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It’s easy to forget one of modern history’s most important figures

Written by Nick on January 20, 2013 — Leave a Comment

In the category of ‘small, but annoying, errors’ we have this from the Guardian: Obama will make history in another way on Monday, becoming the first US president to be sworn in four separate times. THat should be ‘the first since Franklin Roosevelt’, of course, who got his four inaugurations the old-fashioned way by being [...]

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2010 General Election Diary Day 26: Fear of a blue planet

Written by Nick on May 1, 2010 — Leave a Comment

Another quiet election day from me – had a few more deliveries to do this morning, but just as I was getting ready to take them out, I noticed that someone had forgotten to put the letters in the addressed envelopes, and while delivering empty envelopes to people might be a good electoral tactic for [...]

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Our gossip columnist once spotted Alan Rusbridger reading a newspaper

Written by Nick on October 15, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Good to see the Guardian back to its old ways – a day after leading the front page with Trafigura, they run a front page story about how the media are obsessed with celebrity culture, with a nice big picture of Amy Winehouse. I’m sure they’re telling themselves it’s ironic. The real irony comes in [...]

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There are now many things to say about Trafigura

Written by Nick on October 13, 2009 — 1 Comment

Many of which may centre around whether they should get a version of the Streisand Effect named after them (the Trafigura Tactic, perhaps, or maybe the internet has a Trafigura Twitter Tendency?) In short, though, to follow up on last night’s post, Carter-Ruck have now withdrawn their legal proceedings against the Guardian, which now allows [...]

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I have nothing to say about Trafigura

Written by Nick on October 13, 2009 — 2 Comments

If you haven’t read this or seen this, you might never have heard of the oil company Trafigura before. Indeed, they could have stayed nicely below many people’s radars, just they way they like to be, except for the fact they took their desire for secrecy a bit too far. Apparently, it’s possible to use [...]

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There’s no romance on the Megabus

Written by Nick on August 22, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Amongst the Guardian letters today, Godfrey Eland wonders: Having carefully read about Greyhound buses coming to the UK (Report, 20 August), I am at a loss to understand how these buses will be any different from National Express, Megabus or any other of the existing services on our motorways. Can someone enlighten me as to [...]

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