Police in northwest England are searching for two drivers who stole two full trailer truckloads of Guinness, an estimated 70,000 pints, sparking renewed concerns over organized theft and law enforcement priorities. The bold theft took place on a Monday night at an industrial park in Runcorn, near Liverpool. According to the reported account, two unidentified […] The post British police hunt thieves after 70,000 pints of Guinness stolen near Liverpool appeared first on American Almanac .
Police in northwest England are searching for two drivers who stole two full trailer truckloads of Guinness, an estimated 70,000 pints, sparking renewed concerns over organized theft and law enforcement priorities. The bold theft took place on a Monday night at an industrial park in Runcorn, near Liverpool. According to the reported account , two unidentified drivers pulled up to the depot and hauled away trailers packed with around 800 barrels of Guinness stout. The stolen beer was valued at £115,000, or about $155,000, and the trailers themselves reportedly worth another £50,000 ($67,000). No motive for the heist has been given, and police have yet to announce any arrests or the recovery of the missing beer. The theft’s scale has…Open
Prime Minister Andy Burnham can’t do that—because it would mean blaming himself. The post Blame Blair, not Thatcher, for British Decline appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Blame Blair, not Thatcher, for British Decline Prime Minister Andy Burnham can’t do that—because it would mean blaming himself. TakiMag Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images Just before becoming Britain’s prime minister in July, Andy Burnham revealed his father has late-stage dementia. Politically speaking, so does much of the Labour political class, including Burnham: its impressions of the 1970s and its lessons are foggy. In northwest England , whence Burnham hails, political dementia is a transmissible disease, particularly regarding the legacy of the former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.…Open
A simple guide for confused Americans. The post Andy Burnham’s Northern Kingdom appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag Andy Burnham’s Northern Kingdom A simple guide for confused Americans. TakiMag (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) Looking at British politics right now, this magazine’s American readership must be mightily puzzled. In Andy Burnham, the UK is about to get a new Prime Minister whose entire justification for leadership is that he hails from Manchester—the capital of “the North.” What, you may be asking, is “the North” (other than “that bit above the South”)? A central theme of this island’s politics is that there exists a yawning gap between England’s northern and southern halves.…Open
A British journalist has admitted to stalking a former top United Kingdom government official and his wife for more than a year.
A British freelance journalist has pleaded guilty to stalking former Chancellor George Osborne and his wife, Thea Rogers, in a case regarding false allegations and harassment. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A British journalist has admitted to stalking former Chancellor of the Exchequer (Treasury Secretary) George Osborne and his wife for more than a year. DETAIL: Lydia Suffield, a 29-year-old freelance journalist from Liverpool, England, has admitted to two counts of stalking George Osborne , former Conservative Party finance minister, and his wife, Thea Rogers. Suffield allegedly sent harassing emails and Instagram messages to the couple, and made false referrals to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC),…Open
