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The Americans are Coming

Good sense finally overcame irrational fear yesterday as parents of the Fort Myers High School pupils voted to let their children risk their lives right here in Lononistan: American pupils are to be allowed to take part in London’s 2007 New Year parade after a …

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Beware – Elderly Terrorists Crossing!

Whilst the Government’s new terrorist laws have caused much controversy, with protestors in London being arrested for reading out lists of the Iraq war dead, a new development not only takes the biscuit, but raids the entire biscuit tin! Two OAPs have been arrested in …

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No Muslim On The Underground

So how’s that for a sensationalist headline. Job at Fox news now please? Of course we don’t mean that Muslims have been banned from the tube, rather that the word has been removed from the advertising campaign for new US thriller series: Sleeper Cell. Sleeper …

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Ken Vs The USA

Ken is facing up to the US Government in yet another battle of wills. Cheapskate American diplomats who have been refusing to pay the congestion zone have up until now claimed diplomatic immunity from their daily £8 charge. Ken has now vowed to hunt them …

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Extra, Extra

Paul Dadge, the ex-fireman who helped survivors of the July 7 bombings has criticised the ambulance service for its response to the attacks.. The Review Committee heard from 13 survivors and is expected to reveal its findings at the end of May. Police investigating the …

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Westminster Daily

Secret Loans To Be Banned The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, has outlined plans to ban secret loans to political parties, after the Labour Party has become embroiled in accusations of sleaze, as rich businessmen who have loaned the party money have been offered peerages. The …

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Booking Ahead – Rockers and Codgers Special

Not one but two BA posts this morning, don’t ever say we’re not good to you. To be honest the real reason we split the posts up was to avoid any fighting between the various fringe lengths of the fans, for this week a host …

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BurgerClub.org

Earlier this week we wrote a quick post about a new burger blog, and judging by the feedback we got it seems that the ground meat patty is a subject close to lots of Londoner’s hearts. It’s slightly galling then (but perhaps not surprising) that …

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Opinionist: Celebrities One, Marvels Of The Universe Nil

The Baker Street Planetarium is to close. Then reopen as a history of celebrities. If ever there were a sign of the times… Space is not something the capital does well. This Londonista remembers, as a child, being enthralled by the Science Museum’s space gallery. …

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Henry, Morrissey, The Sex Pistols and Pancake Mountain

Henry Rollins will be rolling into town again next month for one of his annual spoken word gigs – at least we hope he will, because whether he gets here may well be down to what reading material he decides to bring with him. His …

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Extra, Extra

After the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes was reopened yesterday, his family have asked that a High Court judge investigate the shooting. But according to the Met, since July 7 three major terror attacks on London have been foiled and each …