The London Mint Office is offering £50 apiece for thousands of new, undated British 20p coins produced by the Royal Mint. An estimated 50,000 – 200,000 have been produced and put into circulation. But
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The London Mint Office is offering £50 apiece for thousands of new, undated British 20p coins produced by the Royal Mint. An estimated 50,000 – 200,000 have been produced and put into circulation. But
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Madoff given 1% in years of what he stole in pounds
This afternoon Bernard Madoff was given a 150 year prison sentence for masterminding the largest fraud the world has ever seen . The gallery cheered as the sentence was handed down. But
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Alexander Kirilov, 44, was on a drunken weekend with friends when he leapt on the terrified animal.
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Pharmageddon – ironing out eccentricities.
Primitive societies knew what to do with
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Whilst the Punch
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Couldn’t resist it Mr G!
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Bercow beckoned, and unbecoming Burkhas.
As the days are getting shorter, so it seems are the newsworthy men.
John Bercow elevated to the Speaker’s chair, by tradition, not because he couldn’t reach it unaided, was not
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To Trough is Human, to Steal Devine,
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Facts by themselves can often feed the flame of Maddie-ness,
In the land of the one-eyed King………..
Profligate is good.
Gordon Brown has been sounding like a cracked record of late, stuttering his way through Prime Minister’s Question time, pausing only to expose his slack tongue in the floor of his
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MPs redacted expenses have been released this morning by the parliamentary authorities. HERE
Don’t bother looking up Tony Blair’s – so redacted as to be a miracle he admits his name is Tony
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followed by resignation, resignation, resignation…….. Kitty Ussher of the £20,000 house makeover has just resigned, saying she ‘didn’t want to cause Gordon Brown any more embarassment’ Ms Ussher took the step amid reports she flipped the designation
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Foster’s XXXX
Old Holborn, with characteristic chutzpah, has outed young Patrick in return. If Patrick is congratulating himself
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The answer is that Colin Port did.
It is one thing grandstanding to the tabloid readers and assorted bigots, quite another to face up to the wrath of three High Court judges.
Hours
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On Sunday, whilst the world was consumed with the Moto GP duel, Geert Wilders was giving a remarkable speech to the Danish Free Press Society concerning the battle between two ideologies. It is a
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If the censors don’t get you, the Margaux might! Old joke: What is the most popular French whine? : Where is my tip, Messrs? Hat (tip) to The Register.
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No hiding place for bloggers…….
Mr Justice Eady refused an injunction to prevent The Times
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I had a choice yesterday. Watch Rossi disappear up his own exhaust, or watch the area heats for the Tracteur Pulling 2009 European Championship. Or do the ironing
I opted for second choice on the grounds that it
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The tentacles of the troughing pandemic are spreading into every corner of public life.
Little wonder that that the Metropolitan Police were so unwilling to press charges against MPs in respect of alleged fraudulent expenses
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A six foot tall long one eyed snake, with the ability to penetrate difficult enemy targets such as democratic institutions
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Rake’s Progress.
Nu-Labour’s desire to infiltrate every last bastion of your private life continues unabated.
The Family and Parenting Institute, yet another government funded quango, is to be headed by the ferociously feminist Dr Katherine Rake.
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Impotent fags – the silent revolution.
Is this self-delusion on the part of the Righteous, or a sinister plot to increase company profits?
The American senate voted overwhelmingly yesterday, to limit nicotine in cigarettes. The legislation, one
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T’was barely two weeks ago that a Bank of England Committee member Andrew Sentance was telling Channel 4 news that:
“We have to get to a point where the economy stops
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Mrs Ball’s Bear Trap.
The twin specialities of the Righteous, the ‘emotive’ platform, and ‘oppressive’ legislation, will reach a crescendo today as Mrs Ball’s lays down her bear trap.
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John Ozimek in The Register has an exclusive interview today with Jim Bates, the man firmly in the sights of Operation Ore Ire. I am reproducing it in full
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So, the wrong kind of voters (pace Hain) have elected the wrong kind of MPs (pace Howard) under our great democracy that we seek to export
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BOYS as young as 12 are to be issued with condom “credit cards” allowing them to pick up free contraception at football grounds, barber’s shops and scout
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