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Tag: Politics

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Shooting the messenger
2012-10-18 @ 13:03:00
Earlier this week, The Home Secretary Teresa May decided that Gary McKinnon should not be extradited to the USA to …

Issues in 2012
2011-12-07 @ 01:29:00
One of my ISPs, entanet have posed the question "Which of the following issues will most greatly affect the Internet …

The Child Seat
2011-10-11 @ 10:51:00
I remember when I first found some 'erotica' at home. I was still very much a young and naive child …

Towards a 'big' society?
2011-05-27 @ 13:57:00
As I see it, the concept behind Cameron's 'Big Society' is one of the tenets of wikipedia: "So do it", …

The power of image
2011-01-09 @ 08:26:00
Over the New Year break I received a letter from the DVLA requiring me to update the photograph on my …

All in the Family
2010-10-07 @ 18:14:00
I've just listened to an interview on PM with a man who has -- with his partner -- a total …

Dyslexia a 'fiction'?
2009-01-14 @ 15:21:00
Labour backbencher Graham Stringer has attacked the very concept of dyslexia, claiming it is a myth designed to cover up …

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@jonworth @driverbod125 When I interrailed in 1979 and 80 we tended to use Paris as a hub — overnight in for the da…
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@HjRobins @AbbyLostInThot @beatronic_ @owenblacker @Jessiethelion Yup, as I remember from getting my Chemistry A le…