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May 12

“I would be very surprised if [Brown] is still leader of the Labour party then and therefore leads us into the election campaign,” Field said” Brown will quit as PM before election, Field predicts | Politics | guardian.co.uk

May 11

“Children will not be allowed to start school unless they have had the MMR jab under a ‘Stalinist’ Labour party proposal expected to be put forward this week. Primary schools will be forced to demand proof that pupils have had a full range of jabs, including measles, mumps and rubella, before allowing them to register” Pupils ‘must have MMR jab’ to start classes | News crumb | EducationGuardian.co.uk

Apr 27

“Last October Gordon Brown bottled out of calling an election at least in part because an ICM/News of the World poll in marginal seats predicted the Tories would win 49 Labour seats. Tomorrow’s News of the World carries the results of a similar ICM poll which shows that things have got three times as bad for Labour in the marginals. If an election were held now, the Tories would sweep away 131 Labour MPs and win a healthy 64 seat majority. Key points from the poll… * 131 Labour MPs, including four Cabinet Ministers, will be booted out of the Commons. * Voters think Cameron is ahead in almost every area, from setting taxes to winning the War on Terror. * Working class voters are deserting Labour because of Brown’s bungling decision to scrap the 10p tax band” Iain Dale’s Diary: Marginals Poll Heralds More Gloom for Brown

Feb 26

“The Welsh division of public transport company First Group has introduced in-bus mobile broadband internet connectivity and GPS-based vehicle tracking on the route between Swansea and Cardiff.” Welsh bus company deploys on-board Wi-Fi | 25 Feb 2008 | ComputerWeekly.com

Feb 20

“Even more bizarre is the pledge by Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, to reduce serious violent crime by 2011. Why 2011 and not 2010 - or next month, for that matter? Is it not part of the normal police job description that serious violent crime is tackled?” Common sense policing, not more gimmicks - Telegraph

Jan 31

“An upmarket ice cream parlour is refusing to pour chocolate sauce over its cones because of health and safety fears. Morellis Gelato, which has bars in Selfridges and Harrods, has taken the decision in case customers slip on spilled toppings. Ice cream sauce deemed ‘too risky’ to pour Customers should add sauce at their own risk The family-run Italian company, which was founded in 1932 on a seafront in Broadstairs in Kent, says it is just not “common sense” to pour toppings on top of ice cream cones as they are highly likely to spill onto the floor” Ice cream sauce deemed ‘too risky’ to pour - Telegraph

Jan 26

“The Daily Telegraph reports on another disturbing Soviet style bureaucratic practice of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs: they seem to have two classes of tax record - one for the ruling elite of “celebrities, Members of the Royal Family and Members of Parliament”, and then another, less secure category for all the rest of us. This does not appear to be on any physical risk based criterion e.g. protected witnesses, members of the Special Forces or Intelligence Agencies, undercover policemen, or victims of stalkers etc, but simply on vague notions of celebrity or political office” Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk: HMRC tax record security only for a minority of the privileged, but not for the rest of us

Jan 19

“A pensioner who ordered a gang of youths to stop throwing bricks at ducks on a canal was arrested and thrown into a cell by police.” Pensioner arrested and locked in cell for shouting at yobs who threw stones at ducks | the Daily Mail

Jan 3

“Recklessly or repeatedly mishandling personal information should become a criminal offence, a committee of MPs urges today in the wake of the child benefit fiasco.” MPs say losing computer data should be made a crime | Special Reports | Guardian Unlimited Politics

Jan 2

“The NHS in England has become the poor relation of the service in other parts of the UK, a patients’ group said today.” England is ‘poor relation’ of NHS devolution, patients claim | Society | Guardian Unlimited

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did by graham

Links and things that I have followed and found interesting. Many of these will be around my own blog - Plymothian Transit, Plymothian Bridges, Penguin Food, Stop That Now, and Moronic Quotes. Enjoy!

Links and things that I have followed and found interesting. Many of these will be around my own blog - Plymothian Transit, Plymothian Bridges, Penguin Food, Stop That Now, and Moronic Quotes.
Enjoy!