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An Open Resolution

8 May 2009

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To Gerald Kaufman, MP; Tony Lloyd, MP; and Graham Stringer, MP. Given that Manchester will be the first city in the United Kingdom in which citizens can sign up for an ID card; Aware that the aforementioned represent constituencies in Manchester; Postulating that their votes in favour of ID cards means that they think that possession of an [...]

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Idiots

21 April 2009

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Use Folders, Idiots.

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Wikipaedo

7 December 2008

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The album cover for the 1976 Scorpions album “Virgin Killer” has resulted in the clever bastards at the Internet Watch Foundation (motto: “stop what you’re doing on the internets, we’re watching you”) to add Wikipedia to their list of sites providing child pornography – or as their website itself states: Please note that “child pornography”, “child [...]

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The Manchester Congestion Charge

16 November 2008

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The Manchester Congestion Charge makes me furious. There is soon to be a public vote on the scheme, and the “YES” and “NO” camps are increasing their publicity on the locality. Let’s compare Manchester with London. London’s public transport network is the largest in the country and comprehensively covers a wide area.  In London, there can be little [...]

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Russell and Jonathan

2 November 2008

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I have a suggestion for the people who complained to the BBC during the Sachsgate scandal. My suggestion is that they stick to what most unemployed layabouts with very few independently formed thoughts do and apply to appear with Noel Edmunds on “Deal or No Deal”. Naturally this comment also applies to Gordon Brown, although I appreciate that [...]

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Credit Crunch – The Blame

22 September 2008

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There is one group of people I hold responsible for the Credit Crunch (a term now deserving of capitalisation). Not the bankers. Not Gordon Brown. Estate Agents.  These SLK/Mini Cooper driving failed mobile phone salesmen are to blame for the downturn in the global economy. Say you have a house worth £50k. An estate agent putting a value on this [...]

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