Vodka and the EU treaty

Posted by on Jun 22, 2007 in updates | 9 comments Robert Sturdy MEP reports from the latest EP sitting at Strasbourg: Forget the Cold War. This month in Strasbourg the Vodka War reached its conclusion with casualties on both sides. After months of relentless debate and negotiation, and several vodka tasting sessions, MEPs voted this week on the definitions of spirit drinks. It was concluded that Vodka can be made only from grain or...
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My blog is to be archived at The British Library

Posted by on Jun 22, 2007 in updates | 16 comments I feel incredibly privileged to have been asked by The British Library if they could include my blog in an archived collection of blogs for research purposes. They are inviting 150 “key sites” for this project, cordinated by the UK Web Archiving Consortium. This is what they said: “The British Library is building a collection of blogs. This collection will form...
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My new Sony Ericsson phone

Posted by on Jun 22, 2007 in updates | 10 comments I haven’t upgraded my mobile phone for over two years and realised I was paying a high tariff on my contract, especially when calling other mobile phones. After hearing about a great offer that Sally signed up for with T-Mobile (the same company I use), I decided to follow suit and have just switched over to a Sony Ericsson K810i. And it was a free upgrade. Sally has...
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Cherie challenges government’s smoking ban

Posted by on Jun 22, 2007 in Uncategorized | 10 comments I wonder if Cherie Blair ever discusses her work with Tony when they eat dinner, if she bounces ideas off her barrister trained husband. If so, I can imagine his horror at the thought of her fighting the government’s smoking ban, due to be implemented next week, on behalf of a lapdance club. Flamboyant pink-suited Dave West wants her to launch a legal challenge to allow guests and...
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Will Nancy enjoy Manchester life?

Posted by on Jun 22, 2007 in updates | 4 comments I assume that Sven and Nancy are still an item, which makes me wonder what she thinks about moving to Manchester if he should becomes the new manager of Manchester City. I don’t know the city very well, but during visits there have found the people to be much friendlier than the south. If Nancy should worry that Manchester is not glamorous enough for her, perhaps you have a few...
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The missing – Charlene Downes

Posted by on Jun 22, 2007 in updates | 1 comment Charlene Downes, 14, kissed and waved goodbye to her mother in Blackpool town centre in November, 2003 and has never been seen since. Charlene was known to have been among a number of young white girls who congregated around a district of Asian fast-food shops in the Lancashire seaside town. Yesterday, her mother wept as a kebab shop owner was heard on tape allegedly telling how he had...
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