Thatcher Biographer: How the Tories Turned Against the EU
Interview Conducted by Christoph ScheuermannBritain's Tories were once a pro-European party. They only shifted course in the later stages of Margaret Thatcher's era as prime minister. The Iron Lady's official biographer explains how erstwhile Europhiles became Euroskeptics.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Mr. Moore, would Margaret Thatcher vote for Brexit?
Moore: I'm afraid I can't answer that and don't want to guess. Thatcher moved a lot in her career. In the beginning she was strongly in favor of the European Economic Community (EEC) and campaigned to stay in it during the 1975 referendum. But as prime minister she became more hostile to the direction of the project. In her last two or three years in office, she fought hard against what later became
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Why?
Moore: She was fiercely against monetary and economic union and the euro -- and very opposed to political union. She felt Britain would be better off if it kept a distance from all of this.
South Korea mulls ban on bosses messaging employees at home
Push for legislation as workers demanding the right to disconnect from work in age of e-mail, chat and social media intrusion by their employers
Hyper-wired South Korea is considering legislation that would ban bosses from bothering their staff at home, after growing complaints about the country’s already onerous work-life imbalance.
A bill prohibiting managers from badgering staff at home was submitted to parliament on Wednesday, sponsored by 12 lawmakers from the main opposition Minjoo party.
“As more firms use social media or mobile messengers to send work orders, regardless of time, the stress inflicted on workers has reached a serious level,” they said in a statement.
The bill seeks to ban firms from sending employees work-related messages by telephone, text, social media or via mobile messaging apps after official working hours.
Syria conflict: Clashes as US forces ‘enter Isis-held Manbij’
The operation, supported by US-led air strikes, is part of an attempt to take back the so-called Islamic State’s 'centres of gravity' in the region
Kurdish and Arab fighters backed by the US have entered Manbij, an Isis stronghold in north Syria, according to the forces and a monitoring group.
Fierce fighting between Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) soldiers and Isis fighters reportedly erupted at ground level as the rebel alliance penetrated the city on Wednesday.
The offensive operation, supported by US-led air strikes, is part of an attempt to take back the so-called Islamic State’s “centres of gravity” in the region.
Diaspora Eritreans protest regime human rights abuses
Thousands of diaspora Eritreans march in support of UN report that accuses government of crime against humanity.
Thousands of Eritreans have rallied in Geneva against alleged human rights abuses committed by their government back home, expressing support for a new UN commission report that accuses the regime of crimes against humanity since 1991.
"It is so important that we are here to show support to the Commission of Inquiry’s report when so much energy has been spent by the Eritrean regime and their supporters to discredit the findings of the report," Vanessa Berhe, who participated in the protest, told Al Jazeera.
"I can confidently say that today marked a very important milestone in the Eritrean opposition movement in the diaspora," Feruz Kaissey, a Stop Slavery in Eritrea campaigner, said.As FBI surveillance takes center stage, Senator Wyden warns against eroding civil liberties
After the Senate beat back a proposal to expand FBI surveillance powers in the wake of the Orlando shooting, the Oregon Democrat told Passcode 'the public is picking up that you don’t fight terror by eroding our freedoms for policies that don’t leave them safer.'
Sen. Ron Wyden, the Oregon Democrat who has made preserving citizens' privacy in the Digital Age a personal crusade, is in the spotlight this week. He’s fighting to defeat two proposals now percolating on Capitol Hill that privacy advocates say could dramatically expand law enforcement’s surveillance and hacking authorities.
The first: A Republican-led effort to allow the FBI to scoop up email metadata and web browsing history without a warrant in the wake of the Orlando, Fla., terrorist attack. The amendment to the criminal justice spending bill was narrowly defeated Wednesday but is expected to resurface in the coming days.
Work Harder, North Korea Orders Citizens. But Does It Help?
The bright red slogans hang from buses, government buildings and even some restaurants and gas stations, urging North Koreans to work harder to make the country's 200-day "speed campaign" a success. "Have you carried out the plan for today?" one poster asks.
It's the second such drive this year, and while outside economists doubt their effectiveness, they reflect leader Kim Jong Un's desire to energize the country's sputtering economy. That goal is fettered by international sanctions against Kim's other main priority, his nuclear program, increasing the pressure on North Koreans to dig themselves out of economic stagnation.
In a collectivist society, slacking off isn't taken lightly. Least of all now.
"If you look out the window, you won't see anyone just walking around," said Chang Sun Ho, the manager of a small shoe factory in Wonsan, a port city on North Korea's east coast. "Everyone is working."
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