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Lucky Friday The 13th?

As I expected, it’s been an interesting week politically.
First, Gordon Browne bought his government’s victory in the debate about how long people can be locked up for without trial. A “humiliating victory” it’s been called.
BBC journalist Martha Kearney reports on her blog finding the following in the Oxford English Dictionary
W. MCNALLY Evils & Abuses in [...]

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It will be an interesting week politically in these islands. The Labour government looks set to lose a vote on Wednesday on detaining terrorist suspects for up to 42 days.
On Thursday the Irish, alone, about 1% of the EU’s population, will vote in a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.
Traditionally, the Irish have been more pro [...]

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