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hillary clinton | indiana | north carolina | democratic | barack obama Obama-Edwards: A winning ...
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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may 2008 | 8th may | visit lewisham | upstage mayor | recent mayoral Boris
andrewmilton

I won't comment on the recent Mayoral election result, but if Boris wants to visit Lewisham Central ward and see the issues facing us, I'd be more than happy to show him around.Or he might like to upstage Mayor Bullock by dropping in on the Ladywell...

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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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20 weeks | abortion limit | nadine dorries | 24 week | mp Nadine Dorries and "The 2...
NHS Blog Doctor

Nadine Dorries MPThe 20 Weeks Campaign was launched yesterday by Nadine DorriesNadine Dorries MP will on Tuesday launch the official parliamentary campaign to reduce the upper limit for abortion from 24 weeks to 20 weeks when the Human Fertilisatio...

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bank holiday | holiday weekend | commemorating labor | yearglad | weve built parburypolitica
Parburypolitica

Iain Dale is having a massive case of do as I say and not as I do. First he castigates a number of lefty bloggers for not covering the Prime Minister’s interviews on Sunday as if by some Dale inspired blog law they must. To add insult to injur...

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champions | premier league | final | season | city fans I’m On Setanta Sports: Ma...
EPL Talk

I’m On Setanta Sports returns with its penultimate episode of what has been a FAN-tastic first season on the airwaves. In the latest episode, IT (aka Sven) is caught red-handed on CCTV, Rooney interviews Dave from Newcastle and there are sever...

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protect' | burmese | burma cyclone | people burma | tropical cyclone How to help the people of...
normblog

The email below was circulated by Mary Callahan, a Burma specialist at the University of Washington, and has reached me via a friend:A number of friends and colleagues have asked how to help the people of Burma in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. Th...

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tv addicts | drinking reality | england | nation overweight | binge A Guide to Briton
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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climate change | bruno waterfield | conference call | eu hypocrisy | italian conference Plug for new book - clima...
Paula Keaveney - Lib Dem ...

New Friends of the Earth book'How can I stop climate change?' released this week Friends of the Earth's new expert guide to climate change reveals how getting involved in your local community can help to stop climate change - while also being fun, s...

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state israel | archaeological sites | 60th anniversary | trafficking artefacts | artefacts plundered Israel at 60
normblog

Today I'm celebrating the 60th anniversary of the foundation of the state of Israel, and I invite readers of normblog to join me in doing so. Here are six reasons, one for each decade, why Israel's existence is something worth celebrating. 1. The d...

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An Englishman's Castle

Britain's multi-billion-pound CCTV network 'an utter fiasco which has failed to cut crime' - Scotsman.com News BRITAIN'S network of CCTV cameras has been branded "an utter fiasco" for failing to cut crime, despite billions of pounds being spent on ...

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london boris | mayor london | becomes mayor | boris johnson | ken Boris Johnson is Mayor of...
Matt Buck's Hack Cartoons

Hack cartoons caricature of Mayor of London Boris Johnson.Well, he made it. Taking the liberty of speaking for my professional colleagues, I think I can say, we are all delighted - a walking caricature does make life easier to draw.UPDATE:There’s a...

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Tags: Mayor of London, Blackpool Labour Party, Tories., News, conservatives, Politics, Twitter updates, Hack cartoons caricature, Boris Johnson for mayor of London, boris johnson, ken livingstone

dismissal register | staff dismissal | national staff | aabc | business crime 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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wendy alexander | don't fear | wendy alexander's | scottish people | independence referendum Labour's Desperation on S...
Iain Dale's Diary

Wendy Alexander's decision to back an Independence referendum for Scotland isn't just one of the biggest political U Turns in history, it's the last desperate act of a desperate leader of a desperate party. 'Bring it on' she says, which, when transl...

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Gavin's Gaily Gigest

Which makes a change from the Poles coming to us. All across the country, polling stations are open in the battle for around 4,000 seats on 159 councils and for London mayor and the London Assembly. So if there’s an election in your area, make...

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fatal narrative | three words | vote boris | numeracy | steve richards Do liberal journalists, o...
The Croydonian

Not Johan Hari and whoever is running The 'Independent' this week:"At last – a solution to my Boris blues! I have just forced myself to read the detailed election stats from last Thursday. It seems the media cliché is true: it’s the angry, whiter ou...

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opposing id | id cards | recession | uncertainty within | uk economy So, now what?
PoliticalHackUK

Thursday wasn't a good day for Labour in Birmingham or elsewhere in the country. Fortunately, we did buck the trend here and were only just in second place behind the Tories on city-wide vote share, but our voters stayed at home - 13,000 fewer turne...

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The BBC News website wins the People's Voice prize in the news category at this year's Webby Awards.......

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last week's | weekend's cyclone | burma access | burma's slow | week's results Cheers Paul!
PoliticalHackUK

One nice thing I forgot to mention about last week's shenanigans at the Council House - lots of self-satisfied, smug Tories celebrating and a smattering of dejected Labour campaigners - was that I ran into Paul Dale of the Birmingham Post, who took ...

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richard holme | lord holme | paddy | liberal | died Sad news
Cllr Fraser Macpherson - ...

Two leading LibDems have recently passed away and both made a huge contribution to our party:RAY MICHIEThe former MP for Argyll and Bute, Ray Michie, has died at the age of 74. The daughter of Lord and Lady Bannerman of Kildonan, she chaired the Sco...

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gemma garrett | safe labour | labour seat | miss great | election Exclusive: Sensational ne...
Hunter and Shooter

Red Ken, turfed out by Boris last week, may be seeking greener pastures in Hornsey & Wood Green according to local Labour sources! How come?Well, it's no surprise that Haringey Labour activists are furious with their selected candidate, Karen Je...

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tits cope | great tits | birds | warming great | britain seem Great tits and Jan's cock
Liberal England

Norfolk Blogger has quite rightly awarded Headline of the Week to the BBC for its:Great tits cope well with warmingMalcolm Redfellow's World Service also notes this story and goes on to inform us that the RSPB has banished the word "cock" from its w...

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nicolas sarkozy | withdrawn | eu president | backing tony | tony blair We stopped him!
Neil Clark

The BBC reports: Nicolas Sarkozy has withdrawn his backing of Tony Blair to become the first president of the European Union, senior sources have told the BBC. The French president is understood to have changed his mind after meeting German Chancell...

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don't think | slate's explainer | explainer answers | connor finally | carla sees Countdown to Carrie
Stilettos at dawn

Roll on May 28 and the opening of the Sex And The City movie. I'm don't think I've been this excited about seeing a film since Titanic came out. Seriously! The girls and I are going to make a night of it, starting with cocktails at our current favou...

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seeks surgery | stop hiccups | man seeks | chic collage | million times Man seeks surgery for non...
Nothing To Do With Arbroa...

A singer who estimates that he has hiccupped almost 10 million times in the last 15 months is to undergo an operation to cure him from the condition.Christopher Sands, 24, has tried all manner of remedies - ranging from old wives’ tales like eating ...

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does london | lasse does | mashup lasse | video sketch | london lasse green and yellow and blue
the wanderings of the b

I'm travelling from Leeds back to my little home town, London, and now that the broken window has been fixed, I've moved to a coach with air conditioning, and the wifi has started working, this train ride is quite a pleasant experience. I have a gla...

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fifth sentencepost | page 123find | next three | three sentencestag | sentencestag five Tags
Luke's Blog

I'm not a great fan of tags, the online equivalent of chain letters, but it seems rude to ignore them:Jane Griffiths (whose views on Reading Labour Party I definitely don't endorse before anyone asks, being a former colleague of her deselection neme...

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james whale | talksport | whale sacked | vote | london mayoral Mountjoy
the wilted rose

It is outrageous that Talksport has sacked James Whale for urging voters to back Boris. This would not have happened had he or someone else said ‘vote Ken’, and a lot of broadcasters have basically been suggesting ‘vote LabourR...

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Tags: 2008 london mayoral elections, Current Affairs, london, Entertainment, Politics, boris johnson, James Whale, TalkSport

without actually | actually posting | blog everyday | cyber friends | posting anything The Last (Awards) Bus
Veg Plotting

Before I went on holiday, I was handing on some of the many awards I've been privileged to receive lately. Well, just before I went, Prairie Rose also saw fit to award me the E for Excellent award as well as Violtje. I couldn't let you know about it...

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