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Peeping Tom caught hiding in septic tank to watch women in public toilets
Kenneth Webster Enlow was arrested after being fished out of a septic tank covered in defecation. As far as self-degradation goes this one is probably up there with the best (worst?) of them....
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Atheism: Why the UK is losing its religion
Atheism in the UK has reached record levels, so why are people losing faith? “Only church leaders possess states without defending them and subjects without governing them.” So said Renaissance...
View ArticleNorth Korea: Is technology a weapon against repression, or a tool to aid it?
We ask renowned journalist Martyn Williams about his blog North Korea Tech, and the battle against censorship. North Korea is an “internet black hole” – there is only one cybercafé in the nation’s...
View ArticleHitchcock-style jewel heist hits Cannes again
40 million euros of jewels were stolen from the Carlton Hotel in Cannes. In what must be classified as one of the most ironic heists in history, an as-yet unidentified thief has stolen a collection of...
View ArticleCIA Documents reveal US helped Saddam Hussein gas Iran
Documents show the US knew about and helped Iraq use chemical weapons, and some may have ended up in Syria. As several recently declassified CIA documents show, the US not only had knowledge that...
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The myth of economic growth: why we aren’t better off
What’s good for Britain is not always good for the British. In the Sunday Times last weekend, Camilla Cavendish wrote: “It is a mistake for critics on the left to sound resentful of the creation of...
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Everyday value(s): Tesco, food waste and ‘charitable’ donations
Tesco make a big deal of their food donations, but the amount is tiny compared to what they waste. Corporate charity are two words that don’t always fit entirely comfortably next to each other, but...
View ArticleBigotry, sexism and ignorance – Our top 5 Question Time moments
As Question Time returns to our screens, we look back at 5 classic moments. That great gravy train of pontification and ignorance, Question Time, returned to our screens last week with another...
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Bigoted Britain: 1/3 “uncomfortable” with prospect of non-white Prime Minister
YouGov poll confirms that the economic crisis has fuelled a renewal of old fashioned British racism “The problem of the 20th century,” W. E. B. Du Bois insisted in 1903, “is the problem of the...
View Article“Capitalism with Asian values”: Why Britain should not relax Chinese visa...
George Osborne is schmoozing round China, sucking up to the regime in the hope of gaining investment. Here are five reasons he shouldn’t be Having announced a newly-relaxed visa system for Chinese...
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