March 2009
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Ending royal discrimination? A contradiction in terms
The big news on the BBC today was the story that prime minister Gordon Brown has talked to…
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Living with Teenagers: The Guardian names the author
I was surprised to find my blog had had hundreds of extra visitors over the last couple of days.…
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Is the media making it harder for Northern Ireland to overcome the dissident threat to peace?
The murders of two British soldiers and a policeman in Northern Ireland by dissident republican terrorists…
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Scargill’s folly: the miners’ strike, 25 years on
It's hard to imagine a strike dominating the headlines for a year in 2009. The era…
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Is Fred Goodwin the most famous disgraced man in Scotland since Thomas Bouch?
Few people will be sorry to see disgraced banker Sir Fred Goodwin leave Britain (Times report)…
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An apology from Gordon Brown? Just Westminster chatter
The Guardian's Jonathan Freedland today joined the call for Gordon Brown to say sorry. "It needn't…