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Archive for March, 2010

UK appoints top ambassador to Norfolk

After frenzied speculation the foreign office has appointed a new ambassador to head up the United Kingdom’s diplomatic mission to Norfolk.

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Posted: Mar 21st, 2010
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Capital braces itself for New Financial Year celebrations

few things more terrifying than number crunchers on the marchAs Londoners busy themselves preparing for the inevitable chaos and disruption that the forthcoming New Financial Year celebrations will bring, Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has sought to allay fears of a repeat of the violence that marred last year’s celebrations.

Mr. Johnson stated today that: ‘steps have been taken, to prevent a recurrence of last year’s disorder’, when the capital’s large Accountancy population take to the streets on the Thursday 1st April, to welcome in the new ‘Fiscal Year of the Weevil’.

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Posted: Mar 20th, 2010
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RyanAir to save costs by getting the passengers to fly planes

Ryanair has followed up its controversial move of charging for use of their toilets by announcing that customers can make real economies if they choose to fly the planes themselves.

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Posted: Mar 20th, 2010
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Three party leaders to take part in live, televised game of Monopoly

Cameron bagsied the Top Hat early onBritain’s party leaders are to face their most gruelling test yet in the run up to the election, a live television game of the popular board game Monopoly. Producers are hoping the ego catalysing, insecurity amplifying mixture of chance and rule bending will give the most revealing glimpse yet into the true natures of our potential leaders.

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Posted: Mar 19th, 2010
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Government hail green shoots of recovery as office scrounger borrows less than forecast

Downing Street excitedly claimed that the economy was back on the road to recovery today following reports from office workers that Canary Wharf colleague Jonathan Leadbetter had paid for a round of drinks without poncing off his mates. Leadbetter’s legendary borrowing in the current financial year slowed from a record high of £50 to £10 [...]

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Posted: Mar 19th, 2010
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