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Public faith in ID cards slumps
Read more: Public faith in ID cards slumpsAn article illustrating the value of patience (but how difficult it is to be patient in the face of such a scheme): The public’s faith in ID cards has slumped in the wake of a series of data…
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Brown adviser: Labour’s rights record dismal
Read more: Brown adviser: Labour’s rights record dismalLord Lester, a Liberal Democrat and distinguished human rights lawyer, quit as the prime minister’s adviser on constitutional reform a month ago. In a scathing attack yesterday, he revealed for the first time how he felt tethered by…
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An outstanding British innovation: great music, free with We7
Read more: An outstanding British innovation: great music, free with We7Update: We7 is now blinkboxmusic.com. We7‘s MediaGraft technology enables free music downloads, paid for by short adverts at the beginning of each track streamed or downloaded: We7 is an outstanding new music destination where you can listen to,…
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Guardian: Crash Gordon ‘saves the world’
Read more: Guardian: Crash Gordon ‘saves the world’Gordon Brown’s slip of the tongue in PMQs was as hilarious as it was revealing. But it may also prove very costly. Just after midday today, we witnessed the gaffe that may eventually come to be seen as…
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FT.com / Brussels – Berlin hits out at ‘crass’ UK strategy
Read more: FT.com / Brussels – Berlin hits out at ‘crass’ UK strategyAt the FT: Germany’s finance minister has launched a stinging attack on the “crass Keynesianism” pursued by Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, fuelling tensions on the eve of European economic crisis talks in Brussels. Peer Steinbrück accuses…
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Telegraph – Government panel to keep food prices down
Read more: Telegraph – Government panel to keep food prices downThe new Council of Food Policy Advisors, chaired by Dame Suzi Leather, Chair of the Charity Commission, will advise on food distribution and consumption as well as pricing. Food shopping bills rose at their fastest rate since records…
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Dominic Lawson: It all went wrong when we left the gold standard
Read more: Dominic Lawson: It all went wrong when we left the gold standardThanks to Graham for pointing out this article by Dominic Lawson promoting Austrian-school economics: As the chief economic advisor to the Austrian government in the 1920s, Mises put his theories into practice and slowed down inflation in his…