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Well, that’s a relief. I’m hopeful for America’s future in a way I never managed to feel about ours when Blair got in. Not for the first time, I find myself wishing Bill Hicks was alive to see a major world event. Would he still think this?

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I’m intrigued by this story in the Guardian. The headline, YouGov claims influence over Brown’s election retreat, sounds distinctly sinister to me. Isn’t the purpose of a polling organisation to find out what people think? A quote from the company head also sits uneasily: YouGov chief executive Nadhim Zahawi explained that in the past polling [...]

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Another campaigner outside the Brighton Centre this morning, this time with a placard: Jesus is the only saviour for sin and all it’s consequences Now I don’t mean to come over all Lynne Truss*, but if there’s one way to get your message across it isn’t with an errant apostrophe.

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Well, it nearly did. At first glance, this morning’s immigration headlines suggested the LibDems had successfully got their conference agenda into the news. Alas not; a chief constable’s Radio 4 interview appears to have generated at least as much coverage as the party’s immigration amnesty vote. Anyway, a consequence of living in Brighton is the [...]

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On the subject of Wikipedia and changes, am I the only person who isn’t especially exercised about the current Wikipedia sanitation furore? Perhaps I’m just a naturally cynical person: does it really surprise anyone that people and corporations are inclined to massage the entries about themselves in a publicly accessible encyclopedia? I’m reminded of the [...]

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