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An Englishman's Castle

Gordon Brown IN or OUT? – The Madame Tussauds Election When Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair last year, for the first time in a 150 year history, Madame Tussauds took the decision not to immediately create a figure of the current Prime Minist...

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Eric Lee

It's the morning after the Indiana and North Carolina primaries. It now seems pretty clear to everyone that Barack Obama is going to be the Democratic nominee for President. The question now is -- what can we do to ensure that he defeats John McCa...

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Hackney Lookout

Date taken: 11 May 2008 Location: Allen...

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EU Referendum

Despite the insistence of the groupuscules that the EU is responsible for the post office closures, which are currently the subject of controversy, we have robustly maintained that the closure programme is a home-grown affair, brought upon us by our...

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public transport | alcohol | ban | social behaviour | drinking Boris Johnson: illiberal ...
The Devil's Kitchen

No, Bruce, he's really not a libertarian.So, our tousle-haired new Mayor has decided that, from the first of June, drinking alcohol will be banned on public transport. As a result, I would like to be the first to call Boris Johnson a despicable fuck...

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campaign diary | brian paddick | london | lib dem | second preference Was it right to back Ken?
The Daily (Maybe)

Interesting letter in The Independent today (in fact there are a number of them) which attacks the Green Party policy on backing Ken Livingstone with a second preference vote in the London Mayoral election. The letters goes;Sian and Ken: the rainbow...

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ORGANIZED RAGE

The Labour government by reclassifying Cannabis panders to the most reactionary elements within the UK media and US government.by Mick Hall.Just how bankrupt of ideas New Labour has become was demonstrated yesterday when the over promoted Home Secre...

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protect' | aid | burma cyclone | unlike chavez | politics bolivia RickB
Ten Percent

[More pictures here] Death toll rising horrifically- 22,000 & 41,000 missing (State radio via BBC). APPPB though reports 50,000 dead, probably quoting from Burma country director for welfare agency Save The Children, Canadian Andrew Kirkwood. A...

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Parburypolitica

According to the news this morning the Human fertilisation and embryology bill is going through the commons. I support this legislation because I think the research that it proposes to allow could be of great benefit to humanity. While I don’t...

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Disillusioned Discordian

Drawing deeply on the well of inspiration that is the featured items on Yahoo’s homepage… actually my sense of the world is becoming strangely affected by this site. Yahooification if you will. Well some bright spark has come up with a guide to desc...

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dismissal register | staff dismissal | national staff | database | employers RickB
Ten Percent

BBC Jon Kelly- Workers accused of theft or damage could soon find themselves blacklisted on a register to be shared among employers. It will be good for profits but campaigners say innocent people could find it impossible to get another job. An onli...

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id cards | id card | nantwich campaign | theyve mostly | arguments previously Want BNP? Vote Labour
Love and Liberty

Have you seen Labour’s disgusting leaflets for the Crewe and Nantwich by-election? You might have been glad that the poisonous British National Party aren’t fielding a candidate, but you have to wonder if it’s just because the BNP are satisfied the ...

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boris johnson | mr devil | boris illiberal | 666 during | henley campaign Gavin’s Twitter Updates f...
Gavin's Gaily Gigest

Introducing the Boris Johnson Resignation Watch: http://tinyurl.com/6of98z # Meeting Nick Clegg tomorrow. Hoping to become number 31. # Wondering which way pro-lifer Mad Nad will vote on stem cell research # Apparently the President saw how much the...

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nick clegg | regulate city | bad practice | dems pledge | leader Nick Clegg Bloggers’ Inte...
Gavin's Gaily Gigest

Bounding in nervously like a young boy on his first day at a new school*, Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats and MP for Sheffield Hallam, greeted the massed horde of Lib Dem bloggers with all the enthusiasm you’d expect from his youth...

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Pickled Politics

Johann Hari, to his immense credit, has come out fighting. A few weeks ago he wrote this piece for the Independent criticising Israel’s record of behaving towards Palestinians on its 60th anniversary. And why not? There has been plenty of posi...

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roads of stone

The sun is out again in London, after an unusually cool spring. It’s been a cold winter across much of Europe and North America, too. But the year is turning now, as it always does eventually. Cooler weather will come and go. Floods, droughts,...

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Nothing To Do With Arbroa...

An Australian driver has been fined for putting a seatbelt around a carton of beer instead of a five-year-old passenger.Constable Wayne Burnett told reporters he was "shocked and appalled" to discover the driver's priorities when he pulled a sedan o...

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water fight | facebook water | sees virgin | virgin mary | man believes Links for 2008-05-11 [del...
edu.blogs.com

Laptop thieves nabbed with help from Mac software - Boing Boing She used the notoriously hard-to-get-working Back to My Mac feature in Leopard which allows single sign-in to .Mac for remote, secure access to all computers on which you've signed in....

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EU Referendum

With its usual unerring sense of what is really important in what is going on in the world, Channel Four News tonight devoted a very short item to the news that EDF, Electricite de France, is confident of buying British Energy. This company not onl...

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happy birthday | birthday verity | fed strawberries | tattoo today | noise party Happy Birthday, Israel
Iain Dale's Diary

Today is the sixtieth birthday of the State of Israel. Like no other country in the world, Israel provokes a huge reaction amongst its defenders and detractors. Whatever its faults - and it has many - Israel is a bastion for democracy in the Middle ...

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london assembly | doesn't quite | agm | banquo's feast | true londoners My first London Assembly ...
James Cleverly

It wasn't the slickest meeting I have ever attended. I found some things very amusing, the most notable of which was seeing Ken Livingstone in the public gallery. Ahhhhh. He rather reminded me of David Brent in the Christmas special of The Office. ...

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banking system | labour party | you'll thank | best explanations | explanations how Too Big to Fail
A Very British Dude

TravelGall's post on banking regulation misses one major downside of excessive regulation of the financial sector: Only very large organisations can afford the subsequent regulatory burden. This means that even when a small bank, like Northern Rock ...

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vows wigan | sunday's decisive | bruce vows | bruce insists | wigan side Tell Us How EPL Talk Can ...
EPL Talk

The 2007/2008 season has been the most successful one in EPL Talk’s history (since our launch in 2005). In April, the web site had more traffic than World Soccer Daily and CSRN combined, has grown a whopping 5457% since April 2007 and is curre...

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why can't | couple weeks | bit sporadic | spirit bear | exams coming Belly Talk
Mrs. Mogul

I received a $25 Starbucks gift card from someone for Mother's Day. Looks like I'll be going there within the next couple of weeks. Caffeine and pregnancy! Woo hoo!My Mother's Day was nothing special. Regretting as usual that we went to do grocery s...

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china gets | how china | perfect posture | people paramilitary | collars An American Red Cross Wor...
Look At This...

How China gets its troops to stand to attention - pins in their collars and crosses on their backsHitler plot survivor dies aged 90Robobug goes to war: Troops to use electronic insects to spot enemy 'by end of the year'More felons allowed to enlist ...

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la la | english democrats | proclaimers cap | lilting scots | knight simon Will it be finally Congr...
The Poor Mouth

Forty years ago, Cliff Richard is was the hot favourite to win Eurovision. He was young, handsome and godly and his song Congratulations was arguably the finest song to be written in the 60s. His coronation should have been a formality but he had no...

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britblog roundup | week's roundup | redemption blues | roundup 169 | chameleon shames Britblog roundup 168
Suz Blog

For those who follow the weekly Britblog roundup. This week it's hosted by Jonathan Calder Was surposed to be my slot but we swopped dates.One of the best roundups I see written for a long time. Well he's one of those that can write reams without ba...

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princes william | harry | city salute | forces | spectacle later A Royal Million For Troop...
"ROGUE GUNNER"

Big-Hearted Princes William and Harry have raised almost £1million for wounded troops. Read It Here (RG) A big thank you from all our Forces Guys.© Mack (RG) The thoughts of a Falklands War Veteran.Rogue_gunner_32_alpha@yahoo.co.ukBoycott BP......

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new york | york city | connor finally | carla sees | past opinions Boris Johnson agrees part...
Daily Referendum

Could the partnership deal that Boris has entered into with his New York counterpart Michael Bloomberg be the beginning of a new, bright future for London? Bloomberg's record as the man who gets it right in New York is well known. Any advice Boris ...

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