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Radio Swore

Unfortunate slip of the tongue from James Naughtie on Radio Four this morning (do not listen if easily offended)
16:33 Mon 06th Dec 201032 answers, last by DTcrosswordfan 18:50 Tue 07th Dec 2010
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Neo-Nazis at EDL rallies

// The WDL - aligned to the English Defence League - was set up last year by an ex-soccer hooligan and author Jeff Marsh in response to Muslim extremists abusing troops returning from Afghanistan. Two...
13:07 Mon 06th Dec 201011 answers, last by naomi24 09:05 Tue 07th Dec 2010
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No sure why, but this made me Laugh out loud...

// Meanwhile, England's friendly with Thailand in June - a match organised to gain support for the 2018 bid - may now be scrapped. // Discus......
02:13 Sat 04th Dec 20106 answers, last by ludwig 10:41 Sat 04th Dec 2010
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The fine art of Disinformation...

9.10.10 Daily Mail: // Foreign Secretary William Hague confirmed today that Linda Norgrove, 36, was killed by her captors during a raid thought to have been carried out by by U.S. special forces and...
14:19 Thu 02nd Dec 20106 answers, last by 123everton 18:29 Thu 02nd Dec 2010
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Has enough been done to make sure we do not get the 2018 World Cup?

After we unfortunately got the Olympics which we can ill afford, has enough been done to stop England from getting the 2018 World Cup? The Panorama programme was a good attempt at annoying the FIFA...
10:31 Thu 02nd Dec 201019 answers, last by Gromit 16:37 Thu 02nd Dec 2010
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The Grandson of Baroness Kira von Engelhardt told not to cycle to work

Yes, Nick Clegg has been advised not to Cycle to Downing Street in case a baying mob of students rip him apart and display his entrails in the Student Bar. Apparently, they are cross that he promised...
10:39 Wed 24th Nov 201016 answers, last by jno 15:23 Wed 24th Nov 2010
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Same story, very different treatment...

Glass half full: // Figures from the Office of National Statistics show there were an estimated 25,400 extra deaths. That marks a reduction of around 30% on the previous year. The fall is possibly...
01:48 Wed 24th Nov 20106 answers, last by jno 18:00 Wed 24th Nov 2010
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Government capitulates to Big Business over Migrant Cap

// Business groups have welcomed the exclusion of intra-company transfers (ICTs) from the government's cap on skilled migrant workers from outside the European Economic Area. Businesses had argued...
23:25 Tue 23rd Nov 20103 answers, last by rov1200 13:02 Thu 25th Nov 2010
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Pope says you can now wear a johnny

The Pope has changed his mind and you can now use a condom without it being a sin. http://www.telegraph....n-historic-shift.html Can't help but feel this decission though welcomed, is a little late....
05:16 Sun 21st Nov 201081 answers, last by EDDIE51 00:34 Wed 24th Nov 2010
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Charlie and the Money factory

Details of about £80bn of spending on items over £25,000 have been published online as part of what ministers call their "transparency agenda". It reveals that Prince Charles got...
14:05 Sat 20th Nov 201026 answers, last by mike11111 21:30 Sat 20th Nov 2010
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Gulam Noon is a new Labour Peer

never heard of him? Here is a list of his achievements: 1. Loaned the Labour Party £250,000 2. Er... 3 That's it http://www.timesonlin...cs/article5254231.ece Cash for Honours all over again?...
17:49 Fri 19th Nov 201010 answers, last by sandyRoe 23:41 Fri 19th Nov 2010
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New Peer is tough on radical preachers

David Cameron has just announce 53 new Peers to sit in the Lords. Among them is a business man who has an history of talking tough about radical Imans. "Britain needs to get tough with the...
15:02 Fri 19th Nov 201025 answers, last by anotheoldgit 11:38 Sat 20th Nov 2010
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Guantanamo 7 Paid £millions 'hush money' by Government

// A group of former Guantanamo Bay detainees who claim they were tortured with the complicity of the British security services have been paid millions of pounds to drop legal action against the...
02:25 Tue 16th Nov 201013 answers, last by birdie1971 02:42 Fri 19th Nov 2010
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Did British Aid money pay the Chandlers' ransom?

// At least £30 million in British aid was sent to Somalia in the last 12 months, according to the Department for International Development. Almost all of that is channelled through European...
13:54 Mon 15th Nov 201015 answers, last by bentaxle 18:50 Mon 15th Nov 2010
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Government robs heroes widows an injured soldiers

// War widows will lose hundreds of thousands of pounds because of cuts to their pensions and benefits, campaigners claim. The changes, introduced by the Coalition, will affect families of the dead as...
20:38 Fri 12th Nov 20108 answers, last by Gromit 13:38 Sun 14th Nov 2010
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Government Putting Britain At Risk?

// A group of former Royal Navy admirals have called for the decision to scrap the aircraft carrier Ark Royal and the fleet of Harrier jets to be reversed. The cuts were announced as part of the...
09:23 Wed 10th Nov 201018 answers, last by Gromit 02:27 Fri 12th Nov 2010
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Government putting Britain at risk?

// A group of former Royal Navy admirals have called for the decision to scrap the aircraft carrier Ark Royal and the fleet of Harrier jets to be reversed. The cuts were announced as part of the...
09:21 Wed 10th Nov 20104 answers, last by zzxxee 15:54 Wed 10th Nov 2010
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Unprofessional behaviour of Police Marksman.

The Police marksman who shot and killed banker Mark Sauders apparently inserted Duran Duran and Barbara Streisand song title into his testimony at at hearing into the banker's death. That's just...
16:25 Tue 02nd Nov 201039 answers, last by docspock 21:01 Tue 02nd Nov 2010
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Cameron did not know of cargo bomb for 11 hours

// David Cameron was unaware of the al-Qaeda parcel bomb threat until nearly 11 hours after a live device was found at East Midlands Airport, it emerged last night. While President Barack Obama was...
10:14 Tue 02nd Nov 201021 answers, last by Steve.5 18:14 Tue 02nd Nov 2010
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"Benefit Cleansing" in London. Boris & Dave disagree

// This morning the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has condemned planned cuts in housing benefit as leading to "Kosovo style social cleansing". He told the BBC that: "You are not going...
13:44 Thu 28th Oct 201041 answers, last by ludwig 00:28 Fri 29th Oct 2010

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