In which I look at the New Years Honours List for 2008/09 - with specific reference to Chris Hoy and Terry Pratchett.
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The Goat is Doomed
You know, maybe they should accept that the goat is fated to burn, and actually organise and celebrate the event rather than try to prevent the inevitable?
A giant straw goat erected each Christmas in a northern Swedish town has been burned down - yet again.
The 13m-high (43ft) animal in Gavle has been torched 23 times [...]
Data Loss
Up until Monday, we hadn’t had any of our data lost by the government (as far as we knew). We shouldn’t have been one of the 25 million lost due to being child benefit claimants, or one of the many other breaches.
Some of the breaches are potentially very serious should it fall into the wrong [...]
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Shoes for Bush
On Bush’s surprise visit to Iraq, an Iraqi Journalist threw his shoes at him.
In the middle of the news conference with Mr Maliki, a reporter stood up and shouted “this is a goodbye kiss from the Iraqi people, dog,” before hurtling his shoes at Mr Bush, narrowly missing him.
“All I can report is a size [...]
Gordon Brown on Leaks
In the light of the police raid on an MP for leaking government documents, here is ‘The Dear Leader’ talking in 1985 about his receiving leaked documents.
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