Margaret Thatcher

                   

I wish we had judged Obama on character instead of color

rockymountainnews.com
yesterday
        

I fully understand the sense of pride, unity and healing that many people feel regarding the election of a person of color to the presidency. These are good things but to vote for an individual strictly because of color or...

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Governments are Bad Webmasters, Let Them Stick to RSS

ventureitch.com
yesterday
        

Margaret Thatcher once said "Governments are bad businessmen, privatization at any cost would be better than keeping with the costs of ineffective structure". Neither governments are good webmasters, website of the Israeli...

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Graham Smith: If the Prince of Wales wants political influence and power, he should relinquish...

guardian.co.uk
yesterday 26 related
        

With breathtaking arrogance, it seems officials in Buckingham Palace and Clarence House are seeking to rework the British constitution to allow Prince Charles to become an activist king – reneging on an age-old convention that...

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The New World Order II

allafrica.com
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In the first installment of the New World Order, I intimated that the financial crisis engulfing western nations are signifying the end of the Anglo-American dominance on the planet and that a New World Order is on the horizon.

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British experience shows bailouts might not suffice

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A faltering auto giant whose brands are synonymous with the open road. Hundreds of thousands of unionized workers with potent political backers. And an urgent plea for the government to write a seemingly blank check.

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Recession? Out Come The Knives

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yesterday
        

This week we got a stream of household names 'Hitting the Wall' and announcing shock job losses with the heaviest at British standard-bearer, BT where around 6% of the workforce will be lost by March and ominously the CEO...

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So, when will it be OK to mock Obama?

spiked-online.com
yesterday
        

The lack of laughs about the new president-elect exposes the slavishly conformist nature of contemporary satire. Indeed, such was the relentlessness of the comic onslaught – be it Tina Fey’s Palin impersonation or Jon Stewart’s...

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Set The Video: The Devil's Whore, Channel 4, Wednesday, 19 November, 9pm

tvscoop.tv
yesterday
        

When I first heard that The Devil's Whore (Channel 4, Wednesday, 19 November, 9pm) was hitting the screen, I immediately thought that it would feature Helen Mirren and a lot of sex. I can only assume that I was thinking of The...

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Wales at the sharp end of the downturn

ft.com
17-Nov-2008 3 related
        

Nearly 25 years after Margaret Thatcher took on the coal miners and won, the UK may be witnessing the second death of Welsh mining and heavy industry. Unemployment figures released last week show that Wales is bearing the brunt...

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The CIA's coded humour is all in the name

timesonline.co.uk
17-Nov-2008
        

Say what you like about the CIA, it gives good codename. The official Secret Service designation for Barack Obama is Renegade, a title that both captures the unique nature of his political achievement as the first...

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