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via Bbc
19 May 2013

Did Anyone Actually Say 'Mad, Swivel Eyed Loons'?

Pressure continued to mount on the Conservative leadership over claims an ally of David Cameron described grassroots activists as "mad, swivel-eyed loons" who forced Tory MPs to adopt hardline stances on divisive issues. Party co-chairman Lord Feldman was forced strenuously to deny making the alleged comments after rumours swirled on the internet t [...] Read more ...

via Huffingtonpost
19 May 2013

Offer voters the EU pizza and they'll spit it out

In Logical Journey of the Zoombinis, a children's computer game for teaching maths, there is one level called the "Pizza Pass". You have to cook a pizza for three trolls, who usually spit it out, saying: "There's something on there that I don't like!" You keep trying different ingredients, until you find the combination that satisfies all the troll [...] Read more ...

via Independent
19 May 2013

Richard Beeston

Richard Beeston, who has died aged 50, was a highly-acclaimed foreign correspondent for The Times, reporting from many of the world’s most dangerous trouble spots in a career spanning nearly 30 years. Read more ...

via Telegraph
19 May 2013

What Men Want

There have been a rash of articles in the media lately concentrating on men, and what they want. Not "from women", but in life.There was Janice Turner's (@VictoriaPeckham) piece in the Times, which asked the amazingly spurious question "Why do men commit almost all the crime?"http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/columnists/janiceturner/article3768 [...] Read more ...

via Unfashionistas
19 May 2013