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No Brainer

July 31, 2009 Longrider 5

According to Alan Johnson, the government’s over-priced, over bureaucratic Stasi scheme ID cards are a “no brainer”. Unveiling the card, Mr Johnson said: “The introduction […]

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In the Garden

July 30, 2009 Longrider 7

Look what Mrs L found lurking in the nasturtiums… Tags: praying+mantis, wildlife+photography

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More Pictures

July 30, 2009 Longrider 0

Here, then, are a couple of pictures from my recent sojourn. The first is the Pont du Diable crossing the L’Herault by St Jean de […]

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More on Chiropractic

July 29, 2009 Longrider 3

Unity republishes Simon Singh’s article in a Spartacus move: So as the call has gone out from Sense About Science, asking bloggers to reproduce the […]

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Blogging, Bloggers and the MSM

July 28, 2009 Longrider 8

Via the Britblog Roundup, I notice that the Flying Rodent indulges in a somewhat derisory polemic on political blogs and their authors. Some readers might point to intelligent, well-written […]

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More Photography

July 27, 2009 Longrider 8

Since arriving back in France, I have hardly looked at the news, which, interestingly, is good for the blood pressure. Indeed, I have barely had […]

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Light Blogging

July 22, 2009 Longrider 6

Blogging has been light of late and is likely to continue to be so for a week or two – real life intervenes, making me […]

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More on 118800

July 14, 2009 Longrider 6

A few weeks ago I commented on the 118800 mobile phone directory. Well, it looks like things may have gone tits up for Connectivity, the […]

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Social Care Costs

July 14, 2009 Longrider 3

People in England may be forced to pay as much as £20,000 on retirement to help fund the social care system under plans being put […]