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Tag: westminster

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Safety first
2016-02-12 @ 13:09:52
About that Saturday working … I, like many people who have worked in retail, have been subject to an employment contract …

Cyril Smith and others
2015-03-18 @ 12:00:00
"Sex parties" take place between consenting adults. What Smith et all have been accused of is child exploitation, abuse and …

The Rennard affair
2014-01-23 @ 18:58:47
still around. mostly elsewhere though. However . . . being on tv last week was 'interesting' as well as being …

Keep buggering on
2012-03-16 @ 19:19:00
A few days ago, James Graham told why he was quitting the LibDems. Yesterday, another friend did so too, indeed …

Random lines
2010-05-07 @ 20:58:00
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a fairly well-defined entity. A really big island, lots of …

The word of the day is ...
2009-06-18 @ 23:47:00
"Redacted". It is everywhere today due to the 'publication' of the last four year's worth of MPs' receipted …

Brown's Mandate
2009-06-05 @ 13:15:00
Repeatedly one hears political commentators exclaiming that Gordon Brown has "no mandate" to be the Prime Minister given that he …

Re-shuffle?
2009-06-05 @ 16:08:00
Surely, to be a reshuffle one must randomise the pack somewhat? I'd always understood that to be the meaning …

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