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Chakrabarti on Leveson

December 2, 2012 Longrider 10

Shami Chakrabarti comes down on the side of liberty –  well, one would suppose that she would –  over Leveson’s ideas for reform of press […]

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More Tosh

November 29, 2012 Longrider 2

And I though that barrel had been well and truly scraped. Apparently not. They found that looking at a few simple measurements, such as a […]

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On Yer Bike

November 28, 2012 Longrider 5

I notice the the Quiet Man has picked up on this idiocy from NICE. However, just to make my position absolutely clear… Cycling and walking […]

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Idiots

November 28, 2012 Longrider 6

Ministers are proposing a minimum price of 45p a unit for the sale of alcohol in England and Wales as part of a drive to […]

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Made Up Words

November 27, 2012 Longrider 16

Islamophobia and Homophobia to be exact. But the world-famous news agency Associated Press (AP) yesterday deemed the attributing of other phobias – in particular homophobia […]

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You Couldn’t Make it Up

November 26, 2012 Longrider 9

Smoking “rots” the brain by damaging memory, learning and reasoning, according to researchers at King’s College London. That sound you hear, that scritching, scraping sound; […]