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Now That’s British!

By Murk | Published: August 16, 2008
“When Gordon Brown called on the British Library to stage an exhibition about Britishness he perhaps envisaged a patriotic celebration of the national identity. ” begins the story in The Telegraph. It continues to tell of the new exhibition called ‘Taking Liberties‘ – which is a very British response to such a request from a Prime [...]
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Brown and Davis

By Murk | Published: June 30, 2008
Gordon Brown recently wrote to David Davis to say this: Dear David As you know, Prime Ministers are available once a week at Question Time to debate all the issues of the day, and I was disappointed that you chose to step down as a Member of Parliament in advance of Question Time on Wednesday, 11 June [...]
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Pots and Kettles

By Murk | Published: June 13, 2008
A great BBC ‘Have Your Say’ Comment from John McKay: “The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, has described Mr Davis’s move as a ’stunt that has become a farce’.” If I might draw M’Lud’s attention  to the case of Pot versus Kettle…? Well done. David Davis has been interviewed for the ‘Today’ programme. Humphreys is interviewing as a politico – [...]
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Have Your Say on Davis

By Murk | Published: June 13, 2008
I’ve browsed through the most recommended comments at the Beeb. Several pages of comments without one recommended comment (so far) being critical of Davis. (If you haven’t seen his speech yet, it’s really worth a look). This comment summed it up, quoting one of the rare (less popular) anti-DD posts: What is the point of posting [...]
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David Davis Speech

By Murk | Published: June 12, 2008
This is a phenomenal speech, which sums up just how  this government has been eating away at our historic libertarian legal system. The speech has been placed on youtube. There are only two ways this could be more spectacular. If it were Cameron If it were someone in a marginal seat. Yes, this is a stunt, but it’s a fine [...]
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