As well it should. Republican National Chairman Michael Steele is spending twice as much as his recent predecessors on private planes and paying more for limousines, catering and flowers – expenses that are infuriating the party's major donors who say Republicans need every penny they can get for the fight to win back Congress. Most recently, donors grumbled when Steele hired renowned c...
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JOSHUAPUNDIT on 23rd Feb 2010 (via joshuapundit.blogspot.com)
Michael Portillo backs "free choice" as he debates paying higher university fees with Alastair Campbell and Andrew Neil.
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BBCPolitics on 10th Jun 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
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)
I like his blog, but don't agree with everything Guido Fawkes says. I particularly despise this recycled garbage. Anyone who believes in free markets and free trade has to believe as a corollary in the free movement of people. Why? Leaving aside the fact that there is no such thing as a free market (and there hasn't been for centuries) or even free trade - why would the corollary be free...
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Ranting Stan on 25th Nov 2008 (via rantingstan.blogspot.com)
The notion that we have free speech in Western democracies is fast becoming a fallacy. Free speech is something that our politicians love to tout and showpiece, yet when you really get down to it, when free speech suddenly jumps out of the box and takes on new dimensions, the first thing our leaders do
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BoatangAndDemetriou on 7th Dec 2008 (via boatangdemetriou.wordpress.com)
Private schools have been told to provide more free places to children from poor homes - even if they claim to be full - or effectively face closure. We had a system which supplied free places at private schools to the financially disadvantaged. It was called the assisted places scheme and it was abolished by the
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TimWorstall on 17th Dec 2008 (via timworstall.com)
Awarding free private school places to the brightest children from poor homes will undermine the state system it is claimed.
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Telegraph on 9th Oct 2008 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Matt Willey, Shadow Schools Minister Michael Gove's opponent, has criticised his policy of setting up "free schools" alongside state schools in Surrey. "We have an example in Camberley of what happens when private organisations are not able to achieve satisfactory standards in the schools they take over," says Mr Willey. "Management of France Hill was given to 3 Es CTC in order to improve the...
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LabourMatters on 2nd May 2010 (via labourmatters.com)
The CEP have hit the nail on the nail with their latest press release: How can anyone claim to be a fair Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when he gets for the Scottish people, his own Scottish nation, free university tuition, free hospital parking, free personal care for the elderly, free eyetests, free water piped
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LittleManInAToque on 1st Oct 2008 (via toque.co.uk)
Old Holborn and I will take a walk It is still wonderful to imagine that you can take a walk in South Shields free from the cares of the world, free from intrusion, free to think what you wish and argue against who you like within the bounds of mutual respect, free to take whatever actions
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CurlysCornerShop on 4th Nov 2008 (via curly15.wordpress.com)
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Slacker Uprising. Free but only if you live in North America. Why not a thank you to Moore fans in Europe.
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TomWatson on 4th Sep 2008 (via tom-watson.co.uk)