and mostly sterile debate about what the British people voted for when they made …
20 hours ago
Phil Barker
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Civil Service
Covid means UK needs EU deal to avoid calamity, says Lord O'Donnell
The Guardian - Larry Elliott Economics editor
The combination of a no-deal Brexit and a second wave of Covid-19 represents such a serious threat to the UK that a trade deal with Brussels is needed to avoid a “calamitous outcome”, according to the...
20 hours ago
Phil Barker
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Lloyds Bank
'My bank is shutting my account because of Brexit'
bbc.co.uk - Darin Graham
"I was shocked to receive a notification saying that my bank account is going to be closed in two months," says Sharon Clarke, a Briton who has been living in the Netherlands for 20 years and who banks...
19 hours ago
Phil Barker
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Existentialism
An Animated Introduction to Albert Camus’ Existentialism, a Philosophy Making a Comeback in Our Dysfunctional Times
openculture.com - by Colin Marshall
When next you meet an existentialist, ask him what kind of existentialist s/he is. There are at least as many varieties of existentialism as there …
23 hours ago
Phil Barker
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Amal Clooney
Dangerous legal step towards dictatorship
The Guardian - Letters
The resignation of Amal Clooney, the prominent human rights barrister, from her position as the UK’s special envoy on media freedom, because the government intends to enact legislation that would breach...
1 day ago