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Entries from January 26th, 2007

A lesson in manners

January 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on A lesson in manners · Life

The other night Arsenal beat Manchester United with a very very late goal. The parallels with a certain other Arsenal game this season are irresistible: Both teams really needed the points for various reasons It was looking like a draw was inevitable Game stolen at the last gasp by the home team Manager of scoring […]

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Bare-faced cheek

January 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on Bare-faced cheek · Life

Two examples of bare-faced cheek today, one which amused me and one which amazed me. The one which amazed me was Tottenham Hotspurs’ reaction to being given a bye to the last 16 of the UEFA cup. The story is that they were to play Feyenoord, but Feyenoord got into some trouble over crowd violence, […]

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Heavy weather

January 26th, 2007 · Comments Off on Heavy weather · Life

One of the least original things to say must be to comment on how ridiculous it is that in a country which experiences winter every year, and has done for as long as anyone can remember, our services just can’t cope. The only thing more predictable than the fact that it will get cold at […]

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Renters pay council tax too!

January 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Politics, Work

I saw this story on the BBC website about valuations for council tax.  it is all about how the original valuations were rushed through and so some properties may be in the wrong council tax band. The headline is Homeowners 'must check tax band'. Why only homeowners?  Is there a general assumption that everybody owns […]

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