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Is William Hague Gay? 2008-06-10 16:59:03 To be honest, I doubt it since he appears to be happily married. However, neither would I care if he was.
But it would appear that at least one person did, since someone typed that search term into Google.
is william hague gay?
And ended up at this blog.
When I see referrals in my logs with search questions [...]
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David Davis: Man Of Principle 2008-06-12 15:14:28 Wow. What an unexpected outcome of the lost vote over 42 days detention. Not something I was expecting to see when I clicked on to the BBC website at lunch time!
The resignation of the Shadow Home Secretary, not just from the Shadow Cabinet but as an MP. But only so that he can take the [...]
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, Davis
, Principle
Summer Cyclists 2008-06-12 10:16:00 Summer is well and truly here. It is official. We have had a couple of days of sun and no rain. And the bike rack at work is now overflowing with bikes.
Summer cyclists are the worst cyclists. Unlike people like myself who cycle every day - rain or shine, or even snow - these cyclists [...]
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Has anyone seen my 727? 2008-06-12 03:08:00 Well, lost luggage isn’t exactly a new thing at airports, especially if they’re Terminal 5, but this is taking it several steps further…
Vietnamese authorities say they are mystified as to who owns a Boeing 727 which has been abandoned at Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport.
The plane was flown in from Siem Reap in neighbouring Cambodia in [...]
Thanks, Ireland! 2008-06-13 07:32:18 Today, we all own the people of Ireland
a huge debt of gratitude. For they have voted against the Lisbon Treaty!
Ireland is the only one of the 27 EU member states have actualy put it to a popular vote. Theya re the only ones who actually asked the people what they want. And the people said [...]
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Democracy Takes A Battering 2008-06-14 16:26:12 Democracy really does seem to be taking a huge battering at the moment.
In Zimbabwe, Mugabe is proclaiming that Morgan Tsvangirai will never lead the country - and that he will take the country in to civil war to prevent it. The Opposition leader, who gained more votes than Mugabe in the April presidential elections, has [...]
Sponsorship 2008-06-14 05:00:19 There’s really only been one story in the news this week.
However, there’s more than enough bad news going round, so let’s look at something good instead. Parachuting Archbishops.
Not a phrase you’re likely to ever hear again, it must be said, but - as was well documented - The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, completed [...]
Differences Over Davis: Westminster Village v the People 2008-06-15 12:22:50 David Davis
’ resignation from the Shadow Cabinet and Parliament shows the fundamental differences between Westminster
politicians and commentariat the people.
Whilst they appear to look at it solely through the eyes of party politics - asking questions such as “how will this affect the Conservative party” and “how will this affect David Davis’ career” - the [... Read more:Village
Wear Your Uniform With Gay Pride 2008-06-15 03:59:00 The Ministry of Defence is finally allowing members of the armed forces to march in the Gay Pride
parade in their uniform. Good.
The only difference between homosecual and heterosexual people is the gender of their preferred partner in bed.
That gay soldiers and sailors can all march in their uniform and show that the military is [...]
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Remember the 80s 2008-06-21 05:51:27 Due to a variety of reasons, in the past week I’ve not had to chance to glance at a newspaper (Well, slight lie, I read a few pages of The Daily Mail yesterday, but I doubt that counts anyway), read an article on a news website, or watch a news bulletin. Nor am I likely [...]
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The Cycling City 2008-06-21 04:03:00 Bristol is Britain’s first “cycling city“, according to Ruth Kelly. The project, across Bristol and eleven other towns, is to cost £94 million and aims to get an extra 2.5 million cycling. Ruth Kelly said that
A quarter of journeys made every day by car are less than two miles…
Cycling
is an alternative that could bring [...]
More Camping 2008-06-21 02:55:00 I’m away camping for the weekend again.
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Lisbon Treaty: Ratification On Hold 2008-06-20 10:52:25 It’s almost like the impossible has been achieved.
Gordon Brown has said that “ratification will not take place… until we have the judgement” of the High Court on whether a referendum is required.
Lord Justice Richards was launched an attack on the government’s actions in taking the treaty through both Houses of Parliament - with a lack [...]
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, Treaty
What’s Your MPs Address? 2008-06-19 16:14:51 If they get their way, we’re not allowed to be told. Because we might be dangerous.
MPs are to vote on whether their addresses should be published with a detailed breakdown of their expenses every quarter. This is being objected to on the grounds that it would needlessly expose MPs to the risk of being targeted [...]
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Data Privacy… REALLY Not Labour’s Strong Point 2008-06-19 10:12:00 Just over a month ago, I published a blogpost entitled “Data Privacy
… Not Labour
’s Strong
Point” after two ministers had their Cabinet briefing notes photographed, blown up, and the contents published in the media. These revealed bad news over house prices and that Our Glorious Leader Gordon Brown had been asked to be a TV [...]
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All About The Money 2008-06-19 03:46:00 It’s not just all about “the economy, stupid”, but it’s also all about our pay.
Alastair Darling is telling us all to be restrained in our pay demands, as inflation is reaching towards the 4% mark [and is over it if you use the RPI], and energy bills could rise by as much as 40%, costing [...]
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Not-So Freedom Of Information 2008-06-18 14:25:49 One in five of all FOI requests are turned down. 20%! 7,000 FOI requests turned down point blank.
And only 63% were classed as fully “resolvable”. So the other 17% must have been regarded as only partly answerable, for whatever reason. Knowing this government, probably because they just didn’t have a clue what the answer was.
Freedom
[...]
MPs On The Roll of Shame 2008-07-05 04:33:00 Sam Coates at the Times‘ Red Box blog asks “is your MP on the roll of shame?” He is, of course, referring to the list of MPs who voted to keep their exploitative and expensive [to us] expense system.
That list of MPs can be seen here, containing 146 (of 172) Labour MPs, of which 33 [...]
Political Ideology Meme 2008-07-04 10:38:00 Yet another one of these things is making the rounds…
What is your political ideology?
Your Result: Libertarian
This quiz has defined you as a Libertarian. Keep in mind, this ideology can be applied to the right or left in the social sense. You believe in a minimal role of the government in solving problems and believe [...]
Petrol Price and Taxes: Graph Of The Day 2008-07-04 03:24:00 As the “rumble of hauliers’ discontent gets louder with warning of strikes ” I thought I’d take a quick look at what makes petrol so expensive:
When we pay for petrol and other oil products, we look at the price and then blame the garage for making it so expensive. But where does the money we [...]
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, Taxes
, Graph
MPs Financial Hypocrisy 2008-07-03 14:31:00 Even as they vote to restrict their salaries to a below-inflation rise [and send the blogosphere into shock] - presumably to get some good headlines - they are refusing to overhaul their expenses system:
MPs threw out plans to overhaul their expenses, insisting on their right to buy kitchens, televisions and sofas on the taxpayer.
Plans for [...]
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, Hypocrisy
MPs Vote For Below Inflaton Pay Rise - Blogosphere In Shock 2008-07-03 14:25:13 It’s amazing. MPs have voted against awarding themselves an above-inflation pay rise.
And yet I haven’t seen a single blog post on this piece of news by any non-journalist come through my RSS reader.
The blogosphere must be in shock.
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, Blogosphere
, Shock
Screw Your Vote! 2008-07-03 11:38:00 This is not the sort of thing that MPs should say:
Labour’s fight to regain the support of the electorate took a less conventional turn this week as David Clelland began an epistolary battle with one dissatisfied voter.
Mr Clelland, who has represented the people of Tyne Bridge in Newcastle for 23 years, has written to one [...]
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The West Lothian Answer 2008-07-03 03:59:00 The West Lothian Answer is not this:
Mr Clarke’s committee suggests there should be voting restrictions when MPs look at the “committee stage” of a bill - when most in-depth amendments are discussed.
For matters relating solely to England, only English MPs should vote, while English and Welsh MPs alone should vote on issues only affecting those [...]
Selecting Their Own Remuneration 2008-07-02 10:29:00 Stating the bloody obvious:
The proposed changes to the way MPs claim expenses may fail to allay public concern about misconduct, Whitehall’s standards watchdog has warned. (The Guardian)
Seriously, what prize idiot would think that MPs deciding their own expenses arrangements and salary would be a good idea? All it does is entrench corruption - or the [...]
MPs Logging Off 2008-07-02 03:11:00 MPs have been playing games rather than participating in serious policy discussions.
But, as familiar as this may sound, the MPs in question are those of the Parliament of Bhutan, and it is actually computer games that they have been playing.
National Assembly Speaker Nima Tshering said laptops were turning out to be a “big distraction” during [...]
24-hour Alcoholising 2008-07-01 15:45:57 It is stated that:
The Government’s attempt to reduce alcohol-related disorder by introducing 24-hour drinking has failed dismally, according to a survey. (The Times)
There’s a few problems with this to start with:
It is results concluded from a survey. Surveys aren’t consistent.
24-hour drinking doesn’t exist. Anywhere. It’s just an urban myth.
It has been fewer than
Living In A Gangster’s Paradise 2008-07-19 09:12:00 So crime is down , is it?
No, it’s not:
Over the decade since that tough on crime supremo took over, police recorded crime is up 7% (1997-98 to 2007-08). And when you probe beneath the totals, crimes of violence turn out to be up much MUCH more…
What’s that? Ah yes, of course - we’re not allowed [...]
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, Gangster
, Paradise
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