March 24, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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An odd one: Jodie Marsh Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will take steps to deny Jodie Marsh access to schools for which her Department is responsible. [60882] 23 Mar 2006 : … Continue reading
March 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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OK, so the Capita story’s hotting up. But how about the other donors lenders? How about, for example, Sir David Garrard and Andrew Rosenfeld, former co-owners of property group Minerva? Garrard has sponsored “The Business Academy, Bexley” to the tune … Continue reading
March 23, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Chairman Rod Aldridge has quit as head of the vast and frequently incompetent company following the revelation of his �1 million “loan” to the Labour party (which, of course, had nothing whatsoever to do with the hundreds of millions of … Continue reading
March 20, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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(Updated: Yes, I know his name’s Rod. My bad. More updates at the foot of this post…) It won’t, because we have a largely supine press when it comes to this government. The tabloids can bring people down via sex … Continue reading
March 17, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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It’s Friday night and it’s St Patrick’s day, which means one of the most drunken of the year. When better to release an official admission that UK airports were used in “extraordinary rendition” flights SEVENTY-THREE TIMES since 2001, despite umpteen … Continue reading
March 16, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Proper posting will resume as and when I find a spare five minutes, so nothing on Harriet Harman’s resignation, Blair’s prevarication over calls for new party funding systems, Charles Clarke continuing to be a twat or French students reminding us … Continue reading
March 15, 2006
by Nosemonkey
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Don’t know how I’d missed this, but should be required reading on the devious Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill. Unity has uncovered the list of Acts of Parliament rejected for exemption from the new powers for ministers to amend as … Continue reading
October 7, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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So Howard steps aside gracefully, leaving chaos in his wake; Blair clings to power even after saying he’s going to go, breeding resentment and fear respectively among his heir’s and his own supporters; Kennedy faces down his internal opponents and … Continue reading
September 29, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Arrest Detain an 82 year old under the Terrorism Act for shouting “nonsense” at someone talking nonsense? I’m not sure I can express my views on this without swearing profusely, so I’m, glad other people already have. (Legal explanation, anger … Continue reading
September 9, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Awwww! Poor Charles Clarke! His massively intrusive plans for poking into every aspect of our insignificant lives seem to have run into a bit of opposition: the European Telecommunications Network Operators’s Association has branded Charlie’s data retention plans illegal, dubbed … Continue reading
September 7, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Charles Clarke’s speech to the European Parliament from this morning (link courtesy of a kindly comment). Apparently the reason some people are wary of the EU is that it “does not appear to give sufficient priority to offering practical solutions … Continue reading
September 5, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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Heads up, people – ID cards propaganda phase two is under way, and it’s starting in the gloomy recesses of the EU where no newspaper ever dares send its reporters. Today the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and … Continue reading
June 29, 2005
by Nosemonkey
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In Actual Fact on the practical side of ID cards: “What was surprising yesterday was that four people, in Bundesgrenzschutz uniform got on the train at Colmar in France and during the 10km journey to Saarbr�cken in Germany, went through … Continue reading