How Healthy are Freeze Dried Fruits?
Freeze dried fruit is similar to dried fruit, being dehydrated and having a crunchy texture. However, it does not contain the same added sugar used as a preservative that regular dried fruit has, making it a healthier choice. Freeze drying dehydrates the fruit, removing its water content, helping to preserve the fruit. TheLondonEconomic.com asked paradisefruits.co.uk to show us how healthy freeze dried fruit is, and if there are benefits to including it in a balanced diet. Nutritional Benefits of Freeze Dried...
Slow Fashion: Ethically responsible clothing that you would LOVE to wear
Free range meat – check. Against animal tested products – check. Ethical sustainable clothing – err…… but Primark!!! This is awkward. I am just as guilty as most people who try and make the effort to live a more ethical life; I have gaping blind spots. It appears I care more about animal welfare than people. I do get blinded by a bargain and have dismissed organic, sustainable, and ethical clothing as too expensive, weirdly patterned or based on the fear that I...
List of 140 Labour MPs who voted for Trident
Here is a list of Labour MPs and how they voted on Trident renewal, the final vote in the Commons was 472 votes in favour against 117 against, so the margin was very large. Out of the Labour members 140 voted for the renewal of the controversial nuclear deterrent renewal. 47 MPs said no to the £205bn upgrade and 41 abstained and or simply kept themselves away from the chamber. Corbyn's two leadership challengers Owen Smith and Angela Eagle voted...
Homicidal lunatic pledges £205bn for schools, hospitals & homes
A clear and present danger has just appeared in the UK and could destroy the world. A madman has asked for £205bn of our money to spend on the things we really need. Politicians’ have demanded that the death penalty is brought back to silence this psychopath who can only bring pain and misery on people with improved education, healthcare and affordable places to live. Oliver Smythe-Hollings MP, 43 was shaking with rage as he briefed reporters, he said: “To...
Exclusive Exhibition Of Seminal Rock Photographs To Go On Display In Hammersmith
An exclusive exhibition of seminal rock photographs from Ross Halfin are to go on display at The Indulgence Show in Hammersmith. Halfin has been photographing the biggest names in rock music since the 1970s, when he first picked up a camera while at art college and snuck it into gigs being performed by The Who, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Free. Each day at The Indulgence Show (14-16 October 2016 at Novotel conference centre, Hammersmith, London) a major exhibition of many...
Britain’s Middle Class Closer To The Poor Than The Rich
A new report has revealed that the standard of living of Britain's middle class is edging closer to that of the poor rather than the rich. The Institute of Fiscal Studies study showed half of middle income families with children rent their homes rather than owning and get 30 per cent of their income from benefits and tax credits. Millennials are also increasingly turning to their parents to tackle sky-high rents. The report argues that the income of working households...
Video – SNP MP Mhairi Black slams Trident renewal
One of the youngest MPs, Mhairi Black, made another passionate speech, this time attacking the vote to renew Trident, which passed by a huge majority. She called the nuclear deterrent the "long term economic sham," in a speech that would probably strike a chord with anyone who doesn't agree with the Government's £205bn weaponry cost. Black's maiden speech regarding the Government's austerity measures, brought her to the attention of many outside of the Westminster and this speech was just as...
Melania Trump’s Speech “Plagiarised”
Melania Trump has been accused of plagiarising a speech written for First Lady Michelle Obama. Donald's wife Melania was speaking at the Republican National Convention and was widely praised by the media for delivering a rousing speech. But she appears to have lifted at least one crucial section of her speech from the one Michelle Obama gave at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. They do look eerily similar: Trump: My parents impressed on me the values... Obama: ...like: you work hard for what...
Video – Theresa May would press the red button
Our new PM Theresa May has told the Commons that she would press the red button and launch a nuclear attack that could kill one hundred thousand people. She said that the fact she was willing to take such drastic action means others would not attack the UK with the same weaponry. May added it was "sad" that the Green Party and some members of the Labour party are the "first to defend the country’s enemies. Additionally she said it would...