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    The true potential of monarchy

    THE TRUE POTENTIAL OF MONARCHY It's great having a constitutional monarchy A letter written to the Daily Mail newspaper by a Brit living in the United States, describing how he thinks having a monarchy is preferable to having a republic: "As an expat, I find it distressing to read that...
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    Royal tradition: How the Queen will make Brown her new Prime Minister today

    Tony Blair will today go to Buckingham Palace to tell Queen Elizabeth II that he is stepping down as her Prime Minister. Then will go Gordon Brown and she will make him the next Prime Minister. Constitutionally, the monarch can invite whoever she pleases to be Prime Minister. However...
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    The botched execution of Margaret, Countess of Salisbury

    GRISLY LONDON HISTORY Everyone has heard the horror stories of botched executions with victims running screaming around the scaffold etc. The story of Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, is one of the authentic examples of such horror. Her only crime was that she was the mother of a Cardinal...
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    Somme survivor's diary emerges after 91 years

    Somme survivor's diary emerges after 91 years By CHRIS BROOKE 25th June 2007 Sgt Hubert Harding's diaries start in April 1915 He witnessed, and astonishingly survived, the bloodiest battles of the Great War. After a long day risking life and limb to tend wounded comrades, Hubert...
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    New video shows BBC reporter in explosives belt 'to deter rescue attempts'

    A new video shows BBC reporter Alan Johnston wearing an explosives belt and it was released by his captors, the Palestinian militant group Army of Islam. What makes it embarrassing for the Left-wing BBC is that the BBC usually sides with the Paleosimians and is anti-Israeli. But how do they...
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    Gardener digs up veggie patch in his garden to find WW2 bunker

    Gardener digs up veggie patch to find WW2 bunker 26th June 2007 Daily Mail A home gardener was stunned when he dug up his vegetable patch - and found an enormous secret room underneath! Andy Lewis, 36, and partner Fiona Marks, 27, were clearing a section of their garden when they...
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    Boy skewered to death on railings by violent London gangs

    Schoolboy skewered to death by mob 'baying for blood' 25th June 2007 Daily Mail A boy of 16 was killed in a mob attack involving more than 40 teenagers who were "baying for blood" - after he was turned away from a schoolgirl's house party in South London Ben Hitchcock: victim of gang...
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    Naked mud wrestlers...it could only be Glastonbury

    As record rains fell across Britain (and remember that this is supposed to be summer) this year's Glastonbury turned out to be an absolute mudfest. Today, a month's worth of rain fell across Britain in just a few hours leaving chaos and devastation, but the weekend's rain brought enjoyment to...
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    This treaty plumbs new depths of mendacity, democracy itself is at stake

    This treaty plumbs new depths of mendacity, democracy itself is at stake 24th June 2007 Daily Mail Melanie Phillips Well, what an amazing surprise. Tony Blair is reported to have protected all his 'red lines' at the Brussels summit. Gordon Brown, who previously promised that he...
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    All creatures cute and small

    The smallest - and cutest - creatures you will ever see 25th June 2007 Daily Mail As a 4.9 inch chihuahua is named the world's smallest dog, meet some more of the smallest - and quite frankly the most ridiculously cute - animals you will ever see. When his owner shouts "Heel!" Ducky...
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    Britain becomes world's largest cultural (music, TV, etc) exporter

    Britain is now the largest cultural export in the world - surpassing even the United States. Cultural exports include music, television shows and video games. With cool bands such as Arctic Monkeys, the Kooks and Maximo Park, the manufacture of computer games, books as as the Harry Potter series...
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    The 80mph "Mad Max" monster targeting the Taliban

    Meet the British-made Supacat Weapons Mounted Installation Kit (manufactured in Honiton, Devon) which will be unleashed by the British Army early next year and will be deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq to take on the baddies. The British Army will have at least 130 of them.... The 80mph 'Mad...
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    Police officers arrest scarecrow for impersonating a traffic officer

    Only in Britain... Police 'arrest' scarecrow - for impersonating a traffic officer By KEITH BEASBY 24th June 2007 Daily Mail A scarecrow dressed to look like a traffic cop didn't go down too well with real police officers. In fact they took the matter so seriously when they heard...
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    Prince William and Kate Middleton are dating again

    World Exclusive: Wills and Kate are dating again By KATIE NICHOLL 24th June 2007 Daily Mail Prince William and Kate Middleton have been seeing each other again – and shared a passionate kiss at a decadent Army party before disappearing to the Prince's private quarters. The party and...
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    Gordon Brown: "I am ready to serve."

    'I am ready to serve' Deborah Summers, politics editor Sunday June 24, 2007 Guardian Unlimited Gordon Brown and Tony Blair shake hands on stage at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA Gordon Brown today accepted the "awesome responsibility" of leadership as he...
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    Harriet Harman is elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party

    Harriet Harman was today elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. She beat the strong favourite, Education Secretary Alan Johnson, in the final round of voting. Six candidates battled for the title. But, unlike other countries, Britain's unusual uncodified constitution means that it does NOT...
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    EU must stop fighting with itself

    If the leaders of the EU stopped arguing with each other and instead concentrated on making the EU more democratic - such as bringing in an ELECTED President - then maybe traditionally anti-EU nations such as the British may be willing to embrace the project a bit more..... Europe must stop...
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    Secret SAS mission to Somalia uncovers British terror cells

    Secret SAS mission to Somalia uncovers British terror cells By JASON LEWIS 23rd June 2007 Daily Mail Terrorist sleeper cells said to be planning attacks in the UK have been unmasked after the bodies of Britons killed in US bombing raids in Somalia were identified by a top-secret SAS...
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    Will Lady Windsor be the first Royal to give birth in NHS hospital?

    The wife of the Queen's second cousin, Paola, a Croatian, may become the first Royal to give birth in an NHS hospital. Lord Nicholas Windsor, the son of the Duchess of Kent (the Duke of Kent is the Queen's cousin) was 25th in line to the Throne but was barred from the succession after...
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    Pope: Miracles are hard to come by in Britain

    The Catholic church showed again that it is against scientific research into finding the cure for deadly diseases, aborting children who may be ill or badly deformed and homosexuality when the Pope attacked British laws allowing greater stem cell research on human embryos, easy access to...