Monday, May 31, 2004

American satire

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Visit a favourite site of mine: Pesky the Rat.
Sunday, May 30, 2004

Darker news from Shropshire

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Life is not all duck ponds there, you know.

House Points

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Another column added . The particularly silly speech by Tessa Jowell it mentions can be found here .

Michael Portillo and Clive Anderson

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Take a close look at this slow-loading class photograph.

Tributes to Jim Marshall

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From the Leicester Mercury .
Thursday, May 27, 2004

And more on Leicester South

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A report from The Scotsman bigging up Liberal Democrat prospects.

More from Shropshire

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One of the great headlines of our time: Controversial duck pond wins approval .

"A great parliamentarian and a close personal friend"

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So it was not to be Birmingham Hodge Hill or Reading East. Jim Marshall, the Labour MP for Leicester South, died unexpectedly today. There i...
Tuesday, May 25, 2004

News from Shropshire

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Regular readers will know that this blog often relies on the Shropshire Star for its news. This can have its advantages as recent reports gi...
Saturday, May 22, 2004

Lord Bonkers' Diary

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I have updated his lordship's website. It now includes his latest diary from Liberator magazine and my May House Points columns from ...
Monday, May 17, 2004

More by-election rumours

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It is not just Birmingham Hodge Hill, reports the Guardian , it is Reading East too.

Mistaken identity

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A public meeting on the government’s proposed national identity card will be held on Wednesday afternoon at the London School of Economics. ...

More doubts

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It seems that the 14-year-old was advised by a 21-year-old who has been variously described as a "counsellor" or an "outreach...

Iraq Body Count

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An important resource . The site currently estimates the number of civilian deaths in Iraq since the start of the invasion at somewhere b...
Sunday, May 16, 2004

Security news

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Thameslink train services were at the centre of a major terrorist alert this week. A driver spotted a passenger about to fire what he tho...
Thursday, May 13, 2004

Important political analysis

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In these difficult times, this website is a great comfort. "Welcome to the 'George W. Bush or Chimpanzee' webpage. This is ...

Doubts

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Perhaps it comes from reading the Daily Mail the other day, but I find myself disturbed by this report. "A woman whose 14-year-old ...

By-election rumour

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Courtesy of Anthony Wells' elegant blog: "Rumours are afoot that Terry Davis, the MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, will next month ...
Monday, May 10, 2004

Melanie Phillips and torture

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When you write a letter complaining about a reference to you in a newspaper you never admit to having bought a copy. You always it has been ...
Saturday, May 08, 2004

A sign of the times

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Three Albanian men found in the back of a lorry in Dover have been arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle themselves out of the UK. T...