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Sister Dorries and the labour camp 2008-06-13 05:30:18 Finally is it possible to work out the real agenda of David Cameron's Conservatives?I commend to you the blog of Tory MP and friend of the Fundies (that's Christian Fundamentalists in case you didn't know) Nadine Dorries.
Have a good read and then contrast and compare the way her party leader, Lexus Dave Cameron, tries to pass himself off. You now know the form: no more laughing at the poor. No mo
My apologies to Stanley Johnson 2008-05-14 07:04:25 Fears I may have offended Pater Johnson
, reports from inside China and Burma plus what's going on in our blogs...I fear I may have offended the amiable Stanley
Johnson - father of London's new mayor. Stanley - a one-time Tory MEP and their enthusiastic if unsuccessful candidate for Teignbridge at the last general election - has expressed a desire to succeed his Bozza as MP for the über-safe Tory
Lembit - more interesting than PR 2008-04-22 06:45:31 The Lib Dem MP is to marry his Cheeky Girl - as announced in HelloOne politician who simply defies the description 'grey' is Lembit Öpik. The ebullient MP for Montgomeryshire first caught the collective media eye when he plummeted to earth.
He broke his back in the 1998 paragliding accident but, fortunately, recovered.
Other than that, Öpik is mainly known for two things - one, paradoxically, is Read more:interesting
London's loss, Caracas' gain 2008-08-29 11:49:25 Ditched by Londoners, it's nice to know that someone stands to benefit from Ken's years of experience in City Hall
With his successor doing his bit for Anglo-Chinese relations with his flag-waving "ping pong's coming home" performance in Beijing last weekend, it's nice to see Ken Livingstone back in work this week as a consultant to his old friend Hugo Chavez. London, it seems, is just not big en Read more:Caracas
No room for bigots 2008-11-11 07:12:37 Why there are some subjects that are so polarising I'm coming to the conclusion it's almost impossible to allow comments
It's tempting, as the editor of a website, to commission subjects that will get as many comments as possible. The theory goes that a lively comments section drives hits and given websites like ours are businesses that's quite a consideration.
But there's a serious downside to t
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