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Weir ties course record for three-stroke lead (kansascity.com)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:46:00 GMT

Mike Weir fired a course-record tying 10-under- par 61 on Friday to take a three-stroke lead after the opening round of the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second of four FedEx Cup playoff events.

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Weir matches Deutsche Bank course record (Fox News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:27:10 GMT

Mike Weir started strong at the Deutsche Bank Championship, tying the course record with a 61 for a three-stroke lead.

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Weir goes three clear after course record tying 61 (Reuters)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:00:32 GMT

NORTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Canadian Mike Weir, helped by a burst of six birdies in the first seven holes, charged three strokes clear after the opening round of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday.

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Weir ties Deutsche Bank course record (Fox News)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:46:28 GMT

Vijay Singh got off to a good start with a 64 but Mike Weir tied a Deutsche Bank Championship course record with a 61.

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Labour ministers quit Fiji's military regime (Indybay newswire)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:36:44 GMT

Thursday, August 28, 2008 : Labour Party leader and interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry has resigned from Fijis crisis-ridden military regime along with two other Labour Party ministers, depriving interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama of a key political prop. Since taking power in a military coup in December 2006, the regime has been unable to fulfil its aim of stabilising the...

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If you tax them, they will go. (A Very British Dude)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:10:00 GMT

The Labour party has created the environment for another three British companies to leave the UK for sunnier tax climbs. Two have moved to Ireland and one to Luxembourg. Yet again the economically illiterate left whose politics of spite and envy have robbed UK business off its competitive edge. As a result they will be forced to steal more money off less people to pay for their non-jobs and other ossified...

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"It is requested that Members do not partake of any refreshments until after the Iftar refreshments are served." (Not a sheep)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMT

"It is requested that Members do not partake of any refreshments until after the Iftar refreshments are served." That is the last line of an email sent by the Council to to all members of London's Tower Hamlets Council. The whole email according to Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrats reads thus: "Iftar refreshments (a balance of the chicken, lamb and vegetarian-based Iftar packs, together with fruit, water...

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HOW ARE WE GOING TO VOTE? (grimmerupnorth)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:24:00 GMT

Intriguingly, the Independent reports today that activists are going to "try and force a vote" on windfall tax at Labour Party Conference. I hope this is so and I will urge our delegate to support but how exactly are we going to "vote" as contemporary motions have been abolished. Presumably, it will be a symbolic vote ? If passed, it will at least show we can raise issues and get them debated. And...

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David Marquand: WTF is a Whig imperialist anyway? (Dave's Part)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:36:52 GMT

The Labour left has never particularly cared for David Marquand. That much is underlined by an amusing story about Roy Jenkins’ farewell speech to the House of Commons, prior to taking up a job as Britain’s European commissioner. Marquand had...

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Tavish Scott wins Scottish Liberal Democrat Leadership election. (British Blogs)

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:01:49 GMT

The Scottish Liberal Democrats have elected Tavish Scott as their new Leader. He secured 1,450 votes, representing a 59% share of the turnout. Ross Finnie polled 568 votes (21.3%), and Mike Rumbles won 439 votes... Charles Kennedy's advice to Tavish Scott Liberal England A small sociological experiment on Edinburgh's Royal Mile Mr Eugenides See 8 more posts on this topic: Tavish Scott, Scottish Liberal,...

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West Midlands Liberal Democrats Agent Training (Adam Teladia News Stories)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:02:00 GMT

The West Midlands Liberal Democrats will be hosting a Agent Training on 20th September 2008

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Brown faces rebellion over windfall tax on energy firms (The Independent)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:00:01 GMT

Gordon Brown faces an embarrassing defeat at next month's Labour Party conference over the Government's refusal to impose a windfall tax on the energy companies.

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He's quiting before we have a chance to fire him... (Lord Kitchener's Own) (Progressive Bloggers)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:21:00 GMT

With Prime Minister Harper set to dissolve Parliament before it even goes back in session (on the specious reasoning that the House of Commons, which isn't even sitting right now, is too dysfunctional to allow it to come back from recess) I think the opposition parties would do well to explain the PM's actions to the people of Canada in a manner suggested by Jack Layton.Basically, the...

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Arts cuts keep reverberating (Quillblog)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:00:16 GMT

Opposition to the Conservative Party’s cuts in arts funding (see the complete list here) is growing. Opposition parties have launched a House of Commons review, and the NDP’s Peggy Nash tells CBC.ca the cuts “were done in secret, with no consultation, with no public review.” “There is real concern the government is picking and choosing which [...]

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After the ‘kerfuffle’.. (Slugger O'Toole)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:35:53 GMT

After the “kerfuffle” - the threats , the clarification , and the rebuttal - apparently the DUP and Sinn Féin are to hold talks next week. As the Belfast Telegraph report tells us The DUP today said it was waiting confirmation of talks with Sinn Fein for next week to tackle the impasse threatening the future of devolution. Sinn Fein has also organised a series of internal consultations, including a...

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Welsh politics for all of us (MKNE political information)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:16:00 GMT

The prospective struggle for the leadership of the Welsh Liberal Democrats is not the only Welsh-related development that may transfix the rest of the UK in the coming months. The Open University is weighing in with two (count them) courses on Wales and Welsh. First up is an introductory course in the Welsh Language that begins presentation in November 2008. ‘L196 Croeso: Beginners Welsh’ Now this...

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Fixed Date Elections Bill (C-16) (halls of macadamia)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:30:00 GMT

- Third Reading - 6 November 2006 - Notes for an Address by the Honourable Robert Nicholson Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform Excerpt: * Mr. Speaker, some Opposition members had concerns that this bill is illusory in that the Prime Minister can call an election at any point up until the fixed date for the election. * However, Mr. Speaker,...

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[Blogs] Harris analysis of Labour Core Vote (Labourhome)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:52:34 GMT

The excellent ukpollingreport.co.uk carries an item on a Harris poll for the FT that looks at attitudes to the US and to the Labour Party. This suggests that 13% of the electorate have always voted Labour, and of these 21% won't vote Labour at the next election. What do people make of this? (the Poll asks essentially the same question as Harris does)

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Open letter from Libby Davies to Tony Clement on harm reduction (Morton's Musings)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:10:00 GMT

I don't normally give space to NDP MP's but this is an important letter and, frankly, when you are right you are right. August 21, 2008 Hon. Tony Clement Minister of Health House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Clement, I am writing to express my grave concern regarding your misleading and irresponsible attacks on harm reduction and Vancouver's InSite supervised injection...

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Chaudhry to hold public discussions on charter (Fiji Times)

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Update: 4:55PM Fiji Labour Party leader Mahendra Chaudhry will be holding pocket meetings in Ba today consulting with the public, their views on the draft Peoples Charter.

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