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Monday, 22 November 2010

No Money Left, unless....

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After the General Election, an unfortunate private joke by Liam Byrne, the outgoing Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury, was to provide t...
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Sunday, 21 November 2010

Never Had It So Good? The Accidental Truths of Lord David Young

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The Tories' paper-thin mask of faux social concern slipped this week when Lord David Young of Graffham, Coalition Government adviser on ...
Thursday, 18 November 2010

William and Kate: why the gods are laughing

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" UNEMPLOYED WOMAN TO MARRY INTO WELFARE FAMILY", so one wag wrote online, pointedly aping the "Daily Mail"'s norma...
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Saturday, 13 November 2010

Lib Dem Leopards and their Changing Spots

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The British press has been awash with stories this weekend about the shenanigans surrounding the creation of our first proper Coalition Gove...
Wednesday, 10 November 2010

Lest We Forget Lithium - or why we will never leave Afghanistan

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I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. ~George McGovern, US Democrat Presidential candidate, 197...
Monday, 8 November 2010

Why Do They Hate Us So Much?

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The ghost book of the year is published today. "Decision Points" (allegedly) by George W Bush recounts the Texan Cowboy's ei...
Thursday, 4 November 2010

What was wrong about "What the Green Movement got wrong"?

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Channel 4 in the UK has just shown a very lengthy, two-part mockumentary provocatively titled  "What the Green Movement Got Wrong"...
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Tuesday, 2 November 2010

Half-life Huhne and the Dirty Deal

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The British Coalition Government is a real cacophony of incoherence when it comes to the rather vital issue of global warming. Conservativ...
Monday, 1 November 2010

Tea Party serves a Bitter Brew

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It has been easy to laugh in recent weeks as Christine O'Donnell has risen to international prominence as the Tea Party-sponsored Republ...
Tuesday, 26 October 2010

Eat All You Can

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Food prices are rising across the world . Un-noticed in many northern hemisphere countries, 2010 has so far globally been the warmest on re...
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