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Politics

The denormalization of smokers continues

September 2, 2010

In a stunning display of petty vindictiveness, the screws are being tightened once again on that blight of humanity known as smokers: More than 90 per cent of smokers are barred from renting a property, new figures have suggested. Actually, having read the article, that is not what the survey is actually saying, although I [...]

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Mullah Mulla on the Dole……

September 1, 2010

The publicity mad Mullah of Blackburn is in the news again today. A curious case. Salim Mulla claims that he has not been able to take gainful employment since April Fool’s Day 1998 – the day the British public started financially supporting him because of ‘sight and hearing’ problems – and the present day. One [...]

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Is William Hague a Secret Fruitarian?

September 1, 2010

The Foreign Secretary is keen to be seen as an unaccompanied man tucking into meat with gusto, but has been forced to take the extraordinary step of issuing a statement about his alleged clandestine fruit eating habits with Ffion, variously described as his wife and his long time companion after a series of bloggers became [...]

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Student Grant-ed Millions.

August 31, 2010

It was not only MPs who were casualties of the last election, when failing to get re-elected. Business men crashed to earth too, as government contracts changed focus and allegiance. One of the most remarkable is young Gareth. Young Gareth has fixed ideas of what constitutes a respectable businessman. It is someone who rests their [...]

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Savez-vous que vous parlez très mal français?

August 31, 2010

Philip Salter at the Adam Smith Institute laments the lack of French taught in schools, and attributes this to schools preferring that children take easier subjects that will reflect well in the league tables. There may be an element of truth in this, in that French or German at ‘O’ level is on a par [...]

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The awkward squad?

August 31, 2010

My parents are, like me and so many of my Sisters here at THE CONVENT, most mild of manner and demeanour. But unlike me they are in their eighties, though in blessed good health.  They have a little semi, and although they get on perfectly well with their neighbours, there has been a problem. For [...]

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Old Bloggers won’t fade away…

August 30, 2010

Unfortunately they are statistically more likely to drop dead at an early age! Never mind the fags, or the salt, it is the blogging that will get you first. Even after adjusting for body mass index (BMI) and smoking, the researchers found that women who sit more than 6 hours a day were 37 percent [...]

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