news.bbc.co.uk - 2/2/2009
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Protesters greeting Mr Wen as he arrived in Cambridge
independent.co.uk - 2/10/2009
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independent.co.uk —
Britain is facing its worst financial crisis for
more than a century, surpassing even the Great Depression...
of the 1930s, one of Gordon Brown's most senior ministers and confidants has admitted. In an extraordinary admission about the severity of the ...
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'This is the worst recession for over 100 ...
telegraph.co.uk - 2/5/2009
independent.co.uk - 2/1/2009
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independent.co.uk —
Lord Mandelson enraged unions and Labour MPs last
night by accusing wildcat strikers of "protectionism" and claiming...
they could turn the recession into a full-blown depression. The Business Secretary inflamed the dispute over foreign workers by ...
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You can go and work in Europe, Mandelson ...
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Shoe hurled as Chinese PM speaks
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... a young man, was then removed by security guards. ... According to eye-witnesses, Mr Wen was interrupted near the end of a speech he was giving in Cambridge on the global economy. According to the Press Association, the shoe was thrown from the back of the hall and landed "well away" from Mr Wen. Reuters reported that the protester urged the audience to challenge the Chinese prime minister, shouting "how can the university prostrate itself with this dictator?" ********** Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7865868.stm
The Union Jack Flap
Tammy Bruce —
... government these days have people working from overseas and maybe they don't understand.
But, has he considered this:
"Having the flag upside down historically was a sign of distress. You might have it put it up on a fort to warn those in the know - other British forces - that there was trouble from the enemy.
Maybe this was Lord Mandelson's restrained diplomatic substitute for the newly popular shoe toss.
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