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liberal democrat | liberal democrats | party | john kampfner | clegg John Kampfner supports Li...
simon wilson

Today the well-respected political commentator John Kampfner launched the pamphlet, Lost labours, with Nick Clegg.He comments, "As somebody who has a long involvement with the Labour party, including editing the New Statesman magazine, I have been a...

apple ipad | 2010 | playstation move | april 3rd | april 3 Apple iPad Steals the Lim...
UK Gadget and Tech News, ...

If you thought this year’s Oscars was just a place for movie awards and celebrities touting their posh frocks down the red carpet, then think again. This time it was tech giants, Apple, that were stealing some of the limelight … [visit site t...

street view | google street | view coverage | streets | google maps Google Street View Covers...
Technology Blog (UK), Hi-...

Initially, Google Street View was fairly controversial with many people complaining about invasion of privacy and such issues. However, those concerns have not stopped Google from expanding the service, because as of tomorrow (11th March 2010), you ...

gordon brown | defence staff | chilcot | lord boyce | armed forces A Man Without Honour
Burning our money

Are the cameras rolling?Even by his own shameful standards, Brown's performance yesterday at the Chilcot enquiry was a shocker:“Every request that the military commanders made to us for equipment was answered. No request was ever turned down. W...

lord ashcroft | tory | dom | lord ashcroft's | tax status Tuesday 9th March 2010
ConservativeHome

ToryDiary: Chris Grayling vindicated as independent evaluation concludes violent crime has risen by 44% under LabourMichael Gove on Platform: The Conservative plan to improve school standardsLocal government: The Government's banal money saving tips...

international womens | international women’s | international women's | pregnancy | countries face International Women’s Day...
Though Cowards Flinch

Tomorrow is International Women’s Day.   Today, the Observer asks whether it’s needed. Good question. The brief answers from an Anastasia de Waal, a Barbara Gunnell and a certain Sunder Katwala are perfunctory, to the extent of not reall...

hurt locker | oscars | best director | oscar | blind side Cultural battle at the he...
The Guardian World News

Rightwingers have championed Sandra Bullock's portrayal of a Sarah Palin-esque woman transforming a youth's life, but liberals want Gabourey Sidibe's gritty debut rewarded tonightOne film celebrates the courage and generosity of a white middle-class...

climate change | met office | climate science | scientists | seasonal forecasts No answers in the soil
EU Referendum

In The Observer is a report on a fascinating scientific dispute which provides a graphic illustration of the uncertainties of climate science and the unreliability of predictions offered by disparate scientists – to say nothing of the utter shambles...

world cup | football | premier league | shameless prime | watch potato FoxSoccer.tv Q&A: EPL Tal...
EPL Talk

Bhavesh Patel, vice president of interactive media for Fox Sports International, is the latest guest on the EPL Talk Podcast. Responsible for FoxSoccer.tv and FoxSoccer.com, Patel answers many questions from you, the readers, that you’ve post...

harry cohen | expenses | criminal | mp harry | charges Expense charge MPs: we sh...
The Guardian World News

David Chaytor, Jim Devine, Elliot Morley and Lord Hanningfield say the workings of parliament should be dealt with by parliamentThree Labour MPs and a Conservative peer facing charges over their expenses appeared in court today to argue that their c...

every dog | dog owners | dangerous dogs | government | responsible dog New Labour are barking up...
The Lone Voice

Alan Johnson and Hilary Benn have produced a report which proposes that all dogs in this country should be micro-chipped and that dog-owners should have compulsory third-party insurance. Story Dog owners face a new pet “tax” in a government in...

jon venables | james bulger's | venables' | details jon | bulger's mother Straw agrees to meet Jame...
The Guardian World News

No confirmation from Ministry of Justice that Straw is willing to discuss details of Jon Venables's return to jailThe Justice secretary Jack Straw has agreed to meet the mother of James Bulger after one of the toddler's killers was returned to custo...

uup | northern ireland | policing | ulster unionists | dup Stormont votes to take ov...
The Guardian World News

• Power-sharing finalised as assembly agrees to first justice minister since Troubles• Ulster Unionists oppose measure but Hillary Clinton welcomes assembly's yes voteA 15-year search for a political settlement in Northern Ireland cleared its final ...

election slogan | fairer britain | building | works | libdem election That LibDem Election Slog...
Little's Log

The problem with the LibDems election slogan - "Change that works for you. Building a fairer Britain", isn't that it is a Tory-Labour hybrid, but that is it too long and tries to convey too many messages in one go. The LibDems are about change, on ...

march 2010 | ed balls | lottery admissions | balls admitted | michael gove Selly Oak Ward Committee ...
Robert Wright's Blog

The next meeting of the Selly Oak Ward Committee is at 7pm on Wednesday 17 March 2010 at the 1at Ariel Scout HQ, Gibbins Road (next to Harborne Lane), Selly Oak.Items on the agenda include:an update on work on the Selly Oak New Road (a representativ...

indigenous british | racist | bnp rules | members | still discriminating BNP plans to vet would-be...
The Guardian World News

Party's revised constitution would require all applicants to submit to a two-hour home visit, court is toldThe British National party plans to send officials to vet all would-be members in their homes, a court heard today.A clause in the far right g...

amorth | lars vilks | alleged plot | swedish cartoonist | prophet THE BOY CHOIR SANG : HE A...
CALEDONIAN COMMENT

The Roman Catholic church is being plunged into a renewed crisis over how it has dealt with the sexual abuse of children by its clergy after it emerged that the brother of former Hitler Youth and Nazi anti-aircraft gunner Pope Benedict XVI, Monsign...

facebook | ashleigh hall | social networking | peter chapman | convicted Facebook threatens to sue...
The Guardian World News

Social networking site fears reputation permanently damaged by false claim that it let older men pressure teenage girls for sexFacebook has threatened to sue the Daily Mail for damages after the paper wrongly claimed in a piece published on Wednesda...

6 music | rex featuers | mirco toniolo | drops bruce | dickinson mirco Opinion: The BBC – Snog, ...
Liberal Democrat Voice

It has been open season on the BBC of late. We all have our reasons for criticism: the incompetent decision to close 6 Music, the failure to manage budgets, the excessive salaries of performers and especially of senior managers create a climate of ...

political settlement | jirga | afghan | political engagement | david miliband Start Afghanistan peace t...
The Guardian World News

Foreign Office officials believe elements of Taliban ready to talk but fears grow of long Afghan conflict, and growing casualtiesBritain will today urge the Afghan government to put more effort into the pursuit of peace talks amid fears that the war...

24 march | 6 may | march stefan | budget confirmed | todays setting EXCLUSIVE – Budget Day is...
Richard Willis's Blog

A very good source has told me that it is now known by some at Westminster that Alastair Darling’s Budget will be presented to Parliament on 24 March. Since there has to be a week of debate on the budget, the earliest that Gordon Brown could g...

polar bears | bluefin tuna | tuna trade | atlantic bluefin | international trade US throws weight behind p...
The Guardian World News

Melting sea ice in the Arctic will kill thousands of bears in coming years, the US says, and continued commercial trade must not be allowed to make the situation worseIt is a familiar story in the climate change debate. The US government is at odds ...

per cent | weekend away | cheeky weekend | campaigning gets | campaigning mastermind Ryanair – making up what ...
BitterWallet

A mum, yesterday Right, where was I? Oh yes. So a couple of weeks have passed since your media-friendly nonsense about a man eating a winning scratchcard, and you need another excuse, any excuse, to whore your wares. What about an entirely convolute...

nick hogan | old holborn | hogan freed | jail | wife denise Nick Hogan Released -Offi...
Libertarian Party UK

It took the blogosphere just four days to raisethe near £10 000 to secure the release of Nick Hogan, imprisoned forsix months for flouting the smoking ban in his own premises and failingto act as the States unofficial Policeman.It took a further fiv...

royal mail | junk mail | workers | strikes last | working practices Return to Sender: Royal M...
The Spicy Cauldron

The Royal Mail is to start delivering unlimited quantities of junk mail to British homes after reaching a peace deal with the Communication Workers Union to end their dispute after the wave of national strikes last autumn. Buried in the small print ...

mini 5 | dell streak | 5 beta | opera mini | android Opera Mini 5 Beta Android...
Technology Blog (UK), Hi-...

Opera Mini 5 beta became available for download on the Android Market earlier today, and after a long hands on, I believe it shows a lot of promise as a mobile browser on Android. Opera has good history on mobile devices such as their Opera Mobile ...

hadron collider | large hadron | guardians main | editorial cartoonist | bell’s cartoons Links and stuff from betw...
Chicken Yoghurt

Just what tickled my fancy in the last few days… David Miliband – The War in Afghanistan: How to End It – '…only politics will end the War in Afghanistan'. And to think it only took Miliband eight years and countle...

nld | suu kyi | held later | aung | prohibits anyone UN calls for war crimes i...
The Guardian World News

Special rapporteur on human rights details 'pattern of gross abuses' as junta unveils restrictive electoral lawsA senior UN official has called for Burma's military rulers to be investigated over allegations of crimes against humanity and war crimes...

sex abuse | priestly celibacy | archbishop vienna | benedict xvi | pope benedict NOT WANTING TO SIT IN THE...
CALEDONIAN COMMENT

In the UK yesterday 3 New Labour MP’s and an opposition Conservative member of the House of Lords insisted that they should not be tried in the courts when they appeared before a judge on charges of expenses fraud. Elliot Morley, David Chayto...

jos | berom | villages | curfew | plateau state Over 500 Christians slaug...
Rhod on Public Affairs

JOS, Nigeria (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Washington led calls for restraint on Monday after the slaughter of more than 500 Christians in Nigeria, as survivors told how the killers chopped down their victims.Funerals took place for victims of th...

 

Matter Box Contents via Perfect Path February 8th, 2008 at 15:45

image Matter Box Contents Originally uploaded by Lloyd Davis Others have covered this more quickly than me, but I thought I’d say something beyond what I said on Seesmic last week - http://seesmic.com/v/6XRvg23fSW Charlie said he didn’t want samples. I do. I’m much happier with my shower gel and play-doh than with a plastic monster a calendar and a badge in the shape of a vodka bottle. If something that comes in this isn’t useful, it had better be completely, mindblowingly, gobsmackingly beautiful - cereal box shaped like a book? Nah. While the crayons made of soap are potentially also useful, the thing that made my brain scream more than anything was the lametrocious rubbish written about it: “A set of crayons that are really soap tell a story...