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California just made a huge positive step in Healthcare

Governor Jerry Brown made California the fourth state in the US on Monday to allow physician assisted dying. Yes, only the fourth, and it's disappointing that the numbers (or the lack of) overshadow the real achievement. Everyone has the right to live, and everyone should have the right to die. Of course life is sacred, but the opponents of this law must not seriously think that California's true intentions are to have a genocide. They simply just want to help those people who have no hope of a cure, and are suffering. That's it, there is no story here, Everyone is allowed to make their decisions about their life and body. If you can go and get an abortion from a professional, you should also be able to go to your doctor to die. They are there to help you and to lessen your pain. In any way possible. Of course we support that background checks must take place, and several doctors (including psychologists) should sign off before you are allowed to die. You sho...

Margaret Thatcher at 90

Controversial. Dividing. These are the words that come to mind when analysing people's reaction to Margaret Thatcher. Many people adore her, many despise her, but what is unquestionable is that the Iron Lady changed Britain for forever, as she restored the British pride. As Maggie would turn 90 years old on tuesday, we look back at the legacy of the only female Prime Minister. Margaret Thatcher is a hero. She was also a great Prime Minister. Perhaps the best Prime Minister that Britain had in the 20th Century, certainly if you exclude Churchill. After all, there is a reason why Thatcherism exists. It was because of her economic achievements and the grand effects she had on society. And not because she was a dictator. Margaret Thatcher economically transferred this country. First however; she saved it. In the 1970's, Britain was in turmoil. The economy was bad, and strikes were crippling the cities. Britain lost its power, and the glory days of the Empire were over...

Tube: the bloodstream that keeps London going on

Every living organism has a heart and a bloodstream that that supplies. Cities are no different, and when the blood stops flowing, the patient can die. London is dying without the tube. And the city's condition seems to be worsening as more strikes have been announced. The recent strike has practically closed down the city. Offices were empty yet the buses and streets were full. London and its inhabitants can't function efficiently without the metro, and each strike can causes up to millions of pounds in damage to the economy. That is the same reason why the strikes are happening. London Mayor Boris Johnson's plan of making the service 24/7 in the capital has caused the unions to strike and halt services as a whole. The Mayor's office claims that due the night tube, London's economy will receive millions of pounds of extra income yearly due to the increased amount of traffic and business exchanges happening. The move was also very popular ...