Category Archives: Westminster

BBC News : Labour denies expenses omission

By Booseffe | Published: November 19, 2009
BBC News : Labour denies expenses omission. And why not? I mean, why legislate against stealing taxpayer’s money when you’ve sort of said sorry for doing it previously? Obviously, you’ve proven that you’re trustworthy and that should be enough. Besides, it’s not like the British public are feeling disenfranchised and mutinous. Oh.. Wait……… And blah to the [...]
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Afghaniblarrrrgh

By Booseffe | Published: November 17, 2009
(The BBC has updated their reporting of the story, which is how things works, so whatever. Newsniffer says they’ve  updated twelve times, and has a wonderful thing where we can see all versions! We’re working from version seven, which you can read here.) Long(ish) story short, the BBC said last night that Gordon …plans to host [...]
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Oh, dude… No.

By Booseffe | Published: November 17, 2009
Look, Kim. We need to talk. Earlier this month, Kim Howells, chairman of the influential intelligence and security committee, became the most senior Labour figure to call for British troops to be pulled out of the Nato-led International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF). The former foreign office minister called for the majority of UK forces to be [...]
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