{"id":587,"date":"2006-03-07T20:52:50","date_gmt":"2006-03-07T20:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/03\/07\/the-empire-strikes-back\/"},"modified":"2006-03-07T20:52:50","modified_gmt":"2006-03-07T20:52:50","slug":"the-empire-strikes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.willhowells.org.uk\/blog\/2006\/03\/07\/the-empire-strikes-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The empire strikes back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am appalled, and in no way amused, by <a href=\"http:\/\/dynastyofming.blogspot.com\/\">Ming&#8217;s Dynasty<\/a>, the tale of the race to succeed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libdems.org.uk\/party\/people\/rt-hon-sir-menzies-campbell-cbe-qc.html\">the Emperor<\/a>. 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