lies, damn lies, and loathsome hypocrisy - Tony Blair agreed in April 2002 to help George Bush precipitate the invasion of Iraq (8 months before the UN resolution used to justify their plundering of Iraqi oil)

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every year 2,000 new species of plants are recorded

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the US is alleged to transfer prisoners to the following countries for routine torture - Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Egypt, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Diego Garcia

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"US Calls Iraq Border Offensive a Success" say the headlines, success being measured by the number of dead Iraqis, which is also a measure of the failure of US policy

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"Do you know what happens to little boys who tell lies?"
"They become Prime Minister."

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globalisation is one of the economic goals of the world's leaders
despite its contribution to keeping 12M people in forced labour

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when Tony Blair talks about his "radical agenda", presumably he means continuing the 'Thatcherisation' of Britain?

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Blair says voters have given Labour a mandate to govern the country - 22% of the electorate voted Labour - some mandate!

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genetic evidence backs claim that the Chinese visited America before Columbus

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the best outcome of the UK election would be a hung parliament - followed by Tony Blair's resignation - followed by another election

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if Bush and Blair are so intent on imposing democracy in the Middle East, why are they defending Kuwait, where women are not allowed to vote?

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the UK General Election, what a choice of potential rulers!
an English Protestant, a Welsh Jew, or a Scottish Catholic
- and not one of them seems interested in the pagan vote

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Donald Rumsfield is reported to have offered Saddam Hussein a freedom deal - what's the odds on an invasion of Iraq by Bush III in 2015? (just keeping up the family tradition)

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one awaits Pope Benedict's declaration that God is a lapsed Catholic

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