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labour | gordon brown | crewe | election | nantwich Saturday 10th May 2008
ConservativeHome

ToryDiary: Boris' first week Neil Reddin on Platform: Shifting the centre rightwards Martin Parsons on CentreRight: A Conservative government should...replace the term 'Islamophobia' with 'Muslimophobia' Nick Clegg calls for aid to be parachuted ...

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Tags: gordon brown, labour, Politics, Labour Party, by-election, tamsin dunwoody, general election, tax, David Miliband, Frank Field, ID Cards, Racism, News, Conservative, Crewe and Nantwich

cup final | uefa cup | rangers fans | zenit | manchester There’s optimism, there’s...
Toxic Web

…and there’s living on another planet. That’s how I found many football fans up here recently, living in a different reality, thinking that Rangers would win the UEFA Cup last night. Thankfully for football that didn’t happen...

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lesbian couples | ivf treatment | lesbians | father figure | bill Tuesday 13th May 2008
ConservativeHome

Seats and candidates: Tory campaign in Crewe emphasises tax and soaring living costs Local government: Slough was one of the few good stories for Labour on 1st May but the new Labour group has self-destructed and handed power back to the Conserv...

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The Tinbasher Sheet Metal...

Well if the tooting and parping going on outside work and a couple of other street corners was anything to go by on my way home from work you’d be forgiven for thinking that Barack Obama was going to win today’s West Virginia Primary at ...

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boris johnson | henley standard | open farewell | constituents boris | mayor The Livingstone Mayoralty...
ORGANIZED RAGE

In many ways Ken Livingstone was an extremely successful Mayor of London, he was after all elected twice, I have no need to point out his main achievements as he seems to be doing enough on that front without my help. * In all probability his main a...

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premier league | season | title bid | year steven | wants title The Beauty of the Playoff...
EPL Talk

Those of you against some form of playoffs at the end of the season, what do you have to say for yourself now? Bristol City, a relative lightweight who won League One just last year, stunned most pundits’ pick to win promotion to the Premiers...

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channel 4 | documentary | undercover mosque | police | makers Can we trust Plod?
Christian quoter

BBC says, "West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service are to apologise for accusing the makers of a Channel 4 documentary of distortion.The broadcaster says the apology and the promise of £100,000 will be made at the High Court on Thursd...

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jimmy mizen | old | east london | 16 | lee Catch Ups
Baggage Reclaim

1. I'm back at work - already missing the kids. Although after Christmas I'll be the main carer, so perhaps I should enjoy the respite.2. The wedding of tycho_b (Neil Denny of Little Atoms) and sham9 (Kate Waterfield of The Kittiwakes) was a gloriou...

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driving ban | electronic tag | year driving | guido | curfew OK, Let Rip in the Commen...
Guy Fawkes' blog of parli...

So contrary to early reports and rejoicing this morning on the unpopular blogs, Guido is still at liberty. Sentenced to a 3 year driving ban, plus 3 month curfew. No excuses, Guido plead guilty.Mrs Fawkes laughed at the news, she has been trying...

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dem group | largest group | party ousted | dem's 5 | conservatives' 27 Not very Wise...
The Devil's Kitchen

The News of the World has an exposé of MEPs' scams in general and those of Tom Wise in particular.THE News of the World can name and expose the British politicians milking a fortune from our taxes. For years, we have all suspected the Europea...

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Tags: endemic corruption, Europe, MEP, Tom Wise, Local Government, eu, ukip, tories, general hilarity, wild speculation, filthy corruption

penalty moratorium | pakistan announces | pakistan announced | moratorium pakistan | campaigners lead Harassed by the Home Secr...
Daithai C

Jacqui SmithYufI was intrigued at the recent announcement by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith that she wants the Police to harass yobs? The traditional approach was to get evidence and prosecute in open court! Perhaps this important law officer of th...

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post office | post offices | branches | save under | debated councils Proposed closure of Belmo...
Alan in Belfast

If you feel strongly (or even mildly) about the proposed closure of the Belmont Post Office on Belmont Church Road/Campbell Parl Avenue, don’t forget that Monday 12 May is the last day to respond to the consultation to lodge your objections and idea...

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Tags: Highbury West ward, Blackstock Road, Brownswood ward, uk, Belfast, london, royal mail, Islington, hackney, Finsbury Park

mobile phone | breath' heard | whitehall gossip | gossip charles | clarke speaking Do you Twitter?
Beeston Quakers

posted by kathyI don't twitter often - just two or three times a day, unless I'm bored or feeling frivolous. Sometimes I don't twitter for a few days at a time. And I always twitter on my computer - never on a mobile phone.You may know what I'm ta...

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hillary clinton | obama | victory hillary | defiant victory | clinton keeps As last Hillary gets it
Liberal Burblings

As a poll shows Obama seven points ahead of McCain nationally, Hillary's thank you video (below) at last signals that she has realised the game is up: A video sent by Hillary Clinton as a thank you to her supporters has fuelled speculation that she...

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donations | tory | shadow cabinet | channelled | george osborne Tories in row over 'cash ...
Mike Ion

If a company partly funds the private office of a Shadow Minister and if the said company has a direct interest in the portfolio of the said Minister is there not a potential conflict of interest? I think the simple answer to that question is yes.Th...

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cyclone | burmese regime | natural disasters | aid | reactions burma RickB
Ten Percent

China, Singapore and Thailand have signalled their disgust with the junta’s efforts to control aid and seize it for themselves, now it looks after an interruption aid is going to be shipped. Singapore slams Burma junta Burma cyclone: Lack of a...

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flexible working | request flexible | right | extended | keep talent Tip of the iceberg
EU Referendum

Updating us on a story first run by the Yorkshire Post last September - of which The Daily Telegraph made a complete hash the following week, the Mail on Sunday is telling us that Britons are to be asked to put a sticker proclaiming the rights of Eu...

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royal mail | recommend royal | postcomm denies | denied postal | axe saturday The elephant lives!
EU Referendum

They are at it again … ignoring the elephant, even though it is alive and kicking – and dumping dirty great turds on the carpet.Leading the fray in the eyes-wide-shut brigade is the BBC which retails the news that Postcomm's chairman Nigel Stapleton...

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second home | expenses cover | speaker loses | court expenses | loses high on MP's expenses
On Liberty Now

Nick Clegg released his expenses on Wednesday, he's spent loads on his second home. My view on MP's expenses. They deserve it. MP's (the best ones) hold terrible hours, are hated by the public, are expected to be spotless, gaffe free, endure death ...

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national express | national excess | london | wrong seat | excess service Saint Joseph La Mandragor...
Confessions of a Wino

The magic of modern technology means this post is brought to you whilst I am travelling on England’s East Coast Mainline. If only the wireless internet was as fast as the train, though. The franchise, which used to be run with aplomb by GNER,...

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pack beer | child | australian driver | alice springs | seatbelt Australian driver straps ...
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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these last | merino tops | plyed | labour’s strong | data privacy… My apologies, MPs do care...
thinendofthewedge

…not ours of course, theirs. After lots of back and forth, argument and counter argument and generally running up the tax waste meter, the House of Commons Commission last week challenged a ruling by the Information Tribunal that a full breakd...

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mugabe's | presidential run | round zimbabwe | tsvangirai decides | morgan tsvangirai Saturday, 10th May 2008
The Bearded Man

Howzit"Some things you must always be unable to bear. Some things you must never stop refusing to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonour and shame. No matter how young you are or how old you have got. Not for kudos and not for cash, your picture ...

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golf during | playing golf | bush | think playing | chief playing Why George Dubya Bush gav...
Nothing To Do With Arbroa...

US President George W. Bush says he stopped playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of Americans killed in the war in Iraq. "I don't want some mum whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf," Mr Bush sai...

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coronation street | funeral baby | oven glove | street oven | street merchandise Get your mits on the Coro...
Coronation Street Blog

I've seen a lot of Coronation Street merchandise over the years but this is the first time I've ever seen a Corrie oven glove. Want to get your mits on it? It's for sale on eBay right here. By......

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fixed term | term parliaments | parliaments bill | howarths fixed | david howarths David Howarth’s Fix...
Quaequam Blog!

I’ve been highlighting this as part of my day job but haven’t said anything about it here. Anyway, David Howarth’s Fixed Term Parliaments Bill is being debated in the Commons tomorrow and you need to do something about it. Write ...

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Tags: Parliament, Elections, politics and life, house-of-commons, david howath, fixed term parliaments

election earlier | elizabeth shenton | couple birmingham | birmingham councillors | northampton north Campaigning in the Crewe ...
Colin Ross News Stories

Earlier today I went with a couple of Birmingham Councillors up to Crewe and Nantwich to help in the by-election there. Elizabeth Shenton is the Liberal Democrat candidate and seems to have a good campaign.......

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couple weeks | bit sporadic | iced tea | exams coming | next couple The 60's
Wulfweard the White

It was a hot Saturday evening in the summer of 1960 and Fred had a date with Peggy Sue. He arrived at her house and rang the bell. 'Oh, come on in!' Peggy Sue's mother said as she welcomed Fred in. 'Have a seat in the living room. Would you like so...

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emergency budget | labour principles | class war | labour's founding | nantwich Class War By-Election
Guy Fawkes' blog of parli...

This is from an official Labour leaflet being distributed in the poorer socio-economic areas of Crewe & Nantwich. You can't be wealthy and vote-worthy apparently. Do they realise that Gordon is a multi-millionaire?* Point 4 is real knuckle-d...

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northern ireland | rare link | irreversible peace | new sentences | effect tough 55th Congress of Liberal ...
Liberal England

The BBC reports that members of around 100 Liberal parties from across the world are gathering for the conference in Belfast.And it quotes Alliance leader David Ford:"Getting the chance to host this congress is a massive boost for Belfast. "This i...

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