Archive for July 25th, 2005

July 25th, 2005
Recent nonsense from the Standard (and other places)
by Yusuf Smith

In the same way as the Windsors are Britain’s best royal family and George W Bush is the best President the USA has at the moment, the Evening Standard is London’s best evening newspaper. As long as I can remember, it has included on its banner “incorporating the EVENING NEWS”, the market having demonstrated [...]


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July 25th, 2005
the discretion of the hangman
by Jamie K

OK, first point. I don’t want to hear about the “split second decision” taken by the police last Friday. Once Jean Charles De Menezes decided to bolt from the cops he was dead. That’s why it’s called a shoot to kill policy. If a suspected suicide bomber runs, he dies - or she, should it [...]


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