Gordon Brown has delivered a “sobering” New Year message.
I’m just gonna go and get pissed!

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Our government is putting us in danger by placing violent criminals in open prisons - against its own guidelines. By placing these dangerous people in open prisons, they are leaving us open to the risk of risk of them escaping and re-offending.
They have also started doing this from the start of December by sleight of [...]

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This may seem controversial, but it doesn’t really seem very much so to me at the moment. That the assassination of Benazir Bhutto has left a void in Pakistani politics shows that the political leadership in Pakistan is still weak and massively personality focused.
What also makes me doubt Pakistan’s devotion to democracy is the choice [...]

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If what the Conservatives are claiming is true, then yes:
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is to study a Tory dossier that claims the unions are “ripping off” members by asking for inflated fees that are creamed off into Labour coffers…Although union members can opt out of paying a political levy, research by the Tories [...]

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No, not the poll tax or even a tax on poles [or even Poles] - but rather a tax on pole dancers.
Customers at strip clubs in Texas are facing a controversial $5-a-head “pole tax” which is intended to pay for sex crime prevention programmes and rape crisis centres.The surcharge, backed by women’s rights campaigners, comes [...]

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Britain is a nation of monarchists, with 80% wanting Britain to retain it’s monarchy. I am not in the slightest bit surprised by this, as the monarchy is on the whole well-regarded by the people of Britain.
Also, the monarchy is a good thing for this country, as it keeps a constant and recognisable national figurehead. [...]

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This morning I killed my keyboard by spilling a cup of tea over it whilst reading through my RSS reader. Very annoying it was too. And the third one I have killed in a similar manner - though the previous two were killed by beer rather than tea!
The most annoying thing about it all is [...]

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The Centre for Policy Studies has produced a lexicon of contemporary “Newspeak”, telling us what politicians really mean. Some of the best are below:
Anti-social behaviour: anything of which the Government does not approve…Britishness: any combination of values which a politician wants to promote…Celebrate (as in to celebrate achievements): to use taxpayers’ money to promote the [...]

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This speech, made by Hugh Grant in the film Love Actually [which was on TV last night, hence this post], is one which the British people would love to hear - but that would never be made by any Prime Minister of any party. Nevertheless, it is a fantastic speech.

Of course I’m not anti-American - [...]

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