Senior BBC journalists have appealed to the BBC to stop sending them to ‘ghastly countries like Yemen and Libya’ and help foment a bit of civil unrest somewhere nicer, like Jamaica or the Maldives instead.
Posted: Mar 7th, 2011
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The coalition government today unveiled controversial plans to begin charging fees to students who wish to leave school and pursue a course in opposing government policy.
Posted: Dec 10th, 2010
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A large student demonstration was swiftly quelled yesterday as riot police used massive TV screens to show an emergency edition of Countdown in Central London.
Posted: Nov 11th, 2010
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The Chinese army swung into position around Tiananmen Square yesterday to guard against commemoration of the day in 1989 when nothing much happened – just some troops moving with ruthless efficiency to do hardly anything at all, really.
Posted: Jun 5th, 2009
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