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Politics

Saul on Sunday

March 14, 2010

ANYONE FOR TENNIS………..
Another week, another abject British failure in the sporting world. Great Britain’s loss in the Davis Cup to the mighty Lithuania could mean a descent from the third tier of this competition. Matches against the likes of Ireland, Turkey and Monaco, would be replaced with games against Moldova, Andorra and San Marino.
How can [...]

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Milking the taxpayer

March 14, 2010

The peer informally known as “Barrenness Udder” initially appeared to have escaped from charges of milking the taxpayer. In a display of asininity remarkable even for him, the perpetually useless Keir Starmer has declared that guidance issued by the Clerk of the Parliaments – guidance, mind! – rendered the law irrelevant. If anyone else ran [...]

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Saturday Evening Posts Worth Reading.

March 13, 2010

Law and Order Edition.
CharonQC on overcrowding in Britain’s Jails….
Jack of Kent on prosecutions in the ‘electronic medium’.
Jailhouse Lawyer on who is really running Britain’s prisons.
Internet News on how the piracy laws in France have failed miserably.
and finally Raedwald, because this post made me laugh so much……

Wikio

Wikio

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A Pretty Lehman Excuse

March 13, 2010

Act I, Scene I: A man sits hunched at a shabby desk in a leaky portakabin at the back of a railway station car park.  At the sound of someone trying to shoulder their way through a warped portakabin door, he hunches himself lower over his desk and buries his face [...]

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Praise the Lord!

March 13, 2010

Here we go again:
Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, unexpectedly announced that a £270 million loan guarantee would be given to General Motors Europe, the parent company.
Unexpectedly? Very unexpectedly! Because not all that long ago:
Unions had criticised Lord Mandelson, saying he had been on the periphery of discussions concerning the future of Vauxhall, and the UK [...]

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Nick Hogan – Live Coverage Courtesy of Guido.

March 12, 2010

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Come the Revolution!

March 12, 2010

The Blogosphere is fundamentally different from the Main Stream Media.
It is the aggregate mass of thousands of committed individuals, sitting in front of their computers, who wish to make their voices heard in the political dialogue which traditionally, only hears their voice during an election.
This is not a new phenomenon. It used to be called [...]

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