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…it really should be this splendid piece from everyone’s favourite furry heffalump, Millennium Elephant, who was fortunate enough to find that one of Newsnight‘s focus group participants for David Cameron’s friend Frank Luntz was “the lady who lives upstairs”.
BBC News: Lib Dem donor faces fraud charges:
Scottish businessman Michael Brown is being extradited to the UK to face a number of charges including fraud, forgery and obtaining by deception.
I know we’re supposed to be grateful for his generosity, but I can’t help thinking “Haha”.
BBC News: A man has been arrested in the loans for lordships investigation:
The man was arrested in the London borough Redbridge for an offence under the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925, [Scotland Yeard] said in statement. He is currently in custody in a London police station, it added.
The police have said the man is not an MP or a peer but would not say if he was a member of political party.
To pass the time before we find out who’s going to run Italy, some anagrams of the protagonists.
Did Silvio Berlusconi manage to con bilious livers, or did his vice sour billions? His short concession speech: “I, vincible. Our loss.”
Would Romano Prodi be one of Blair’s favourites: a primo donor? Because Italians overseas can elect senators to represent them, centre-left voters in Scotland will be hoping they get on and “ordain oor pm“. The anti-war brigade shouldn’t hold out too much hope though: Prodi could be an Iran doom pro.
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