If there's no such thing as a free lunch, what do you make of a free curry? If you're prepared to go along to Port Talbot on Wednesday night and share your thoughts on devolving more powers to Wales, then a free curry will be yours care of the All Wales Convention. To free laptops, free toothbrushes and free lightbulbs, now we can add free curry to the list of Welsh political freebies. G...
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BetsanPowys on 12th Jan 2009 (via bbc.co.uk)
Maybe it was something in my eyes, but as I wandered around the GMEX picking up freebies in the form of frisbies, screwdrivers, pens, paperclips and countless varieties of sweets, I was approached by an operative of the Terrence Higgins Trust who handed me a free chlamydia test. I wonder if Tooting Tory Mark Clarke will
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RecessMonkey on 28th Sep 2008 (via recessmonkey.com)
Having just trawled through Hansard I couldn't help but notice that DEFRA has been buying marketing freebies to give away for their "Don’t break the law, check the rules before you travel - personal food imports campaign". It's not massive spending I shoud add, but I am left wondering who exactly the freebies are given too. They bought 50 special long-sleeve t-shirt with the campaign logo on for...
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DizzyThinks on 2nd Mar 2009 (via dizzythinks.net)
Senior civil servants were wined, dined or treated to "freebies" more than 1,700 times in a single year, with private firms involved in lucrative government contracts often paying the bill.
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TheIndependent on 13th Feb 2009 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
Direct support and freebies should be cut to avoid undue influence on prescribing, say experts
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FT on 4th Feb 2009 (via traxfer.ft.com)
The Business Secretary warns the Government does not have the budget to be giving away freebies.
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Telegraph on 15th Nov 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
Many MPs have recieved free tickets to sporting events, according to the latest Register of Members' Interests.
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Telegraph on 7th Sep 2011 (via telegraph.feedsportal.com)
A new front opened up in the Westminster expenses scandal last night after it emerged that MPs are travelling around the world on hundreds of trips a year paid for by the taxpayer and foreign governments.
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TheIndependent on 30th May 2009 (via rss.feedsportal.com)
I have to grit my teeth here and say In all honesty, "True Wales" as a title makes more sense (in terms of garnering the undecided and neutral support) than “Wales for the Union”. True Wales members chose the name because they believe those wanting Wales to remain a full part of the United Kingdom have been "unfairly categorised as anti-Welsh". I'd like to wish them all the luck t...
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APintofUnionistLite on 28th Sep 2008 (via unionistlite.blogspot.com)
The YouGov has also showed some interesting findings for the way Wales is run. There was overwhelming support for Wales to have the same powers as the Scottish Parliament. Whilst Wales continues to trail behind Scotland in its constituentioonal maturity the electorate want things sped up. The question which asked, ‘To what extent, if at all, do you agree or disagree with the following statem...
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GuerrillaWelshFare on 27th Oct 2009 (via guerrilla-welsh-fare.blogspot.com)