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Jacob’s Ladder

March 5, 2010 – 6:52 am

It was all polite smiles and meticulous protocol as Jacob Zuma met the Queen yesterday afternoon. But just hours before he left for his state visit to Britain, South Africa’s flamboyant President revealed what he really thought of his hosts.
In an astonishing interview given shortly before he boarded his flight to London, Mr Zuma launched [...]

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Hanson goes?

February 17, 2010 – 8:14 pm

I was unaware until this morning that I had been quoted at length over at LP on the Pauline Hanson issue: not about her leaving the country, but about Tony Abbott’s shenanigans when he set up ‘Australians for Honest Politics’, which to my mind is a black mark equivalent to his behaviour over RU 486. I [...]

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Amnesty’s slow burn

February 15, 2010 – 6:30 am

This story has been something of a slow burn over here, but it’s starting to gain a bit of momentum now, to the stage where the implications are actually pretty awful:
A SENIOR official at Amnesty International has accused the charity of putting the human rights of Al-Qaeda terror suspects above those of their victims.
Gita Sahgal, [...]

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You wouldn’t read about it

January 12, 2010 – 5:14 am

A Muslim protester accused of calling soldiers murderers at a parade claims he did not intend to upset anyone. Munim Abdul told Luton magistrates he did not expect to cause offence because his group had spoken “the truth”.
Seven men deny using threatening, abusive or insulting words and behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm and distress. [...]

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World’s First Pastafarian Protest

January 1, 2010 – 12:44 am

A priest who advised needy people to shoplift has been drenched with spaghetti and ravioli by a protester.
Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, said in a sermon that stealing could be the best option for some vulnerable people. He was approached on Sunday by a man who threw [...]

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David Cameron visits Brasenose

November 18, 2009 – 1:02 am

As many people would know, David Cameron is a Brasenose alumnus. 2009 is the college’s 500th anniversary (yes, I attend a college more than double the age of my country), and to that end has been putting on various rather pleasant events. There’s been the usual round of balls, parties, guest speakers and lots of [...]

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South Park On Thames

November 1, 2009 – 8:35 pm

Sir Ian Blair says he was forced out of the job of Metropolitan Police commissioner by Boris Johnson “to show the power of the London mayoralty”.
He told BBC One’s Andrew Marr Show that it had “dangerous implications” for the future of British policing. He also said the UK did not have the safeguards in place [...]

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Here we go, here we go, here we go

October 23, 2009 – 7:12 am

Yes, it’s on again, the annual UK BNP blow-up. This time it’s the BBC, and not the Oxford Union. Memo to the ‘anti-fascist league’ or whatever you call yourselves these days:
1. Preventing these people from speaking will not make them go away.
2. Behaving badly while the loonies behave politely will make the greater British public [...]

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UK Conservative Party Conference

October 13, 2009 – 4:51 am

Conservative leader David Cameron has said he is “ready to be tested” if his party wins power, in his last conference speech ahead of an election. He said times would be “tough” but his party would “rebuild responsibility” to “put Britain back on her feet”…
Mr Cameron praised some Labour achievements, including the minimum wage and [...]

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UK Labour Party Conference

October 7, 2009 – 3:15 am
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