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Entries from May 11th, 2009

The name of the game

May 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life

What is it with Tories and middle names?  Why do so many of them have middle names that are so obscure you suspect many are not even real names?  For example, Michael Dibdin Heseltine, Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn, Norman Beresford Tebbit. 

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Getting worse

May 11th, 2009 · Comments Off on Getting worse · Life

I worry that young Rojo may be turning into a problem cat. His fondness for water and getting wet generally is quite amusing – it really is fun to see him hop into the empty laundry basket and pester us until somebody pours a jug of water on him, but I don’t think it is […]

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MP expenses – the local perspective

May 11th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Politics

The Horsham local paper had an interesting approach to the whole business of MP expenses last week.   While the May 1st edition was full to bursting with letters criticising local MP, Francis Maude, the May 8th edition carried none and had this slightly strange editorial.

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