In the latest fall-out from the expenses scandals from last year, the British public are finally seeing politicians being put behind bars. That is, being put into prison, not them serving themselves from the licensed bars at the House of Commons. How many of them have...
Treasury Secretary Resigns Over Gay Lover Rent AllegationsPrime Minister David Cameron and Nick Clegg's coalition government suffered a massive setback as treasury chief David Laws resigned after revelations about...
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Lib Dem Minister Outed Against His Will Over Expenses Row David Cameron's new coalition government is in the midst of its first scandal and its a double whammy of sex and expenses. It emerged yesterday that new...
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The British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, spends £406,000 ($607,000) of taxpayers' money on water every year, according to the british newspaper the Guardian. BBC released the information as a response to a freedom of information request. The money is used to buy large...
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" Scotland Yard has decided to launch an investigation into the alleged misuse of expenses by a small number of MPs and peers, the BBC has learned. Police say its economic and specialist crime command will...
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It has been a sad week for politics in London as scadals have plagued both houses of the British government. New Labour it seems is tainted with old fashioned sleaze as they wilt under daily allegations of misdeeds in Members expenses. Although MP's expnses were due to be...
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Today the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, reversed his stance on a plan to block the publication of the expenses claimed by members of parliament. Last night the rival parties, the...
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How sad!–On an aside, Paul Muldoon, a professor at Princeton University, has been extremely generous in his efforts on behalf of the campaign to save the Hill of Tara, one of Ireland's most important heritage sites, from destruction by developers and speculators. Learn more...
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What do you cut first? What do you cut last?Miriam Jordan suggests that When the Going Gets Tough, Some People Lay Off the Nanny (Wall Street Journal, December 11), and personal chefs and the like. Besides women giving up on household help, the article mentions people taking...
Some of the customers injured in Friday's horrific stampede at a Walmart on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the US when stores open early and offer big deals for people who come at dawn, are planning...
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In an effort to confirm the ageless expression coined by famous NY Yankee baseball player and manager, Yogi Berra - "It ain't over 'till it's over", officials of the Canadian Grand Prix, the city of Montreal,...
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After body, life and many other weired stuff a Pakistani national has put up his kidney on a Pakistani auction website. So far no bidders have come to avial this offer.The Kidney business in Pakistan is unregulated and foreigners can buy kidneys from impoverished Pakistanis...
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Study finds that the majority of domestic and foreign corporations in the United States avoid paying federal income taxes."NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Nearly two-thirds of U.S. companies and 68% of foreign corporations do not pay federal income taxes, according to a...
Homosexual soldiers in the UK are going to be paid for their travelling expenses to attend Gay Pride parades, which is angering 'straight' troops as they are not allowed to claim for trips made to the Queen's...
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OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorIt is certainly distressing to find out financial misappropriations of Casino Funds by Chiefs of First Nations Casinos. Who would have imagined First Nations...
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