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Foreign Offices: Tories Left High And Dry By Boris

January 19th, 2009 1 Comment

Much as we like it when Boris finally gets things right (surely that’s got to be the world’s longest U-turn, makes the average supertanker look like an Escort doing doughnuts in a B&Q car park), we owe it to our public to investigate why he got things wrong in the first place.  In the case [...]

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Red Boris Sings The International

January 19th, 2009 5 Comments

Well, what a welcome surprise. Boris is keeping Evil Old Ken’s foreign ‘embassies’ open, except for Caracas and Moscow, which would upset the neocons, or something. Perhaps some of the criticism over his inward looking Little Englander pose is getting home?
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Who’s Been At The Trough?

January 19th, 2009 9 Comments

Boris is in the Independent for pigging out at the Birmingham Hyatt at the taxpayer’s expense.  Well, there you go, we’ll make a note of that one.  It’s not like it’s a lot of money and he is Mayor.  I’m rather with Martin Hoscik on this one.  I’m much more interested in finding out if [...]

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