Category: News
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Alistair Campbell’s Diaries | The Best Summary of Blair Years | US vs UK
In a review of Campbell’s diaries, David Hare notes: “The virtues of pride, aggression and solidarity forged in the heat of New Labour’s difficult evolution proved pitifully inadequate to contain a neoconservative ally far more ruthless than itself… It was no longer enough to be on message. Sadly, for the lives of so many, it…
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iPhone Launches Mass Transit Revival
Is there anything this thing can’t do? Apparently now we’ll all be taking the train so we can get more time playing with it… If only 😉 Technorati: Apple | Environment | iPhone | Mass Transit
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Christians Forced to Leave Iraq
Thanks to Will for the heads up on this article suggesting that Christians in Iraq are being forced to leave their homes as their neighbourhoods are ‘Islamicized’. One wonders what Qur’an these people are reading, as I’m pretty sure the holy book demands that Christians are treated well and allowed freedom to worship. Certainly, Surah…
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Blair, Brown, Catholicism and The Protestant Work Ethic
So, after 10 years and a roller-coaster political ride, we say goodbye to Prime Minister Blair, and hello Prime Minister Brown. Personally, I’m optimistic. I think we desperately need some new energy, vision and impetus in British political life, and I think Brown is the right man for the job. What has been interesting though…
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We ALL Like Paper-clip Thieving, Staple Snatching Sheep Have Gone Astray
According to some new research, over two thirds of the population have ‘broken the law at some point’. The law-abiding majority appears to be a myth… Or is ‘borrowing’ from work, whether phone calls or stationary, a victimless crime, and part of the payback we expect from the Faustian pact we make with companies in…