Burying bad news: the defeat of People’s Democracy

The elections have proved a good day to bury bad news. Not the minor issue of a government U turn on the decision to make all English schools become academies but rather the scandalous decision to defy the democratically expressed will of the British people. I refer of course to the scandal of the naming of the new Polar Research Ship. This is going to be named RRS (Royal Research Ship) Sir David Attenborough. Previous ships have been named after …

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Odyssey Marine surrenders ‘Black Swan’ treasure to Spain

It looks as if the 5 year legal battle between US company Odyssey Marine Exploration and the Spanish government over the ‘Black Swan’ treasure is finally coming to an end.  As I mentioned previously Browsing through the Odyssey Marine press archive brings an update on their previous big find.  Also mentioned in my earlier post  Odyssey is currently being sued by the Spanish government over a previous treasure of “17 tonnes of silver coins plus a few hundred gold coins”, …

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