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Hague backs plans to restrict discussions that could reveal MPs’ intelligence

William Hague has backed plans to prevent intelligence being discussed in open conversation, particularly when it makes MPs look stupid. “As Secretary of Two Big, Important Things, I am ideally placed to reassure the public that I’m quite bright, really”, explained Hague to a crowd of journalists. “This new rule means you can’t ask me how I got this bucket stuck on my foot, or why I spent the first twenty minutes of this meeting in the broom cupboard.”

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Posted: Nov 16th, 2011
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Cameron looks for support for the reintroduction of Liam Fox-hunting

David Cameron is hoping for cross-party support for the reintroduction of Liam Fox-hunting. The defensive creature is often spotted scavenging for juicy left-overs in urban areas, most recently in Tripoli.

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Posted: Oct 10th, 2011
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Italian finance minister to boost market with striptease

BBC business correspondent Richard Stark admitted, ‘I think at this stage it is very difficult for anyone to talk about this without using expressions like ‘pull it off’, ‘single-handedly,’ or ‘at a stroke’, and then sniggering for about twenty minutes.’

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Posted: Aug 6th, 2011
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Government promises more support for Coalition parties with special needs

The work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, has announced an overhaul of the services available to support small political parties with special needs, in an effort to lift more than 70 Liberal Democrats out of a costly, complex and bureaucratic nightmare of compromise and despair.

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Posted: Mar 10th, 2011
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Gangs of ruthless Labour activists ‘grooming’ vulnerable Lib Dems

A leading charity has today warned that well-organised gangs of Labour activists have been grooming vulnerable Liberal Democrats in towns and cities across the country.

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Posted: Jan 19th, 2011
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Hague backs plans to restrict discussions that could reveal MPs’ intelligence

Cameron looks for support for the reintroduction of Liam Fox-hunting

Italian finance minister to boost market with striptease

Government promises more support for Coalition parties with special needs

Gangs of ruthless Labour activists ‘grooming’ vulnerable Lib Dems

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