July 6, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Olympics announcement expected within the next half hour. As expected, it’s down to London or Paris, with the other buggers knocked out this morning. For some good in-depth coverage, complete with pictures of the proposed London site, check out Diamond … Continue reading
July 6, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Just received via email – may be of interest to some: This is your final chance to submit your evidence to the POWER Inquiry What is the POWER Inquiry? The POWER Inquiry has been set up by the Joseph Rowntree … Continue reading
July 6, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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I would just like to state for the record that I deeply hope that London fails to win the bid to host the Olympics today. Pointless waste of time and money. Let the French have it and get screwed – … Continue reading
July 5, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Another one to get the sceptics all upset – a call for a propaganda campaign to convince people that the euro is great and stuff. From the report (.doc download) it looks like some of our more economically-minded anti-EU brethren … Continue reading
July 5, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Handy EU tax/growth comparison charts courtesy of John B. Find your own patterns. I reckon it looks like a velociraptor though, and you’ll never convince me otherwise.
July 5, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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The power of Hoon compels thee! – I did have a proper post on this, but Firefox crashed on me and my words have now been lost unto the very ether. Instead check out Talk Politics’ rather nice rant.
July 5, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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This also annoyed me. Lots of things seem to annoy me these days.
July 5, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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God, Chirac’s a card. The wit, the hilarity! No wonder the guy’s such a dismal failure if his sense of humour’s that bad. British people, erm – bad food and stuff, oui? Knobber. The thing is, this is not the … Continue reading
July 5, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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I don’t really understand science any more. Or maths. But Jim Bliss does. Luckily he’s also rather nifty at translating it all into English. Read his post on Peak Oil at The Sharpener and probably get a bit worried and … Continue reading
July 4, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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OK, maybe I was being a tad harsh… Via Andrew and Tim Worstall, President Bush offers to scrap US farm subsidies, as long as the EU scraps the CAP: “Let’s join hands as wealthy industrialised nations and say to the … Continue reading
July 4, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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The 4th July. Independence Day. Means everything to Americans, tit all to anyone else (including us Brits, who lost a bunch of our prime colonies thanks to the thing and now have to pay through the nose to have a … Continue reading
July 4, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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The Telegraph – Panic in No 10 as ID card support collapses: “A YouGov poll for The Daily Telegraph shows that backing for ID cards has plummeted from 78 per cent less than two years ago to 45 per cent.” … Continue reading
July 4, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Like poetry? Of course you do! Thusly, in response to a request from Channel 4 News, behold the might that is The Sharpener’s G8 poem thing!
July 3, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Hear, hear.