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Gordon Brown's War Room
I pass no judgement on this photo and have so many fond memories of working and chatting in this room in Downing Street.
I post it for my Russian readers who I imagine will be rather gobsmacked (see if Google Translate can work that one out).
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Telegraph Freudian slip
Do you think they meant to say, commenting on making the obituaries editor redundant, "Staff were very shocked. Obituaries are one of the things identified most strongly with the Telegraph brand," one insider said.
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Understand India
It's no surprise that the Western media have focused on the impact of the terror attacks through the prism of their own eyes. To get a take on what all this means to Indians, then look at this new community, more will be added in due course, but now is a time for people to understand India, and we hope this helps: india_politics . -
The Oberoi Hotel...
I checked out of the hotel seven days ago having spent three days in Mumbai, I spent many hours meeting with people in the lobby of the hotel, I even found 20 minutes to swim in the pool. There was pretty decent security on the door, but obviously not enough.
If you want to know how the internet is changing how people handle these crises, then ( Read more... ) -
We have band video - this is the real deal.
You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com
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Is there something to be learnt from Obama and the maverick?
I was rather relieved when George W Bush regained the White House in 2004. I thought that Tony Blair's chances of being ousted from Downing Street in 2005 would be much greater if the American electorate had booted out their head of state the previous autumn. Not for the first time this position put me in a minority of one with my then colleagues ( Read more... ) -
The Daily Mail: a nasty case of kleptomania
This morning the Daily Mail surpass even themselves in their traditional magpie style of journalism:
"Sources close to the Business Secretary told the Daily Mail that 'to the best of his recollection', he and aluminium tycoon Oleg Deripaska 'had their first meeting in 2004'." Those sources will be the letter which Peter wrote to The Times and they ( Read more... ) -
My bit for the Glenrothes by-election
I wrote this article in The Scotsman to defend a member of the Cabinet. Let's see if it moves the polls..... Vote Labour!
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