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- British man confesses to slitting two children's throats in Lyon flat
John Lichfield (Today) - A British man yesterday confessed to killing his two children, aged five and 10, by cutting their throats, police sources said. The children’s bodies were discovered in a flat in a suburb of Lyon, France,... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Helicopter money as a policy option
Vox.eu (Today) - With persistently weak economic conditions becoming the norm in Europe, economists are considering increasingly unconventional policy options. One tool that has yet to be taken out of storage is ‘helicopter money’, i.e. the overt monetary... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Gay marriage: Grassroots Tories attack Cameron
Scotsman - Politics (Today) - CONSERVATIVE activists have attacked David Cameron’s support for gay marriage, claiming it made winning the next general election “virtually impossible”.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Disgraced MP Eric Joyce may force by-election
- Scottish independence: UK underplayed value of oil
- New Space is taking over (Part 2: The Lynx Engine)
Samizdata (Today) - Sad to say, the thing about which I know the most is the one about which I can say nothing except point you to what is public domain. Here is the video which XCOR released... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- New Space is taking over (Part 1: The Grasshopper)
- Why is Labour so reticent about spelling out the true position on debt?
Michael Meacher MP (Today) - If there’s one thing that haunts Labour, however much the Tories are determined to commit hara kiri, it is the accusation that ‘Labour was responsible for all this mess in the first place’ by gross... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Foreigners to outnumber Brits in London by 2031
Sun - Politics (Today) - EXCLUSIVE: BRITS will be outnumbered in the nation’s capital within just 20yrs, new population research predicts... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- MPs get £10,000 pay rise
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- Heavenly Bodies: Michael Landy's artistic marriage made in heaven...and hell
Adrian Hamilton (Today) - The master of destruction meets the martyrs of Faith. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- An explanation of the Liberal Democrat position on a European referendum
Liberal England (Today) - On looking through past posts on this blog I find that I provided just such an explanation as long ago as 2007 when Ming Campbell was still leader of the Liberal Democrats:I have been asked... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Well done Cornwall
Cllr Dick Cole (Today) - This weekend, it was great to take a break from viewing the political shenanigans at County Hall.I was delighted to be one of the three thousand people at the Recreation Ground in Camborne, watching Cornwallbeat... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Worst on the High Street
Barkingside21 (Today) - I was rather intrigued with the selection of graphic to depict a typical High Street on this news report on the yahoo news feed…Do you see any cars? Or even the facility to park a... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- The Lethality of Loneliness
Frank Davis (Today) - H/T Walt for this New Republic piece, The Lethality of Loneliness: Just as we once knew that infectious diseases killed, but didn’t know that germs spread them, we’ve known intuitively that loneliness hastens death, but... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Will the £600,000 Help to Buy ceiling be "far too low" for some?
Mark Wadsworth (Today) - Well possibly, given it doesn’t kick in until 2014... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
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- Why I am convinced the same-sex marriage bill is the right thing to do
Daily Telegraph - Politics (Today) - Conservatism entails a readiness to reform. We should allow all couples to marry, writes Francis Maude ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Ten reasons why the Left should like the ASI, 10: Jobs
Adam Smith Institute Blog (Today) - The Left should back the ASI's proposals to increase the numbers of jobs available, especially for those of relatively modest skills.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Think Piece: Busting welfare myths
- Gerry Adams retirement? If they linger to long, there's a tipping point for all party leaders, and they become a hinderance not a help.
Organised Rage (Today) - Gerry Adams, at a book signing. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)There is little doubt Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Féin is in many ways a remarkable if controversial man, the fact he has led his party... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Privatised service 'puts patients at risk' with lack of out-of-hours GPs
Independent Newspaper - Politics (Today) - A private company that took over the running of a GP out-of-hours service in north London has been severely criticised by the NHS regulator for failing to provide enough doctors to keep patients safe. ... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Scots NHS alert line calls from UK
BBC Scotland - Politics (Today) - A third of calls to a confidential phone line which allows health workers in Scotland to raise concerns about the NHS came from other parts of the UK.... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
- Treasury warns on savings protection
- The establishment has been forced to accept that the cover-up of the murder of Daniel Morgan is unsustainable.
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- Quoted for truth #16
Wings Over Scotland (Today) - The Sunday Mail, 19 May 2013: “Labour are meant to be convincing Scots that we can trust them with our future. On this evidence, you would not trust them to go to the garage for... ‹Full Article› - ‹Related News›
