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Care to comment on this (not so flat) line Ed Balls?
Ed Balls loves to make his flatline gesture every time the Chancellor speaks. However, Mark Thompson has crunched the data and created this graph, that shows how the Coalition have a far fairer tax system than the 13 years of Labour government. As Mark...
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Obama – “I did it”
President Barack Obama has been sworn in for his second term. Obama and VP Joe Biden were sworn in at a small private ceremony, to keep with the constitutionally set date of January 20th. The public inauguration will take place tomorrow.
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Lib Dem Leader signs NUS pledge – deja vu anyone?
Got a bad feeling about this….
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The West Wing returns
Apparently their candidate won, too! According to The Telegraph, the former military dictatorship in Burma used The West Wing as a guide to how to be a democracy!
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Duncan Hames. And a camel.
This glorious piece of photography came not from Hames’ recent trip to the Middle East, but from his constituency. I can only apologise for not posting it when he originally tweeted it a year ago. Thanks to @kavya_kaushik for RTing today! Who says I’m...
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Call Clegg
Another slightly oddly timed announcement comes out of the coalition today, this time from the Liberal Democrat side. Leader Nick Clegg has announced that he will conduct a radio phone-in programme for half an hour every week. The broadcast will go out...
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Breaking: David Laws to write the Lib Dem manifesto in 2015
In a move set to infuriate the left of the party, David Laws MP has been announced as the Chairman of the 2015 manifesto working group. The author of the orange book, will now be the author of the manifesto.
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This is what happens when people pay attention to your party.
I’m sure Olly Neville is a nice enough bloke. I mean, I’ve seen some fairly bonkers quotes attributed to him, but hey, we all said stupid things aged 21. (Shudder, I’m getting, to the age where I can say things like that.) But really, do we have to pretend...
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The Presidential Inauguration Storified
[View the story "How the U.S. presidential inauguration was Storified" on Storify]
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Cameron’s speech still trending
Hours after he made it, the Prime Minister’s speech on Europe is trending on Twitter. You can keep up with the online conversation below:
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Guido Fawkes on why Leveson is a danger to the free press
Here is the beginning of Paul Staines’ speech at last nights Spectator debate on Leveson. As you can see, things got quite heated. To find out what else happened sign up this blogs’s weekly newsletter for just £5.
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Blackberry 10 has finally, finally arrived!
After an interminable wait, the new Blackberry 10 is finally here, and thankfully it looks really good. Gizmodo has a nice blow by blow account of what was launched, but there are some key things that caught my eye. Firstly, Blackberry, as the renamed...
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Sunday Morning Live 20/1/13
The hostage crisis in Algeria takes centre stage this morning.
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Round up the usual suspects – ‘senior’ Lib Dems write to the Guardian about coalition with Labour
The Guardian is running a letter from people in Labour and the Lib Dems demanding that the two parties being working towards a future possible coalition after the next election. They were obviously concerned with the success of the recent mid-term review...
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Another reason not to take HuffPo seriously
Clearly this is what happens when you appoint Mehdi Hassan as your ‘Political Director’
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‘Too old’ minister replaced by older man
Charles Hendry and Caroline Spelman wer both apparently told that they had lost their jobs in Government due to their age. Spelman was told that she was part of Sir George Young’s generation. Never mind the fact Sir George would return in a more senior...
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Andrew Marr suffers stroke
The news is emerging that BBC political heavy hitter Andrew Marr has suffered a stroke. In a statement released at ten to seven this evening the BBC say: “Andrew Marr was taken ill yesterday and taken to hospital. The hospital confirmed he has had a stroke....
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“Sorry, Mr President…” The moment Obama found out about Sandy Hook shooting
Throughout his Presidency, Barack Obama has shared photos of critical moments. Today, the Daily Mail and Drudge have posted the picture of the President finding out about the shooting and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut.
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Leveson ducks uncomfortable truth about Milly Dowler phone hacking
Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net In all the analysis of Lord Justice Leveson’s report into press ethics there has been one rather uncomfortable truth that has been ignored. The key point of the story...
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Nick Clegg tells Benjamin Cohen why he believes in equal marriage
Taken last week when the historic announcements were made in Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg explains why he has fought for equal marriage:
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The biggest problem George Osborne created for himself today.
Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net The Autumn Statement given by the Chancellor will not lead to the omnishambles style crisis we saw after the last Budget. He can rightly point to the fact that despite...
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The awkward moment when you have a Romney/Ryan logo tatooed to your face
Mitt Romney may have lost to President Obama, but that doesn’t mean his campaign didn’t have a lasting effect on some people. Take Eric Hartsburg, who had a the R logo of the Romney/Ryan campaign tattooed to his face. Apparently he has been getting some...
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Bloggers should rejoice at state regulation of the press
In a brilliant piece, Mark Wallace points out that those of us in the blogosphere would be a lot better off with state regulation of the press, but that doesn’t mean it’s right. “So I, and Guido, and a thousand other blogs yet to be born would be in...
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Labour Press office have no clue
>Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico.net Hmmmm. Looks like Labour are boycotting Google over their taxes after all. Sign up to the Despatch Box, the new weekly political e-magzine from digitalpolitico....
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A digital free Autumn Statement
George Osborne’s Autumn Statement covered the ups and downs of the British economy in appropriately forensic details. Despite this, technology and the digital economy were virtually absent. Nothing on open data. Nothing broadband. Nothing on video games....