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Tories to give Bercow the chop

John Bercow, the Conservative MP... ...might be overthrown if the Conservatives win the general election. Senior Tories have told the Guardian they would remove him within a year....
23:46 Mon 22nd Jun 20093 answers, last by andy-hughes 10:27 Tue 23rd Jun 2009
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Paying ransoms for hostages.

After two hostages were killed in Iraq, the Government, and David Milliband in particular are facing criticism. Other countries pay the abductors and their people are set free. The British refuse to...
14:52 Mon 22nd Jun 20096 answers, last by rov1200 20:58 Mon 22nd Jun 2009
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Missing chef Claudia: Asking for it?

What are we supposed to conclude from this story about the missing chef Claudia Lawrence? Revealed: Missing chef Claudia's '40 different men' The only serious boyfriend of missing chef Claudia...
14:00 Sun 21st Jun 20098 answers, last by 123everton 16:43 Mon 22nd Jun 2009
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MPs over claimed for Council Tax

Eric Illsley, the Labour MP, is thought to have made the highest phantom claim ? recouping more than ?6,000 over and above his council tax bills since 2004. Over 50 other MPs have claimed more than...
21:08 Sat 20th Jun 200916 answers, last by rov1200 12:56 Mon 22nd Jun 2009
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Carlos Tevez: Is he mad?

Who in their right mind would reject a contract to play at Manchester United?
20:49 Sat 20th Jun 200922 answers, last by KIDD72 19:12 Thu 25th Jun 2009
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'Official' expenses documents published but heavily censored.

After the Daily Telegraph leaked details of MPs expenses, the House of Commons has published the official documents into the public domain. However, the official documents are heavily censored and...
11:20 Thu 18th Jun 200912 answers, last by Bobbisox 21:32 Thu 18th Jun 2009
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Another Daily Telegraph expenses story.

Millionaire Conservative MP Brian Binley is unrepentent. "I won't let the Telegraph bring me down". This came after it was revealed that Binley, despite a ban on MPs renting homes from firms in which...
10:32 Wed 17th Jun 200918 answers, last by ludwig 13:51 Fri 19th Jun 2009
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Heil Cameron!

The Conservative leader used a discussion about his opposition to ID cards to do what appeared to be an impression of a Nazi officer. Adopting an exaggerated German accent, he asked the crowd 'Where...
10:59 Tue 16th Jun 200912 answers, last by anotheoldgit 09:54 Wed 17th Jun 2009
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Nottingham Police Brutality

A video taken on a mobile phone in Nottingham shows the local police making an arrest. The footage apparently shows the man on the floor with the Taser wire already attached before being shocked. He...
10:41 Tue 16th Jun 200933 answers, last by ludwig 20:09 Wed 17th Jun 2009
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Iraq war inquiry to be held behind closed doors.

An independent inquiry into the Iraq war will be held in private, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has told MPs. Can we trust it to be completely independent, and whatever happened to transparency in...
17:00 Mon 15th Jun 200911 answers, last by birdie1971 02:32 Tue 16th Jun 2009
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Afghanistan, Aston Villa Tattoo and News manipulation

Today, it is reported on a Dispatches TV programme that a massacre of 91 Afghan villagers by US forces happened because the US were acting on dodgy information. "US soldiers entered the village in the...
11:40 Mon 15th Jun 20098 answers, last by Quinlad 18:26 Mon 15th Jun 2009
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White supremacist murderer is BNP supporter.

A white supremacist who shot dead a security guard at Washington's Holocaust Museum had links to the British National Party. Before launching the attack, 88-year-old James von Brunn sent out an email...
14:08 Fri 12th Jun 200924 answers, last by jno 17:58 Sat 13th Jun 2009
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Good News: The Recession is over.

According to the leading think tank National Institute of Economic and Social Research, a well respected economic body. "So far as we can say, the recession is over," said Martin Weale, director at...
13:57 Thu 11th Jun 20095 answers, last by infundibulum 17:09 Thu 11th Jun 2009
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Is a football player worth �80million?

Real Madrid have offered ?80million for Ronaldo, and Manchester United have accepted. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams /m/man_utd/8094720.stm Crazy money or worth every penny?
12:55 Thu 11th Jun 200913 answers, last by infundibulum 23:32 Thu 11th Jun 2009
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Fergie nearly went to Arsenal.

In May 1986 Alex Ferguson had agreed terms to manage Arsenal, but he was contracted to work at the World Cup. Fergie wanted to wait until he got back to Aberdeen and was able to to tell his players,...
15:01 Wed 10th Jun 20092 answers, last by KIDD72 16:58 Wed 10th Jun 2009
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Are there too many words?

The English Language is about to get its 1,000.000th word. The average person uses less than 14,000 words. That leaves a lot of redundant words. French and German have about a 10th of what we have....
14:07 Wed 10th Jun 200928 answers, last by Quizmonster 07:17 Sat 13th Jun 2009
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Going Underground.

Mr Crow (of the RMT Union) claimed that at 6pm last night, an hour before the walkout began, agreement had been reached at the offices of the Acas conciliation service - only for a phone call from...
13:02 Wed 10th Jun 200912 answers, last by R1Geezer 16:09 Wed 10th Jun 2009
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So much for transparency on MPs expenses

Gordon Brown is refusing to publish the independent report which Downing Street says clears Labour MP Shahid Malik over his housing arrangements. Mr Malik stepped down as Justice Minister from the...
16:36 Tue 09th Jun 200911 answers, last by infundibulum 22:54 Thu 11th Jun 2009
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Food waste past its sell by date

Sell-by dates on fresh produce could be a thing of the past as part of a new "war on waste", according to Hilary Benn, the Environment minister. He warned that best-before dates are intended to be a...
16:03 Tue 09th Jun 200924 answers, last by annie49 13:35 Wed 10th Jun 2009
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England matches on Setanta

The FA in their wisdom has sod rights to televise England matches to the Irish broadcaster Setanta. They argue that they have sold to the highest bidder so that their is more money to support...
12:11 Sun 07th Jun 20094 answers, last by paraffin 18:17 Sun 07th Jun 2009

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