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    ‘Anti-lad’ crusaders have begun a cultural cleansing of British universities

    Initiatives are underway in British universities to clamp down on "lad culture" - that thing which the people who run our major institutions, including the BBC, now hate. It's what has caused the BBC to destroy "laddish" Top Gear (be prepared for some blonde bimbo to host that once-great show)...
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    Fraud probe in Nigel Farage-contested Thanet South seat

    Kent Police are making inquiries into a report of electoral fraud in the Thanet South seat, contested in the general election by Ukip leader Nigel Farage. Days before the election, Farage had a healthy nine-point poll lead in the seat, with it looking like a foregone conclusion that he...
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    What Britain wants from EU before in/out referendum

    Between 2010 and 2015, when he was head of a Tory/Liberal Democrat coalition, David Cameron said that, should he be re-elected in 2015, he will promise the British people an EU in/out referendum in 2017. He also made it clear that he wanted the EU to implement certain reforms to make it a...
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    Never mind great telly. The Baftas dish out gongs for being PC

    It was the Bafta Television Awards on Sunday, that annual ceremony in which a bunch of right-on, self-righteous, Left-wing actors slap each other on the back, attack "the Tories" and pick up awards, not for making the best television, but for making the most PC television. Actress Jessica Hynes...
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    Stop your whinging: why the Left are such bad losers

    As Left-wing student types graffiti a WWII memorial outside Downing Street to protest the Conservative Party's shock majority, why the Left are such bad losers... Stop your whinging: why the Left are such bad losers Labour voters should be ashamed of all the boohooing - and I...
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    'Mystery' child's body found on Hereford Cathedral land

    The "mystery" remains of a Saxon child have been found buried on land next to Hereford Cathedral, archaeologists say. The child, who is believed to have been aged between 10 and 12, was found buried in Hereford Cathedral Close, at the site of a possible Saxon Palace. The discovery was...
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    BBC sweating nervously over appointment of new anti-BBC Culture Secretary

    The Left-wing BBC has been left sweating nervously after David Cameron appointed an anti-BBC Right-winger who has, in the past, criticised the BBC's Left-wing bias and its unpopular licence fee, as his new Culture Secretary. Tory MP John Whittingdale, who has produced a string of damning...
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    Two new series of Red Dwarf are on the way.

    Good news, smegheads. Coronation Street actor Craig Charles is quitting the soap after ten years to film two new series of cult sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf. The iconic show will be filming a further two series - Red Dwarf XI and Red Dwarf XII - at the end of the year, with 50-year-old Craig's...
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    11 images that capture the incredible vastness of space

    Humans may think of our planet as being big but, as these 11 mind-boggling pictures show, we really are insignificant in the grand scheme of things. 11 images that capture the incredible vastness of space Updated by Joseph Stromberg on April 17, 2015...
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    BBC must now pay the price for its blatant anti-Conservative bias

    Why the arrogant, out-of-touch, pompous, left-wing BBC must now pay the price for its blatant anti-Conservative bias, BBC must now pay the price for its blatant anti-Conservative bias, writes LEO MCKINSTRY By Leo Mckinstry For The Daily Mail 9 May 2015 Daily Mail The BBC had a...
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    10 predictions for UK General Election

    Today's General Election to elect the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the most unpredictable for decades. It seems most likely that, just as in 2010 and 1974, no party will gain an overall majority (and it's difficult to say who will get the most...
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    Prince Harry mobbed by fans in Australia... and receives a marriage proposal

    If there was a competition to find Britain's/Canada's/Australia's most likeable royal, surely British soldier Prince Harry would win it hands down. This is the moment a cheeky blonde asked 30-year-old Prince Harry to marry her and ended up locking lips with the blushing royal. Victoria...
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    9 general election curiosities through history

    The old cogs of the world's oldest surviving democracy start turning tomorrow as the British people vote for the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom. From rotten boroughs to 47-day elections, the electoral system has, through history, featured a number of quirks and unusual customs...
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    Britain's bulging economy surges past France

    The UK is overtaking arch-rival France to become Europe's second largest economy after Germany, according to an influential think tank. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) believes Britain will expand by 2.5pc this year. While this is lower than its forecast of...
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    6 royal births that changed the world (or could have)

    With the Duchess of Cambridge having just given birth to the fourth in line to the throne, author and historian Amy Licence explores royal babies through history, and the unusual circumstances of their arrivals… 6 royal births that changed the world (or could have)...
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    Trust Labour? I'd rather trust Jimmy Savile to babysit

    In the wake of Labour leader Ed Miliband's ridiculous tombstone stunt, in which Labour's main policies were engraved on a huge block of stone (including, rather laughably considering their record between 1997 and 2010, a "strong economic foundation"), the Daily Mail's Richard Littlejohn said he...
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    Chelsea are English Champions for fifth time

    London giants Chelsea are the English Champions for the fifth time after they won their fourth Premier League title today, their first since 2010. The title was clinched with three games to spare thanks to a 1-0 win against fellow London side Crystal Palace, with a goal from PFA Player of the...
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    Scots are in for a shock when the English run out of patience

    Why English patience, which has remained remarkably steadfast so far, could end up running out if Nicola Sturgeon's Far-Left SNP get their way. Could GK Chesterton's Secret People finally speak out? Despite the SNP's success in Scotland - they look set to win almost every single one, if not...
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    Artefacts from a bloody chapter in English history

    The English Civil War was one of the bloodiest chapters in Britain's history and wiped out one in 20 of the population. Now, over 360 years after the conflict, its story is being told in a dedicated museum. The conflict from 1642 to 1651 split families as they took up sides with the...
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    London to Norwich Shakespearean morris dance completed

    A man has accomplished a 100-mile (160km) morris dance from London to Norwich recreating a journey undertaken by William Shakespeare's clown in 1600. Rick Jones, from Catford, south east London, set off from London Bridge on 23 April (St George's Day and the day Shakespeare is...