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Just fancy that! Criminal Records Bureau-cracy edition

July 8th, 2008 4 Comments

the first priority is to end the crazed obsession with paedophiles that means anyone who wants to help with grassroots sports coaching must go through an enormous Criminal Records Bureau procedure

– Boris Johnson, Daily Telegraph, 1 July 2008
Crucially, officials also declined to take the opportunity to request an “enhanced” [Criminal Records Bureau] check [on Ray [...]

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Jack of five trades, master of none?

May 15th, 2008 14 Comments

Hello, Boris-watchers. My name is (strictly speaking, not) Mr. Stop Boris. You may know me from such web sites as StopBoris.org, such blogs as the Stop Boris blog, and such lyrical outings as MYR of LDN. Rarely in the history of the blogosphere has one man dedicated so much time to so many closely related [...]

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