Posted in Misc on Dec 4th, 2007
There’s a very funny post on Guido Fawke’s blog about Sean Connery’s shocks.
Actually, there are several laughs. Mishter Bond shplashing Mish Craig, Harman the umbrella thief and more. I can’t remember when British politics was last so entertaining. I saw a fine cartoon yesterday of a Labour Advent calendar, with a new crisis for each [...]
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Posted in Misc on Nov 22nd, 2007
Steve Bell’s cartoon in The Guardian is the best thing I’ve seen yet about the lost discs fiasco, dubbed the Winter of Disc Content by BBC Radio 4’s Today program this morning, namely the government’s losing data about half the adult population and a large number of dependents.
More discs have gone missing. All this comes [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 22nd, 2007
Europe is looming again as an election issue in British politics and Britain’s rapidly changing demography will surely have some interesting future impact on politics. 10% of Britons now live overseas and immigration is booming.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2007
Bill Deedes, the celebrated British journalist and former politician, has died at the age of 94.
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 17th, 2007
The Economist reports that Aer Lingus will soon operate international flights from Belfast, shifting its Heathrow service from Shannon, and reviving a route dropped by British Airways. It goes on to say
… many unionists felt their Britishness diminished by BA’s relinquishing of the link. How do they feel now that it is to be restored [...]
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