Your guide for choosing gifts
May 11, 2010
In the great Greek drama, there are few heroes, but any prize should go to Dublin. The Republic of Ireland has done a lot to get out of its own troubles, which were similar to those of Greece — worse, in a way, given that it has already had to rescue its banks. But with impressive agility and calm, the centre-right coalition led by the Taoiseach, Brian Cowen, has managed big spending cuts.
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Ireland, the Pig getting out of the muck
May 11, 2010
Political lives, the old saw claims, always end in failure. And, no doubt, that is what Gordon Brown believes today. During his brief spell as Prime Minister he was vilified by his opponents, excoriated by the newspapers that supported them and constantly denigrated by the enemies within his own party who regularly, and often publicly, plotted his downfall.
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A good man, who wanted the top job too much
May 11, 2010
The voters wanted a “new kind of politics”. Well, now they have got it. Yesterday Gordon Brown resigned as Labour leader, forced out of the door of No 10 in an audacious attempt by his party to retain power.
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It’s a fight for power: purists v pragmatists
May 10, 2010
Dadisms We love everything about Father’s Day at Treat Him, from helping you choose the perfect gift to finding wonderful poems for your Father’s Day card, but one thing we can’t get enough of are Dadisms… we just love them!! From wise words to words that barely make sense, a dadism is one of dad’s famous catch phrases that we all know and love
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The Complete Guide to Father’s Day – Part Four
May 10, 2010
Birthday flowers are perfect way to wish someone his/her special day. 1800 Flowers has a broad assortment of beautiful birthday flowers, blooming birthday plants, decadent birthday gift baskets, and birthday cakes that will definitely …
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Great Birthday Gift Ideas by 1800 Flowers | DealRocker.com Blog
May 10, 2010
The Liberal Democrats may make proportional representation a condition of a settlement of the present parliamentary deadlock. The paradox is that the 2010 election is a typical example of the sort of hung Parliament that would occur under PR.
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Leaders want a deal. Their followers may not
May 10, 2010
Even before I boarded the limo to Knightsbridge, quips about hampers-for-headlines were flying about. I was about to lunch with Mohamed Al Fayed at Harrods.
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Al Fayed was a rich man happy to conform to our expectations
May 10, 2010
I have a expat friend who doesn’t pay much heed to the nuances of UK news. In the middle of Thursday night an e-mail landed, triggered by some trans-Pacific rumour
May 9, 2010
The Deck’s 1st Birthday Gifts ! My pals and I decided to brave the Deck tonight and grab all the one year anniversary gifts from designers such as: LeLutka, Tuli, Maitreya, YS&YS and more! The gifts will be out until late Sunday night. …
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Kawaii Second Life: The Deck's 1st Birthday Gifts!
May 9, 2010
I’m in favour of diets because I’m not in favour of chronically obese people waddling around pretending they’re thrilled with the way their thighs rub together.
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Chew on this, girls: extreme diets are a delusion
May 9, 2010
Congratulations to the voters of Montgomeryshire for that well-aimed meteor they sent crashing into Lembit Opik’s misshapen head: a huge, righteous swing of 13.2 per cent against the guitar-strumming Estonian loon. “There is perhaps a time,” the Welsh voters mused to themselves as they entered the polling booth, “when we would be reasonably happy to be represented by someone who monkeys around with crap Romanian pop stars and tries to sting us for his court fine
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Lembit dumped and Jacqui ditched – what a top night
May 9, 2010
David Cameron has got what he wanted, but not in the way that he wanted it. Ever since he became leader of the Conservative party, Cameron had concentrated on appealing to the Liberal Democrats, and in particular to those who have voted for that party in recent elections.
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Cameron’s plan B for the Asda election
May 9, 2010
‘Wow,” said a wide-eyed young Liberal Democrat voter babe, staring over my shoulder on Friday at a coloured election map of Britain. “England is, like, totally blue.” How true. Huge swathes of England are Conservative.
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Cut Scotland loose – then we’ll have a fair voting system
May 9, 2010
After the hung parliament comes an Alice in Wonderland moment, the lobster quadrille. “Will you, won’t you, join the dance?” sighs David Cameron to Nick Clegg. The Liberal Democrat leader is prepared to trip the light fantastic, but is his party willing to follow him onto the floor?
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Nick’s ready to dance – but to whose tune?
May 8, 2010
As I cleared the teacups and blankets from my living room and brushed away the metallic unslept taste from my mouth, I was unexpectedly cheerful. Partly because I wasn’t watching, as dreaded, an endless TV loop of crowing George Osborne-a-likes clinking glasses of Veuve Clicquot on balconies, partying like it was 1979.
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We broke the Perspex for pick’n’mix politics
May 8, 2010
In the drab echoing halls where votes are counted, a hundred tiny moments cut through the muddle and tedium of the longest night and make you smile for democracy.
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In the echoing halls of election night, it seems the rich aren’t that different
May 8, 2010
Casting a vote is one of the most important things we do in a democracy. The Electoral Commission campaigned in the run-up to the election with the slogan “Make sure nothing stops you voting”. Hundreds of thousands of people — many young, first-time voters — registered to vote as a result
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Voters must never be let down like this again
May 8, 2010
There are worse places to be than the place where David Cameron finds himself this morning. One of them would be Gordon Brown’s place.
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Cameron’s hand is strong and he’ll play it well
May 7, 2010
May 7, 2010
They were queuing around the block all over the country in order to vote. In some places, people waited for more than an hour to give their verdict on the political class; in others voters were locked out without having cast their ballots, as polling stations closed
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This wasn’t about apathy. More like antipathy