Archive for March, 2011
A council survey about speed humps asks if I’m straight, gay or bisexual. Is … – Daily Mail
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by admin.
Daily Mail A council survey about speed humps asks if I'm straight, gay or bisexual. Is … Daily Mail They came from my local Labour council , Lambeth in South London, and they neatly illustrate the complete failure of officialdom and the political class, cut off in that dreamy little bubble of their own, to grasp the nature or scale of the crisis ..
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Art of the possible – Financial Times
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by admin.
CBC.ca Art of the possible Financial Times So it was inevitable that when Arts Council England unveiled its list of grant recipients this week, only some would applaud the choices made. The government's 30 per cent cut in the arts budget will be felt across creative enterprises in the next four … Arts Council funding for literature rises 9.9% amid the cuts The Guardian Arts Council funding cuts: 600 groups hit by £100m budget cuts Daily Mail Arts Council cuts funding to more than 200 organisations Civil Society Media ChronicleLive
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And they’re off: Tri-City candidates gear up – BCLocalNews
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by admin.
And they're off: Tri-City candidates gear up BCLocalNews As of press time Thursday, there was no official Liberal candidate running against Conservative heavyweight and Heritage Minister James Moore, and the NDP candidate Mark Ireland is a relative newcomer to local politics .
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Do Most People Know Who House Speaker Is? Fat Chance – NPR (blog)
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Do Most People Know Who House Speaker Is? Fat Chance NPR (blog) The Pew Research Center has a new political news quiz out and the results so far indicate that a lot of what we assume people know, they actually don't. Like who the speaker of the US House is, for instance
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Rep. Issa grilling homeland security officials today – Examiner.com
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by admin.
Rep. Issa grilling homeland security officials today Examiner.com Kouri writes for many police and security magazines including Chief of Police, Police Times, The Narc Officer and others
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Where have copies of NOW’s naked Ford issue gone? – Globe and Mail
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by admin.
Globe and Mail Where have copies of NOW's naked Ford issue gone? Globe and Mail … the mayor's press secretary, flatly denied that any such order to yank the copies went out from the political office
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Norwich company wins £9m city council gas contract – BBC News
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by admin.
Norwich company wins £9m city council gas contract BBC News A Norwich firm has been awarded a £9m contract to fix the boilers of 16000 council homes across the city. Gasway has been chosen by Norwich City Council as its principal contractor for annual gas servicing and repairs
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Row after minister tells of ‘crisis’ in growth and jobs – BBC News
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by admin.
Row after minister tells of 'crisis' in growth and jobs BBC News Labour say the government has conceded the extent of the UK's current economic problems after a minister spoke of a “national crisis” in growth and jobs. Oliver Letwin told MPs that “an immediate national crisis in the form of less growth and jobs than ..
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Nick Clegg blossoms amid the jacarandas in Mexico City – The Guardian
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by admin.
The Guardian Nick Clegg blossoms amid the jacarandas in Mexico City The Guardian Willetts told me that in many of the private meetings he and Clegg held with businessmen seeking to trade with Britain, Clegg spoke – often in Spanish – about David Cameron's plans for the region and in the UK . In Mexico, there is a possibility that … Miliband's plan for power is putting his party back on course Telegraph.co.uk (blog) all 5 news articles
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George Osborne urged to drop North Sea windfall tax – The Guardian
Posted on 31. Mar, 2011 by admin.
The Guardian George Osborne urged to drop North Sea windfall tax The Guardian The oil companies said they were responsible for a quarter of private sector capital investment in the UK , and were quite prepared to pull the plug on a large part of this investment unless the tax regime were changed. They pointed out that as reserves ..
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