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Ageism Can Pay - Don't try this at home because more than likely you will get caught. John Berry, 54, (*above*), a resident of Bristol and a serial litigant, has initiate...
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Berezovsky sues Russian broadcaster for libel - LONDON (AP) — Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky has taken a Kremlin-aligned broadcaster to court in London Read more...54 minutes ago
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Robin Hood was a socialist… - I guess it stands to reason. Sherwood MP Paddy Tipping pointed it out in a debate earlier. He was arguing for better tourist attractions to be set up at Sh...
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Would that we could be so lucky! - Lucky, lucky bastards: If the Department Of Education doesn't show up for work, does that mean that the sad decline of our schools will cease? The decline ...2 hours ago
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Letting state pupils down - I've just read an article that shows up two things that are very wrong with our country right now. 1) The large popular demand for Grammar schools is d...2 hours ago
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Quote of the day - “a charismatic guy with a Teleprompter” - how Sarah Palin described Barack Obama during her speech at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville last w...2 hours ago
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So, Farewell Then, Hector Sants - So Hector Sants is 'unexpectedly' stepping down after his 3-year tenure as Chief Executive of the FSA - not sticking around to see whether it has a future ...
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Alternative Voting - In Song - Apropos of THIS, let's have a little song about Alternative Voting: *David Cameron: You know, Electorate, you are privileged to live in this age of quali...3 hours ago
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I've Been Thinking... - ...and believe me that's not always a good sign. I've been thinking about the prospect of a hung Parliament for weeks and it filled me with dismay. Hung...
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Recommended Reading - Here is my latest recommended reading list. Please note, I do not necessarily agree with these posts and articles, however I found them sufficiently intere...4 hours ago
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MP's to vote for vote on how we vote. Huh? - Yes, our esteemed MPs will today vote on whether we should vote on how we are going to vote. You might have thought that, in the teeth of a disastrous recess...
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Guardian – Climate Action Must Be Rebuilt From The Ground Upwards - The Guardian is still finding it difficult to fully break away from Climate Religion as this article by Ian Katz shows. Intended to be a “to do” list of wh...5 hours ago
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Sing a song of freebies - SING A SONG OF PARLIAMENT, POCKETS FULL OF CASH. FRAUDULENTLY CLAIMING, AND ADDING TO THEIR STASH. WITH THEIR PLOY DISCOVERED, THEY SAID THEY'LL GIVE IT BACK...5 hours ago
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Some Mash Goodness! - *Five easy-to-remember tips for a hassle-free stitch-up: * - Always make false arrests when you are either completely sober or completely drunk. ...5 hours ago
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Privilege - Elliot Morley, David Chaytor and Jim Devine all charged last week with multiple offences under the 1968 Theft Act could face up to seven years in prison....
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Snotty's On A Roll? - *Voting Reform/Rigging.* ** ** ** ** ** This sack of you know what is looking to complete his buggering of The Nation. What are the chances that having f...6 hours ago
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Rear Of The Year - Please, let there be a God who shares my sense of humour! How delicious it would be for Dear Harriet, the leader of our feminazi sisterhood, to win the 20...
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Tower Block of Commons Episode 2 - Channel 4’s Tower Block of Commons makes for impressive, albeit painfully exploitative, viewing. You should, by now, know the premise – a bunch of archetyp...8 hours ago
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Ma'asalama - Folks, I am heading to North Africa tomorrow morning (at stupid o'clock) to do my thing. I will be back in a couple of weeks. The internet connection wher...8 hours ago
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What difference does political blogging really make? - Event review - I attended a "Westminister Skeptics in the Pub" event titled "What difference does political blogging really make?" last night. It was a panel discussion w...
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Just a Thought – Will MP’s be using AV to vote on “Reform” - As MP’s vote on whether or not they should vote to have a referendum on moving to AV, I just wondered if we could first of all ask them to start voting usi...9 hours ago
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CONNECTION PROBLEMS - Sorry for the lack of consistent blogging and commenting at your blogs, folks, I've been experiencing connection problems for about a week, now, and can on...12 hours ago
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Campbell has lost the plot - The man has completely lost the plot. I'm reminded of a strange reversal of a Vietnam War body count, with all the bizarre inhumanity of Peter Sellers' Do...
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