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Advocacy group
Advocacy groups (also known as pressure groups, lobby groups, campaign groups, interest groups, or special interest groups) use various forms of advocacy in order to influence public opinion and/or policy.
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Bill Shankly
William Shankly, OBE (2 September 1913 – 29 September 1981) was a Scottish football player and manager, who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool.
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British Gas
British Gas is an energy and home services provider in the United Kingdom.
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British passport
British passports are passports issued by the United Kingdom to those holding any form of British nationality.
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BT Group
BT Group plc (trading as BT and formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company with head offices in London, United Kingdom.
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Chrissie Maher
Chrissie Maher OBE (born 1938) co-founded Plain English Campaign, a company that promotes the clear use of English, particularly by businesses and official bodies.
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Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is a retired American political figure and businessman.
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Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current President of the United States, in office since January 20, 2017.
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Foot in Mouth Award
The Foot in Mouth Award is presented each year by the Plain English Campaign for "a baffling comment by a public figure".
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George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
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Golden Bull Award
The Golden Bull Award is an award that is given annually by the Plain English Campaign to an organisation who has made what is deemed by the campaign to be a confusing and bad use of English (see gobbledygook).
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Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.
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Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport (also known as London Heathrow) is a major international airport in London, United Kingdom.
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Irish Life Assurance plc
Irish Life Assurance plc, commonly known as Irish Life, is an Irish life assurance and pensions company.
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Jargon
Jargon is a type of language that is used in a particular context and may not be well understood outside that context.
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John Humphrys
Desmond John Humphrys (born 17 August 1943) is a Welsh broadcaster.
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Linguistic purism in English
Linguistic purism in the English language is the belief that words of native origin should be used instead of foreign-derived ones (which are mainly Latinate and Greek).
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List of Germanic and Latinate equivalents in English
This list contains Germanic elements of the English language which have a close corresponding Latinate form.
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Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, (13 October 19258 April 2013) was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990.
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Met Office
The Met Office (officially the Meteorological Office) is the United Kingdom's national weather service.
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Oliver Kamm
Oliver George Kamm (born February 1963) is a British journalist and writer who is a leader writer and columnist for The Times.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.
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Plain English
Plain English (or layman's terms) is language that is easy to understand, emphasizes clarity and brevity, and avoids overly complex vocabulary.
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Plain language
Plain language is writing designed to ensure the reader understands as quickly, easily, and completely as possible.
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Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and humanitarian activist.
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Simple English Wikipedia
The is an English-language edition of the online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, primarily written in basic English and special English.
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Simplified Technical English
ASD STE-100 Simplified Technical English, or Simplified English, is the original name of a controlled language specification originally developed for aerospace industry maintenance manuals.
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Telefónica Europe
Telefónica Europe plc was a European broadband and telecommunications company that traded as O2 (typeset as O2).
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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