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Where do the Lib Dems go from here? (politicalbetting.com)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:59:09 GMT

What happens when the third party works - but doesn’t win? A strongly argued post by the Norfolk Blogger, Nick Starling, has been picked up by several in the blogsphere for the way it powerfully sets out the dilemma facing the Lib Dems. Reflecting on the massive changes in the political scene Nick notes that Cameron [...]

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Hague's eight point strategy for "by far the biggest challenge we face today" (ConservativeHome's ToryDiary)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:33:00 GMT

William Hague spoke to members of the respected International Institute of Strategic Studies this afternoon on the subject of "preventing a new age of nuclear insecurity": "The certainties of the Cold War, when nuclear weapons were concentrated in the hands...

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Anti-Jersey MP calls for child abuse inquiry (This is Jersey)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:56:45 GMT

AN MP has called for the UK government to launch an urgent inquiry into child abuse allegations in Jersey. Austin Mitchell MP said that the inquiry was needed because of the ‘prevailing desire on the part of Jersey elites to sweep scandal and abuse under the carpet to preserve their reputations’. In a strongly worded Commons motion, [...]

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Even a By-election Victory Won't Begin to Solve Labour's Devolution Dilemma (Skipper)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:40:00 GMT

Saying that I think Labour will edge tomorrow's byelection is dangerously like Mike Atherton commentating that Strauss was at the 'top of his game' while batting at Headingley. He was out next ball. But the thoughtful piece by Tristram Hunt today explores its wider impications. He muses upon the 1707 union between Scotland and England, noting that Adam Smith, like his fellow product of Kirkaldy, was...

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Nick Boles blames Law for botched appointments (Tory Troll)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:05:00 GMT

After failed attempts to blame the Church of England, Lynton Crosby and some vast left-wing conspiracy, for the botched appointments of Ray Lewis and Simon Milton, the Tories have now decided to blame the law itself. Speaking to the London Assembly today, Boris Johnson's interim Chief of Staff and one-time Mayoral candidate Nick Boles said that: "We did the best we could in an unsatisfactory situation...

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How long does it take to replace four plugs? (Dizzy Thinks)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:39:00 GMT

Before you start thinking I mean the electrical variety I don't. No... I'm talking about the things you put in sinks to stop the water from going away and I come to you with some useless and mind numbing trivia about plugs in Portcullis House. Did you know that there are 112 basins in the bogs, bathrooms and tea points of Portcullis House? Well if you didn't you do now, and I'm sure you'll be most...

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Missing Abu Hamza Already (Anorak News)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:49:11 GMT

ABU Hamza, one-eyed, no-handed purple-faced people eater is to go on tour. Can he crack America? Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri has been refused leave to appeal to the House of Lords against his extradition to the US. As the Daily Sport out it back then:“HAMZA CROSS THE WATER”? US prosecutors want the 50-year-old to face trial [...]

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Boris Johnson goes missing again from City Hall (Tory Troll)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:49:00 GMT

Has anyone seen the Mayor? I'm only asking because he's just missed his second meeting of the City Hall Standards Committee. Under discussion is the question of who should make sure he hasn't employed any congenital liars, and how to avoid staff suing each other. So nothing that important really. Of course Boris Johnson has a reputation for making no-shows . During the campaign he pulled out of a number...

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Passport workers' strike threatens summer holiday chaos (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:35:12 GMT

Thousands of holidaymakers could find their travel plans disrupted by a three-day strike by passport workers

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Bloody stoodents....... (The Amazing Toad)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:59:00 GMT

....I don't know what the world's coming to! Now if Tracey Emin had constructed this masterpiece and called it "throne on phone" or somesuchother very, very clever title, we'd be looking at about £350,000 here.

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Melrose Club (A New Direction for Wirral West)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:22:03 GMT

A popped into Melrose Hall to say hi, share some stories, grab a tea and biscuit and hand over a cheque to the Melrose Pensioners and Over 60’s Club.

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Climate change activist superglues himself to Gordon Brown (Daily Mail)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:39:33 GMT

During these turbulent economic times, Gordon Brown is keen for the country to stick by him. However, this probably wasn't quite what he had in mind.

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Hague warns of nuclear insecurity (BBC News)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:35:24 GMT

The world faces a "new age of insecurity" unless the brakes are put on nuclear proliferation, William Hague warns.

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Iain Macwhirter: Can Glasgow East abandon Labour? (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:30:00 GMT

Iain Macwhirter: The party may be in the doldrums, but it could be tricky for a ward steeped in Labour history to abandon it

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Land Girls honoured at Downing Street (The Telegraph)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:26:22 GMT

The Land Girls who kept the country supplied with food during WWII have been formally thanked by Gordon Brown.

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Report reveals chaos at heart of Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:52:09 GMT

Chaos at the heart of Britain's nuclear clean-up industry laid bare by an internal audit

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EU suspends Bulgaria's funding (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:43:46 GMT

The European Union has suspended almost €500m (£400m) in aid to Bulgaria after the publishing of two damning reports into Sofia's failure to tackle corruption

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We won't lecture obese people, pledges Alan Johnson (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:47:14 GMT

Obese people should not be hectored and lectured to lose weight, the health secretary is to warn

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We need more apprentices, say Tories (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:26:40 GMT

Schools and colleges would encourage thousands more young people into "practical" occupations under a Tory government, David Cameron said today.

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New plans to extend fathers' parental leave rights (The Guardian)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:13:00 GMT

The government hopes to encourage fathers to spend more time with their children by changing the emphasis of family policy and extending their rights, it was revealed today

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