While in Korea, Linebarger masterminded the surrender of thousands of Chinese troops who considered it shameful to give up their arms. He drafted leaflets explaining how the soldiers could surrender by shouting the Chinese words for 'love', 'duty', 'humanity' and...
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BloodAndTreasure 1 day ago (via bloodandtreasure.typepad.com)
...when it comes to the Lib Dem's offical election song, performed by the Liberal Democrat Community Choir: You can, er, buy it on iTunes if you like. Hat-tip: Guido
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Spectator 4 days ago (via spectator.co.uk)
GORDON Brown yesterday echoed the famous words of one of his predecessors when he suggested he plans to go on as party leader – whatever the election result.
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Scotsman on 16th Mar 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
This is splendid almost beyond words. Now go make your own! Hat tip to John Farrier...
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Samizdata on 9th Mar 2010 (via samizdata.net)
David Cameron was accused of being the friend of criminals as Labour stepped up the pre-election war of words on criminal justice.
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Telegraph on 9th Mar 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Michael Wolff's portrait of David Cameron in the latest issue of Vanity Fair is well worth reading, even it it's a weird kind of a beast. Wolff concludes – at the start of the piece, as it happens – that he's "impressed" by the Tory leader. But then spends the best part of 2,000 words spraying out quotes and observations which will harden the attitudes of Camer...
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Spectator on 9th Mar 2010 (via spectator.co.uk)
Ahhh, dear old Senator Mccain. How charming that someone of his age still believes in fairy tales: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is seeking bipartisan support to block Senate Democrats from using special parliamentary tactics to pass healthcare reform.{...} He implored centrist Democrats to think about the consequences. He even invoked President Barack Obama’s own words to make his case. And Mc...
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JOSHUAPUNDIT on 5th Mar 2010 (via joshuapundit.blogspot.com)
One story which has been rumbling along in the background of Ashcroft and Chilcot – and, indeed, over the past few months – is the fallout from Andy Burnham's claim that NHS bodies are now the state's "preferred provider" of healthcare in this country. With those two words, in a speech last September, the Health Secretary appears to have pulled the process of reform...
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Spectator on 5th Mar 2010 (via spectator.co.uk)