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Rubbing shoulders with the famous

I met two blogosphere legends last week, one unexpected.
The first one was Iain Dale, at the Total Politics Question Time event in Leeds. (I got offered a late cancellation). The event was at a new hotel near to dark arches and parking was tricky, I was in danger of getting locked in so had to [...]

Posted on February 22, 2010 at 8:40 pm by Shades · Permalink · Leave a comment
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The debt timebomb ticking Prestissimo…

Click through to see what the clock is up to now. Frightening.

(Hat tip- City Unslicker)

Posted on June 22, 2009 at 8:11 pm by Shades · Permalink · Leave a comment
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The quango cabinet

This has been a very bad week for the Labour Party. I’m delighted of course.
We now have a cabinet with seven unelected cronies, the makings of a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation. Craig Murray calls it the most undemocratic Government for over a century.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister lies through his teeth on National Television. He is at [...]

Posted on June 6, 2009 at 8:10 pm by Shades · Permalink · Leave a comment
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The power of the pencil

Today is polling day in Britain. It is a fallow year for local elections in the Leeds area as we have a Medieval agrarian voting system of electing a third of the Councillors every year then having a year to recover, such is the effort required. We get to vote for six MEPs though, out [...]

Posted on June 4, 2009 at 8:20 pm by Shades · Permalink · 3 Comments
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Where’s mi’ shirt?

The Libertarians have a new campaign:
Dig out that old shirt and send it to 10 Downing Street with a note of what you really think of this budget- let us know that you have done it on 1984@lpuk.org
Gordon Brown
10, Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AA.
I have one that is suitable which I have featured before.

Posted on April 22, 2009 at 8:35 pm by Shades · Permalink · 2 Comments
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