Sunday, February 6, 2011

Between British Bedsheets

Pillow talk:

"Sally Bercow said the tempest about the article was a “storm in a bedsheet.’’

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"Yesterday’s news of an unexpected downturn in Britain’s economy shocked investors, prompting a sharp drop in the pound to $1.58 and reigniting debate about the government’s plans to slash spending, raise taxes, and reduce public debt....

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"Police on alert as rival groups protest

LONDON — More than 1,000 police officers kept a far-right group and antifascist protesters apart during rival demonstrations in an English town yesterday. Officers formed cordons to separate about 2,000 supporters of the English Defense League from 1,000 members of the left-wing group Unite Against Fascism and Muslim organizations marching through Luton, a working-class town near London that has a history of racial tension (AP)."

I swear the whole world is out in the streets (except AmeriKa).

"THE PRINCE AND THE SNIPER -- Britain's Prince Charles stopped to greet a camouflaged sniper from the Mercian Regiment during a visit to the Palace Barracks in Belfast yesterday (Boston Globe February 5 2011)."

Who are they cutting down, Afghans or Irish?

Also see: BBC to cut 360 jobs, online services

Chopin may have had epilepsy, study says