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BLUNDERING Gordon Brown has been caught on microphone calling a voter a "bigot".

By Gideon Swift | Published: April 29, 2010
  The Prime Minister was heard describing an exchange he had just had with lifelong Labour supporter Gillian Duffy, 65 — on the campaign trail in Rochdale, Lancs, today — as a "disaster". He made the comments as he got into his car after speaking to Mrs Duffy — not realising that he still had [...]
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UK: Spy chips hidden in 2.5 MILLION dustbins: 60pc rise in electronic bugs as council snoopers plan pay-as-you-throw tax

By Gideon Swift | Published: March 8, 2010
The growing threat of a stealth tax on the rubbish we throw away was exposed by startling figures yesterday. More than 2.5million homes now have wheelie bins fitted with microchips to weigh their contents. This is an increase of nearly two-thirds in just a year. The bins, which can be electronically identified and weighed, are [...]
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UK calls in Israeli ambassador as Dubai killing row escalates

By Gideon Swift | Published: February 18, 2010
Britain last night fired the first shot in a potentially explosive diplomatic row with Israel by calling in the country’s ambassador to explain the use of faked British passports by a hit squad who targeted a Hamas official in Dubai. The Israeli ambassador has been summoned to the Foreign Office to “share information” about the [...]
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New scanners break child porn laws

By Gideon Swift | Published: January 5, 2010
The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British airports threatens to breach child protection laws which ban the creation of indecent images of children, the Guardian has learned. Privacy campaigners claim the images created by the machines are so graphic they amount to “virtual strip-searching” and have called for safeguards to protect the privacy [...]
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Mandelson attacks ‘extreme rightwing figures’ for Gordon Brown pill ‘smears’

By Gideon Swift | Published: September 28, 2009
Coincidentally, we also have Bill Clinton in the news this morning whining about a “vast right-wing conspiracy.”  Bill Clinton: ‘Vast right-wing conspiracy’ as ‘virulent’ as ever Lord Mandelson today criticised “extreme rightwing figures” for circulating rumours on the internet which led to Gordon Brown being asked on the BBC whether he had been prescribed medication [...]
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UK set for cyber security centre

By Gideon Swift | Published: June 15, 2009
The Government is to launch a national cyber security centre to help protect the UK from online attacks. The centre will advise Whitehall departments and companies on defending against hacking by foreign powers, organised criminals and terror groups, the Guardian has reported. It will form the centrepiece of the new national security strategy to be [...]
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Al Qaeda Says It Has Killed Briton

By Gideon Swift | Published: June 4, 2009
An affiliate of Al Qaeda in North Africa said Wednesday that it had killed a Briton it abducted in January because its demand of freedom for a jailed cleric had not been met. Prime Minister  Gordon Brown said there was “strong reason to believe” that the captive had been executed. He called the killing “barbaric.” [...]
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Obama admits: Attack on US soil likely

By Gideon Swift | Published: April 1, 2009
President Barack Obama admits that al-Qaeda network is planning fresh raids on the United States from the militants’ safe havens in Pakistan. Obama said Wednesday the US would chase and defeat the terrorist organization wherever it is present in the world. Pakistan and Afghanistan would not be allowed to become a safe haven for al-Qaeda [...]
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UK population must fall to 30m, says Porritt

By Gideon Swift | Published: March 24, 2009
Source:  Times Online JONATHON PORRITT, one of Gordon Brown’s leading green advisers, is to warn that Britain must drastically reduce its population if it is to build a sustainable society. Porritt’s call will come at this week’s annual conference of the Optimum Population Trust (OPT), of which he is patron. The trust will release research [...]
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Britain trains civilian anti-terror force

By Gideon Swift | Published: March 23, 2009
Britain has launched a clandestine alliance that recruits citizens and trains them to act as undercover agents against terror suspects. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the initiative is vital for safety in the UK. According to him, tens of thousands of civilians have already been trained for the purpose. Brown said Sunday that the [...]
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