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Fooled by Hitler's memoirs

 

Britons now are more confident about EU than Westminster

  Twenty third out of 24 countries when it comes to confidence in the Press. So, who and what do we rely on for accurate information? Trevor     Britons have more confidence in EU than Westminster, poll finds Faith in bloc higher than that in UK parliament for first time in three decades of World Values Survey Robert Booth  Social affairs correspondent Thu 30 Mar 2023 06.00 BST The Guardian     People in Britain have more confidence in the EU than the UK parliament, reversing a state of affairs that has lasted for more than 30 years, research reveals. Since the UK voted for  Brexit , the proportion of people declaring confidence in parliament has slumped by 10 percentage points to 22% while there has been a seven percentage point rise in confidence in the Brussels-based bloc, to 39%. Confidence in the UK government also fell from 2017 to 2021.   The findings from the World Values Survey (WVS) exploring trust in institutions in 24 nations from Cana...

Memories of growing up in Nairobi (just a few)

  MELVYN FERNANDES   Sun, 29 Oct 2017 15:22:41 -0700 Nairobikars: The Memory   Just Sharing   Have you read this one?   02/10/2017 10:14:15: W lobo: This is NOT SHORT .... but do read it when you have a few minutes spare...it has been written by someone else...not me.   P***** Sept 7th 2017.   In case some of you did not see this on the Nairobi Asians site, gone a bit viral!!!   Soft, sweet, gentle things, kisses from a whispering Nairobi breeze on any evening, I remember the other love of my life: Nairobi.   My friends, many colours, many thoughts, many dreams, trust, loyalty, poverty and riches,   you don't count as money or wealth...   Watching the world go by in Nairobi National Park or fishing somewhere, anywhere!   Tea with a pretty girl at the Tea House of the August Moon opposite the Kenya cinema.   What is it that psychologically tricks our taste buds into thinki...