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November 22, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Month: November 2007
November 20, 2007
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on 25 million benefit records lost? Roll on ID cards!
25 million benefit records lost? Roll on ID cards!
What more can you say? That’s a cock up involving almost half the UK population’s confidential financial details. The names, children’s names, addresses, national insurance numbers and bank details of 25 million people not just compromised, but lost without a … Continue reading
November 20, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Full content RSS feed excitement!
I’m getting hammered hard for bandwidth at the moment, and despite using all kinds of plugins to prevent spambots leeching the place dry, things are still getting through. As such, I’m likely to exceed bandwidth here in the next day … Continue reading
November 19, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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links for 2007-11-19
Putin’s Deceptive Adoration Why old Vlad’s popularity may not be everything it seems (tags: Russia) Disaffected. Left Out. Unhappy How Britain’s Foreign Secretary is feeling sidelined (tags: Britain) Putin supporters call for an unconstitutional third term Nothing new, but the … Continue reading
November 18, 2007
by Nosemonkey
Comments Off on Russian elections: two weeks to go
Russian elections: two weeks to go
And it doesn’t look good so far, the FT noting that Europe’s main election monitoring group said on Friday it was scrapping plans to deploy observers to Russia’s forthcoming parliamentary elections in a decision that could cast doubt on the … Continue reading
November 16, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Saudi Arabia
For the record, I despise this regime more than words can express. What in hell’s name are we doing assorting with such people? This kind of wanton, gleefully unjust barbarity puts them on a par with the Taleban, while the … Continue reading
November 16, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Brown, Miliband and the EU
Well, he may have ignored it for months, but now it’s finally taking shape – although it hardly seems to be overly well thought-out. So, was Foreign Secretary David Miliband’s choice of Bruges to deliver his first EU policy speech … Continue reading
November 15, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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On foreign policy speeches, the elephant in the room, and a slight shift in focus
For a largely foreign policy-focussed blog, Gordon Brown’s offered little of any interest since becoming Prime Minister. He simply doesn’t seem to have much interest in the rest of the world, happily ignoring both the EU and the US for … Continue reading
November 12, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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Xenophobes – dontcha just love ’em?
To be fair, it’s taken the far right Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty European Parliament group – that delightful organisation that combines everyone from convicted fraudsters to French presidential runners-up and the granddaughters of fascist dictators – far longer to disintegrate than … Continue reading
November 3, 2007
by Nosemonkey
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The problems of democratic reform
Ah yes – that’s a nice easy thing to try and summarise, isn’t it? Nonetheless, I gave it pop – trying to wrap up the dLiberation blog I’ve been writing/editing for openDemocracy for the last few weeks. Warning: it’s a … Continue reading