<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935</id><updated>2009-11-09T10:25:01.051Z</updated><title type='text'>Old Holborn</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1666</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-2052877998469575320</id><published>2009-11-08T18:54:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-11-08T18:54:55.756Z</updated><title type='text'>Edmundo Ross Lives !</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IvxB8G11KQA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IvxB8G11KQA&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-2052877998469575320?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/2052877998469575320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=2052877998469575320&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/2052877998469575320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/2052877998469575320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/edmundo-ross-lives.html' title='Edmundo Ross Lives !'/><author><name>Guthrum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17499979740864497256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00786038409455568276'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-863319258732953206</id><published>2009-11-08T15:41:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-11-08T16:03:15.912Z</updated><title type='text'>Labour's Client State</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvbraMRCP0I/AAAAAAAABvw/dhHByXJXmLk/s1600-h/schuman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 365px; height: 294px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvbraMRCP0I/AAAAAAAABvw/dhHByXJXmLk/s400/schuman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401763638279290690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Man escapes Labour's Merseyside, yesterday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Funnily enough, I was just ranting over the Sunday Roast about how East Germans were kept in their place by free jobs for life, free housing, free education and free health as long as they gave their  total and utter obedience to the Party and the State. They managed to placate an entire nation for 40 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Labour have managed it in just 12 years. Guess what? Out of the 200 constituencies (another way of saying 200 seats in the Politburo) with the highest proportion of benefit recipients, a &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1226031/EXPOSED-How-Labour-depends-votes-Welfare-Britain.html"&gt;massive &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;189&lt;/span&gt; have Labour MPs.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One third of the seats in Parliament are represented by dole scounging, benefit sucking fucking wastrels, high on tax payers money and living the fucking life of Riley at the expense of everyone else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There it is. Labour's "client" state. Wonder why the streets are full of Stella swilling, Argos blinged mongtards without a care in the world? Labour WANTS it that way. Wondered why most of London speaks Somali and dresses in fucking tents? Labour wants it that way. Wondered why gun crime and violence in the UK makes us the most dangerous fucking place in Europe? Labour wants it that way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You traitorous bastards. You have used &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;our&lt;/span&gt; stolen money to fuck us. A country ruined so that YOU could have the power to bribe yourselves to yet more power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's going to bite you. It fucked the Soviets, it fucked the East Germans, the Bulgarians, the Romanians and it's going to fuck you. I can't wait. If you think bribing the feckless and the foreign with my tax money is going to keep you in your ivory tower at Westminster, you are wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you're lucky, it'll be bloodless. But don't bet on it. We, the silent, taxpaying, lawful, hardworking majority are coming for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-863319258732953206?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/863319258732953206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=863319258732953206&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/863319258732953206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/863319258732953206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/labours-client-state.html' title='Labour&apos;s Client State'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvbraMRCP0I/AAAAAAAABvw/dhHByXJXmLk/s72-c/schuman.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-7617421035353407642</id><published>2009-11-08T13:36:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-11-08T13:51:23.667Z</updated><title type='text'>Just you wait til your Father gets home.......</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fy8WYyUoFEk/SvbKAzdrt1I/AAAAAAAAAL4/mXV-EbQXCeg/s1600-h/nm_kid_hiding_091016_mn.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fy8WYyUoFEk/SvbKAzdrt1I/AAAAAAAAAL4/mXV-EbQXCeg/s400/nm_kid_hiding_091016_mn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401726918241007442" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Have you ever screamed at the kids in the supermarket?&lt;br /&gt;"I'm going to kill you when you get home", maybe?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be warned!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A young Hampshire mother did just that. Actually, not that bad, she said she would 'give them a hiding' when she got home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She was followed home by an off-duty Policeman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He reported her to Hampshire Social Services. And his local Police Station.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The local police sent two officers round to give her parenting tips about 'the naughty step'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then Social Services wrote to her and told her the incident would be 'kept on the record'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If she did actually smack the children, then no one in authority witnessed the incident.  She says she didn't anyway.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Besides which, it is still not against the law to administer 'reasonable chastisement'.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;"Officers from the team spoke to the woman later at her home about the concerns and passed the details of the case to social services as is normal practice in such cases. No further action was deemed necessary by us."&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The mother denies that there was anything extraordinary about the way she scolded her children, and said that they were simply upset because they do not like being reprimanded.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Thought Crime" continues to make inroads into our justice system........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-7617421035353407642?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/7617421035353407642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=7617421035353407642&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/7617421035353407642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/7617421035353407642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/just-you-wait-til-your-father-gets-home.html' title='Just you wait til your Father gets home.......'/><author><name>Anna Raccoon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06406987715822012271</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='03923270746764945931'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fy8WYyUoFEk/SvbKAzdrt1I/AAAAAAAAAL4/mXV-EbQXCeg/s72-c/nm_kid_hiding_091016_mn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-8891195536237988630</id><published>2009-11-07T14:27:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-11-08T12:23:21.814Z</updated><title type='text'>Class of '09</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvWEKZ1YIWI/AAAAAAAABvQ/d19Wo46KOfw/s1600-h/Guys.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvWEKZ1YIWI/AAAAAAAABvQ/d19Wo46KOfw/s400/Guys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401368642369102178" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photo by &lt;a href="http://www.photosbycass.com/"&gt;MissCM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, Quote of the Day from the former Deputy Mayor of London and all round Eco Loon,&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/greenerliving/6469873/Met-accused-of-ignorance-about-climate-change.html"&gt; Jenny Jones&lt;/a&gt; regarding the Metropolitan Police:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;"The Met simply does not get Climate change, and neither does    the Mayor of London. They need a basic education in these issues before we    all drown in our beds."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvWQcnK1eOI/AAAAAAAABvY/Hq1TUCddoTk/s1600-h/Houses-of-Parliament1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvWQcnK1eOI/AAAAAAAABvY/Hq1TUCddoTk/s400/Houses-of-Parliament1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401382149325945058" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE: A&lt;a href="http://www.annaraccoon.com/politics/the-women-in-parliament/"&gt;nna Raccoon&lt;/a&gt; grabbed this from the House of Commons Ladies Loos. Classy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE 2: Report of events from &lt;a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/08/guy_fawkes_demo/"&gt;"The Register"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE 3: Be sure to watch us on &lt;a href="http://order-order.com/tag/guynews.tv/"&gt;Guy TV on Monday&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Sva32fTj-iI/AAAAAAAABvg/Nj2ItppXVY4/s1600-h/_MG_6134.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Sva32fTj-iI/AAAAAAAABvg/Nj2ItppXVY4/s400/_MG_6134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401706949821856290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Photo by &lt;a href="http://www.photosbycass.com/"&gt;MissCM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-8891195536237988630?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/8891195536237988630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=8891195536237988630&amp;isPopup=true' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8891195536237988630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8891195536237988630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/class-of-09.html' title='Class of &apos;09'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvWEKZ1YIWI/AAAAAAAABvQ/d19Wo46KOfw/s72-c/Guys.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-4968778551111913022</id><published>2009-11-06T22:39:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-11-07T12:59:37.359Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The State has declared war'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='not even fucking funny'/><title type='text'>Winston Smith is busy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvSmODocfXI/AAAAAAAABvI/yUuTcpcVJBU/s1600-h/Pledge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvSmODocfXI/AAAAAAAABvI/yUuTcpcVJBU/s400/Pledge.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401124613547392370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dear all &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;As of now, any still or moving photography or images of police officers must show them wearing their correct shoulder numbers/markings and name badges if these areas of uniform are included within the shot. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If any of these items are missing the photography or images must not be used. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;As a precaution, if you hold any photography or images that &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;do not meet this instruction they should be culled from your libraries or other systems you may have for their storage. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you are reprinting or updating any existing documents or materials, including moving images, the opportunity should be taken to check whether the photographs meet this instruction. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;If not, they should be changed. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;If you work with any external suppliers you need to make them aware of this instruction. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Also, when putting any uniformed officers up for interview you should make sure that they have their shoulder numbers/markings and name badges in place. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dick&lt;br /&gt;Dick Fedorcio OBE&lt;br /&gt;Director of Public Affairs&lt;br /&gt;Metropolitan Police Service&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-4968778551111913022?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/4968778551111913022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=4968778551111913022&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/4968778551111913022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/4968778551111913022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/winston-smith-is-busy.html' title='Winston Smith is busy'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvSmODocfXI/AAAAAAAABvI/yUuTcpcVJBU/s72-c/Pledge.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-238690794401969808</id><published>2009-11-06T10:38:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-11-06T13:05:44.768Z</updated><title type='text'>The Real Threat</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7_0NtD9EkT4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7_0NtD9EkT4&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tomharris.org.uk/2009/11/05/remember-remember/#comment-31560"&gt;PS. I think Tom Harris MP is finally getting what I do.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-238690794401969808?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/238690794401969808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=238690794401969808&amp;isPopup=true' title='36 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/238690794401969808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/238690794401969808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/real-threat.html' title='The Real Threat'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>36</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-8257069875495806814</id><published>2009-11-05T23:32:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-11-05T23:59:10.844Z</updated><title type='text'>Hogwarts</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvNlPs4UcuI/AAAAAAAABvA/LnyWkM5cyIM/s1600-h/st_stephens_hall.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 218px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvNlPs4UcuI/AAAAAAAABvA/LnyWkM5cyIM/s400/st_stephens_hall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400771698567181026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Firstly, many thanks to those who joined me on my annual stroll to Parliament.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We actually got in. Twenty five Guys Fawkes's actually got into Parliament on November 5th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sure, we were bullied, threatened and abused (by the authorities) but we got in. Eventually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was not a pleasant experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who have never been inside, it is a VERY impressive building. In fact, it's fucking Hogwarts. Lock, stock and barrel. It has House Elves, dressed in bizarre fancy dress with white bow ties, ready to pounce on you if you so much as dare try to conduct a TV interview on the second step of St Stephens Hall (the first step is OK. Really. We checked). A fellow seditionary was dragged off by the Police for wearing a hat (apparently only the Queen and the Police can wear a hat inside Parliament). It has hordes of security who are there not to make the place secure (we got in, remember) but to enforce bizarre House Rules. Could we have a copy of the House Rules? Ask the Sargeant at Arms. Fill out this form.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So whilst five MP's droned on about Climate Change, I was warned by someone dressed as a butler to behave myself  in the public gallery ("this is an ancient hall. Behave"), we were informed by the Police that we had NO RIGHTS WHATSOEVER in Parliament. None. Zilch. All rights for the public are suspended as soon as they walk through the door (not for MPs of course)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a joke. Our MPs fall from public schools into a larger public school. The prefects patrol the corridors, house points and trophies are traded with not a jot of any recognition to the country outside Parliament. And when this is over, it's off to Senior Hogwarts in the Lords for more feasting and Roast Swan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thoroughly recommend you get your arses down there. It is a Disney Theme Park, created by monsters who simply couldn't give up the six form common room. I found school to be the most undemocratic and brutal regime, full of nepotism, injustice and sheer stupidity of authority for authoritys sake, something which gave me a lifelong distaste for both my elders and betters. And these bastards have just recreated it, to perfection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unlike Hogwarts however, these bastards hate muggles. With a passion. Parliament is Slytherin. I need a shower. I can smell their contempt still lingering on my clothes. I want nothing more to do with any of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-8257069875495806814?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/8257069875495806814/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=8257069875495806814&amp;isPopup=true' title='48 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8257069875495806814'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8257069875495806814'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/hogwarts.html' title='Hogwarts'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvNlPs4UcuI/AAAAAAAABvA/LnyWkM5cyIM/s72-c/st_stephens_hall.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>48</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-6402080911461993</id><published>2009-11-04T13:25:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-11-04T14:07:10.493Z</updated><title type='text'>November 5th. Remember, remember.</title><content type='html'>&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/09RxXvRXiPI&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00"&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/09RxXvRXiPI&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&amp;amp;color1=0x234900&amp;amp;color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Final details&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will meet tomorrow in the Chandos Pub at 11.30 (29, St. Martins Lane, London, WC2N 4ER) (£1.90 a pint), get togged up as pigs in suits and Guy Fawkes and saunter down Whitehall, past 10 Drowning St where I shall give Gordon a &lt;a href="http://entertainment.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/7218/"&gt;Carson Rose&lt;/a&gt; as a token of my appreciation for him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We will then link up with others (&lt;a href="http://order-order.com/tag/guynews.tv/"&gt;and GuyTV)&lt;/a&gt; in the Westminster Arms (9 Storey's Gate, SW1P 3AT) at Noon. Then it's over to the Public Gallery of YOUR House of Commons. No tickets required.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then it's back to the pub for some serious drinking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Police can and probably will search you under Section 44 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act. It is harmless. They cannot demand ID, your name, your address or any details. You are perfectly entitled to decline to give them any info at all. I just carry cash and a camera.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You cannot be searched or arrested by a PCSO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You do not have to remove your mask or Burqa if asked.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You are commiting no offence and have every right to walk in the sunshine, dressed as you please.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See you all there. I promise surprises. And remember&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Cameras. We need cameras"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvGKbBc329I/AAAAAAAABu4/mGUOnQwbZ28/s1600-h/Remember+V2.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvGKbBc329I/AAAAAAAABu4/mGUOnQwbZ28/s400/Remember+V2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400249625044573138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-6402080911461993?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/6402080911461993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=6402080911461993&amp;isPopup=true' title='99 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/6402080911461993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/6402080911461993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/november-5th-remember-remember.html' title='November 5th. Remember, remember.'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvGKbBc329I/AAAAAAAABu4/mGUOnQwbZ28/s72-c/Remember+V2.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>99</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-6463412771510189211</id><published>2009-11-04T10:48:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-11-04T10:56:36.112Z</updated><title type='text'>Public Debt, Private Profit.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvFdJFVStyI/AAAAAAAABuw/NJBGodWMt8I/s1600-h/2181991803_6dc16d2ac0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvFdJFVStyI/AAAAAAAABuw/NJBGodWMt8I/s400/2181991803_6dc16d2ac0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400199838825625378" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"You Limey taxpayers are the best. Snooze"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can someone explain to me why &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;MY&lt;/span&gt; grandchildren are going to be paying a banker in the US after he lent money to a black man in a string vest in Ohio who could never repay it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/4287898/Bank-bailout-plan-announced-by-Alistair-Darling.html"&gt;Taxpayer picks up the Toxics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-6463412771510189211?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/6463412771510189211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=6463412771510189211&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/6463412771510189211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/6463412771510189211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/public-debt-private-profit.html' title='Public Debt, Private Profit.'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvFdJFVStyI/AAAAAAAABuw/NJBGodWMt8I/s72-c/2181991803_6dc16d2ac0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-7421504026414270962</id><published>2009-11-03T18:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-11-03T18:07:27.033Z</updated><title type='text'>Did  They Ask You ?</title><content type='html'>Thirty two billion more to be thrown at the banks that went bust during the crunch, or would have done if we hadn't thrown billions at them then. We are now to own 84 per cent of RBS and the other one we own roughly half of - Lloyds HBOS - we will also be chucking money at in order to allow them to capitalise their way out of the government's toxic asset insurance scheme. But even though they are outside the scheme, it is still a fact that the bank will be too big to be allowed to fail, so we'll still be standing behind it to some extent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Channel 4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile as the Government squeezes us to give to these bastards, the banks are squeezing the private sector.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-7421504026414270962?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/7421504026414270962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=7421504026414270962&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/7421504026414270962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/7421504026414270962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/did-they-ask-you.html' title='Did  They Ask You ?'/><author><name>Guthrum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17499979740864497256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00786038409455568276'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-3057250803030988957</id><published>2009-11-03T17:43:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-11-03T17:43:21.273Z</updated><title type='text'>They LIVE</title><content type='html'>&lt;object width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0e5Wk79gC3s&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0e5Wk79gC3s&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;color1=0x234900&amp;color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-3057250803030988957?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/3057250803030988957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=3057250803030988957&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/3057250803030988957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/3057250803030988957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/they-live.html' title='They LIVE'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-5545972784661265411</id><published>2009-11-03T13:54:00.006Z</published><updated>2009-11-03T17:52:32.283Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='All Enpires Fall Eventually'/><title type='text'>Cast Iron Guarantees Eh !</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvBt276nQgI/AAAAAAAABuo/KFEtW-WLfsU/s1600-h/ukip.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvBt276nQgI/AAAAAAAABuo/KFEtW-WLfsU/s400/ukip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399936743781122562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0KryCmn4Bsg/SvA2R5QJuwI/AAAAAAAAC8s/CzE269NkCeQ/s1600-h/lpuk_logof.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 133px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0KryCmn4Bsg/SvA2R5QJuwI/AAAAAAAAC8s/CzE269NkCeQ/s400/lpuk_logof.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399875634271468290" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vote Tory, for why ? their cast iron guarantees count for absolutely nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The LPUK did not fight the Euro elections because it made a policy decision not to engage or give legitimacy to an organisation that does not of the assent of the citizens of this country, they were not asked. Labour promised a Referendum and the Tories promised the same. Same Result, you don't count.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Libertarianism is about have as little Government as possible and as close to the people as possible NOT creating super states, that only benefit the political classes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Virtually every Party including UKIP and BNP were queuing up to stand for the EU gravy train, even the 'nationalist' parties of Wales,Scotland and Kernow were queuing up on the grounds of getting bigger subsidies from the EU. You do not become wealthier by creating bigger chains to hold you down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Tory Party is now heading for a damaging split over Europe again, because it is has two EU personalities that are utterly incompatable.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Monarchy has signed all of these Bills ceding power to a supra national, undemocratic organisation since 1974 and has largely been supine as an institution to the will of the Political classes determined that we become a less accountable society.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never mind the fiction of the NWO conspiracists the Imperial EU has arrived, because you all voted Labour,Conservative,Social Democrat,BNP and UKIP, the sensible ones did not vote and therefore gave legitimacy to this Coup D'Etat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unless there is an umbrella opposition to this form 'gerrymandering' style of Government, our individual Liberties will be further driven underfoot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Czechs have ratified the Lisbon Treaty. There was no serious opposition to this in the   Rotten Parliament.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-5545972784661265411?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/5545972784661265411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=5545972784661265411&amp;isPopup=true' title='47 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/5545972784661265411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/5545972784661265411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/cast-iron-guarantees-eh.html' title='Cast Iron Guarantees Eh !'/><author><name>Guthrum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17499979740864497256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00786038409455568276'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvBt276nQgI/AAAAAAAABuo/KFEtW-WLfsU/s72-c/ukip.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>47</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-1106934133001726513</id><published>2009-11-03T12:38:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-11-03T12:41:08.705Z</updated><title type='text'>Best placed? The OECD thinks not...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvAknImjGrI/AAAAAAAABug/CCGadGvR7Js/s1600-h/fiscal-deficits---oecd.png"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvAknImjGrI/AAAAAAAABug/CCGadGvR7Js/s400/fiscal-deficits---oecd.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399856207959890610" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It ALWAYS ends like this when you give a socialist* the keys to the piggy bank. ALWAYS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;* - "Give me your pound guv, and I'll give you this shilling"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hat tip to&lt;a href="http://burningourmoney.blogspot.com/2009/11/worst-in-world.html"&gt; BOM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-1106934133001726513?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/1106934133001726513/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=1106934133001726513&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/1106934133001726513'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/1106934133001726513'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/best-placed-oecd-thinks-not.html' title='Best placed? The OECD thinks not...'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvAknImjGrI/AAAAAAAABug/CCGadGvR7Js/s72-c/fiscal-deficits---oecd.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-3616077622621594328</id><published>2009-11-03T12:23:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-11-03T12:57:26.484Z</updated><title type='text'>No UAF, No Violence</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SvAhTxYhbdI/AAAAAAAABuY/JUa_FxwnmMY/s72-c/DEMO-LONDON-31-OCT-2009-046.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-283314816428776084</id><published>2009-11-02T19:13:00.001Z</published><updated>2009-11-02T19:16:30.157Z</updated><title type='text'>BNP Going Native</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/nov/01/bnp-alliance-european-parliament-funding"&gt;As expected the 'nationalist' BNP, is supping at the Euro gravy train.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its all about the cash, and sticking your snout in.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-283314816428776084?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/283314816428776084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=283314816428776084&amp;isPopup=true' title='70 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/283314816428776084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/283314816428776084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/bnp-going-native.html' title='BNP Going Native'/><author><name>Guthrum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17499979740864497256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00786038409455568276'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>70</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-8759472277583222893</id><published>2009-11-02T14:24:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-11-02T14:28:04.096Z</updated><title type='text'>BBC launches "Democracy Live"</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Su7saYmfaiI/AAAAAAAABuQ/Zj-1S8qiutA/s1600-h/bbcComMAIN.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Su7saYmfaiI/AAAAAAAABuQ/Zj-1S8qiutA/s400/bbcComMAIN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399512941288450594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Could be fun&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Get &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/default.stm"&gt;over there&lt;/a&gt;, register and let the debate commence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I loved this bit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="ch1"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="ch1"&gt;CAN I EMBED DEMOCRACY LIVE VIDEO IN MY BLOG OR WEBSITE?&lt;/div&gt;         &lt;p&gt;Mostly, yes. Click on the Embed button on the bottom right of the video player and copy the code. &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;At the moment, we do not have permission to enable the embedding of video from the House of Commons or the House of Lords. Discussions are continuing with officials at Westminster. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-8759472277583222893?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/8759472277583222893/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=8759472277583222893&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8759472277583222893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8759472277583222893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/bbc-launches-democracy-live.html' title='BBC launches &quot;Democracy Live&quot;'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Su7saYmfaiI/AAAAAAAABuQ/Zj-1S8qiutA/s72-c/bbcComMAIN.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-8219700036634573301</id><published>2009-11-02T13:05:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-11-02T13:16:54.518Z</updated><title type='text'>British Sponsored Corruption and Death</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Su7bDagkvyI/AAAAAAAABuI/0BjnXaTQoAY/s1600-h/women_in_afghanistan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Su7bDagkvyI/AAAAAAAABuI/0BjnXaTQoAY/s400/women_in_afghanistan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399493854965841698" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well, it's &lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8337832.stm"&gt;signed, sealed and delivered&lt;/a&gt;. Karzai is now El Presidente of Shitistan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Army in Afghanistan is now there to support a corrupt, unelected puppet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5121552.stm"&gt;These brave men died&lt;/a&gt; to support a regime that still sees rape as legal, democracy as a joke and &lt;a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/05/world/asia/05afghan.html?pagewanted=all"&gt;neoptism&lt;/a&gt; on an African Scale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will wear my poppy with a special pride this year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BASTARDS. GET OUR TROOPS OUT OF AFGHANISTAN. NOW.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.the-daily-politics.com/2009/11/afghanistan-uk-deployed-forces-as-of.html"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do read the Daily Politics on our troops in Afghanistan today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-8219700036634573301?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/8219700036634573301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=8219700036634573301&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8219700036634573301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8219700036634573301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/british-sponsored-corruption-and-death.html' title='British Sponsored Corruption and Death'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Su7bDagkvyI/AAAAAAAABuI/0BjnXaTQoAY/s72-c/women_in_afghanistan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-4498334813927355449</id><published>2009-11-02T10:54:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-11-02T13:21:13.390Z</updated><title type='text'>MP's Forced Into Ghettos, Shipped Across Europe in Cattle Trucks Shocker</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0KryCmn4Bsg/Su66svU85PI/AAAAAAAAC8k/rgjP8dYGHlQ/s1600-h/wilshire.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0KryCmn4Bsg/Su66svU85PI/AAAAAAAAC8k/rgjP8dYGHlQ/s400/wilshire.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399458281045157106" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/conservative-mps-expenses/6480680/MPs-expenses-David-Wilshire-compares-treatment-of-politicians-to-Jews-in-Nazi-Germany.html"&gt;Is this man totally mad ? &lt;/a&gt;He has now got the victim mentality describing his condition to that of a Jew in the Warsaw Ghetto. He does not look to hungry to me !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This Tory has been caught thieving from the public purse, there are some who would advocate pianowire and lampposts, but until some of these bastards start appearing in front of the Courts this situation is not going to change. The 'Rotten' Parliament is staggering from one crisis to another because it will not let go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that Alan Johnson has effectively ruled himself out of the running, by his hysterical performance over the weekend.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never mind objective, scientific truth, Government policy supercedes the Truth, just like this global warming bollocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Where is Colonel Pride when you need him ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;OH Update: If anyone cares to join me on my walk on Thursday dressed in Auschwitz Pyjamas, feel free.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-4498334813927355449?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/4498334813927355449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=4498334813927355449&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/4498334813927355449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/4498334813927355449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/mps-forced-into-ghettos-shipped-across.html' title='MP&apos;s Forced Into Ghettos, Shipped Across Europe in Cattle Trucks Shocker'/><author><name>Guthrum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17499979740864497256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00786038409455568276'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0KryCmn4Bsg/Su66svU85PI/AAAAAAAAC8k/rgjP8dYGHlQ/s72-c/wilshire.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-8149483827476690111</id><published>2009-11-01T23:14:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-11-01T23:17:11.571Z</updated><title type='text'>When leeches shriek.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZLVU3Z_iohs/Su4Wn9Sq36I/AAAAAAAAAKo/GSHriQMcLps/s1600-h/hideouspram.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 249px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZLVU3Z_iohs/Su4Wn9Sq36I/AAAAAAAAAKo/GSHriQMcLps/s320/hideouspram.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399277878987382690" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Miss Harman reacts to the expenses  report.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(original drawing dragged screaming from &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/life/article213401.ece"&gt;&lt;em&gt;here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;  and uploaded with no supper)&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It's so unfair!" Little Harriet beat her fists against Tommy Legg's chest. "I  hate you I hate you I hate you!" She fell to the floor and thrashed her arms and  legs, screaming through spittle while her face ranged from red to purple. "I  won't do it. I won't."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tommy Legg raised his eyebrows. "Now, Harriet, if  you're not a good girl, I'll take away your second doll's house and give it back  to the people who paid for it. You wouldn't like that, now would  you?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is that how our ministers like to see themselves? It's how they  look from down here in pleb-land. Fully aware that the public despise them for  the years of fraudulent opulence they have lived, well aware that a large and  growing number would like to see them not only ousted from office, but tried in  court too, still they scream and blubber and show reactions worthy of a  two-year-old who has just been denied a Curly Wurly before tea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Little  Spoiled Harriet, all pigtails and pouts, has decided that the report exposing  their rapacious appetites for other people's money &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1224483/Expenses-crackdown-descends-farce-Harman-rubbishes-Sir-Christopher-Kellys-plans.html"&gt;can  be shelved until it's been watered down&lt;/a&gt;. She sees no reason why her family  should not be able to tap into the endless fount of taxpayer's cash along with  her and she's going to stamp her little feet until she gets her way. Her gang  all feel the same way too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;She really needs to catch up with her history  homework, although I suppose history was pretty much banned twelve years  ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Miss Harman said Ipsa will have to be sure that MPs ‘can both be  in their constituency as well as in Westminster’.&lt;br /&gt;She added: ‘No one wants to  get back to a situation where MPs were sent to Westminster and then they said to  their constituents “see you again in five years”.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A quote comparing  modern times, when you can get from Aberdeen to London in a matter of hours by  train, to the times when that same trip took weeks by horse and cart. How many  people, from all over the country, have been expected to attend a business  meeting hundreds of miles away with no provision for overnight stay? That sort  of thing is not for Harriet. Oh dear no. Bed and breakfast? Perish the thought!  She needs a whole extra house for her trips and the whole family on the payroll  so they can come with her. We have these special things called 'trains' these  days, Harriet, and MPs have among the few salaries that can still afford to use  them. You don't have to wait for the horses to get their breath back any  more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;MPs are furious at the prospect of having to sell their second  homes and move into rented accommodation. Some warn it will make it impossible  for all but the wealthiest MPs to have their families with them in London.  &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My brother often has to spend time in other cities, sometimes  abroad, as part of his job. He cannot take his family with him and has no option  to add them to his expenses at all. If he tried, he'd be sacked at once. Why are  MPs special in this regard? It's not like jury service. You don't have to take  the job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Others warn that women MPs could be forced to travel long  distances back to their constituencies on late night public  transport.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Women from all walks of life have to travel long  distances after work, in the dark, on late night public transport. Why is an MP  more valuable than any of those women?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps if MPs had to take the  midnight meat train once in a while, it might spur them into thinking that  perhaps they should consider dispensing with all those targets and forms and let  the police actually do their job. Perhaps they would realise just how dangerous  their imported and home-grown feral gangs have become. Ah, but they do realise.  That's why the idea that they should have to take the same trains as the proles  fills their hearts with fear and their trousers with soil. If they can't avoid  the problems, they might have to do something about fixing them and they really  have no idea where to start. Avoidance is easier, and easier still when those  who risk the journey every day have to pay for the MPs safe haven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As  for the family business of being an MP, well, Harriet puts on her darkest pout  and clenches her fists. Nepotism cannot be made retrospectively immoral even  though it already was. This 'socialist' believes that power sharing should  extend only to those of the correct breeding. You can't start letting the plebs  in. No, the dynasty must endure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;‘I think if they are going to  suggest something it should be for the future, they can't simply say “you have  all got to be made redundant”.’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why not, Harriet? We're saying it  about every MP in there, why not their inbred personnel departments  too?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The very fact that MPs, and especially Labour ministers, are still  worried about this suggests two things. One, that they really don't understand  what is comng for them in May, and two, that they care absolutely nothing for  what any of us think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even Charles the First wasn't this much out of  touch. It didn't end too happily for him. Harriet, best get back to that history  homework. Soon you'll be tested on it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-8149483827476690111?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/8149483827476690111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=8149483827476690111&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8149483827476690111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/8149483827476690111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/when-leeches-shriek.html' title='When leeches shriek.'/><author><name>Leg-iron</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='04932144799149591090'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZLVU3Z_iohs/Su4Wn9Sq36I/AAAAAAAAAKo/GSHriQMcLps/s72-c/hideouspram.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-3483010029258696394</id><published>2009-11-01T11:24:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-11-01T11:32:14.390Z</updated><title type='text'>Keeping it in the family</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Su1xfg4ivRI/AAAAAAAABuA/wdo5yhbReMs/s1600-h/jenny.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Su1xfg4ivRI/AAAAAAAABuA/wdo5yhbReMs/s400/jenny.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399096314504068370" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remarkable&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just last week, Tory loon Nadine Dorries was moaning that her daughter wouldn't be able to find a job after leaving Uni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Solution? Yup. You and I are going to pay Jennifer Dorries £28K a year to work for Nadine Dorries. As her "secretary".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;And despite some of the brightest graduates in the country vying for jobs in Parliament, she insisted her children were the best for the job.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STOP SHITTING IN OUR FUCKING FACES!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-3483010029258696394?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/3483010029258696394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=3483010029258696394&amp;isPopup=true' title='47 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/3483010029258696394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/3483010029258696394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/11/keeping-it-in-family.html' title='Keeping it in the family'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/Su1xfg4ivRI/AAAAAAAABuA/wdo5yhbReMs/s72-c/jenny.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>47</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-3693292900430223473</id><published>2009-10-31T18:08:00.007Z</published><updated>2009-10-31T19:39:33.212Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sickened'/><title type='text'>Thorneloe-  Sacrificed For What ?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0KryCmn4Bsg/Sux9QOTcqQI/AAAAAAAAC8c/25PynTfMalw/s1600-h/Thorneloe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0KryCmn4Bsg/Sux9QOTcqQI/AAAAAAAAC8c/25PynTfMalw/s400/Thorneloe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398827770981427458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For a corrupt Government in Kabul and another one in Whitehall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;The officer, who was commander of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, said in a memo to the Ministry of Defence, classified "Nato secret", that the system for managing helicopter movements in Afghanistan was "very clearly not fit for purpose" and there were not enough of the aircraft.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of his dispatches headed Battle Group Weekly Update, which was leaked to the Daily Mail, said: "I have tried to avoid griping about helicopters – we all know we don't have enough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We cannot move people, so this month we have conducted a great deal of administrative movement by road. This increases the IED [improvised explosive device] threat and our exposure to it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 39-year-old father of two died on 1 July when his convoy was hit by an IED in Helmand Province, north of the town of Lashkar Gah. Trooper Joshua Hammond, 18, did in the same explosion.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/31/rupert-thorneloe-helicopter-shortage-afghanistan"&gt;The Guardian&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no point fighting and dying for no purpose, there is no point the Government continuing to dissemble and lie, for brave men to die.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-3693292900430223473?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/3693292900430223473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=3693292900430223473&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/3693292900430223473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/3693292900430223473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/10/sacrificed-for-what.html' title='Thorneloe-  Sacrificed For What ?'/><author><name>Guthrum</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17499979740864497256</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00786038409455568276'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0KryCmn4Bsg/Sux9QOTcqQI/AAAAAAAAC8c/25PynTfMalw/s72-c/Thorneloe.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-3041945042774407824</id><published>2009-10-31T18:04:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-10-31T18:05:19.301Z</updated><title type='text'>Halloween Special</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style='display:block; 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margin:0 5px;'&gt;Funny Animations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-3041945042774407824?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/3041945042774407824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=3041945042774407824&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/3041945042774407824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/3041945042774407824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/10/halloween-special.html' title='Halloween Special'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-2896657859748645734</id><published>2009-10-31T14:20:00.004Z</published><updated>2009-10-31T14:36:14.879Z</updated><title type='text'>No Inquiry into Tax Fraud Flipping at Parliament</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SuxJ4btAm1I/AAAAAAAABt4/sDSaYjc7y5U/s1600-h/e400a2a07f_noose02212008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 275px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SuxJ4btAm1I/AAAAAAAABt4/sDSaYjc7y5U/s400/e400a2a07f_noose02212008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398771287168424786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;    Dear Nick Clegg,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;    Thank you for your letter of 14 October concerning the ACA review, which was forwarded to me as Chairman of the Members Estimate Committee by Sir Thomas Legg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At its meeting on Monday, the MEC considered your proposal and whether Sir Thomas Legg should be asked to extend the review of past ACA payments. It was able to discuss the practicality of it with Sir Thomas himself. Any claims for non-existing mortgages are of course already covered by the review or by police investigations. Extending the review to cover changes of home designation for personal gain and the payment of Capital Gains Tax would unquestionably involve significant retrospective changes to the rules on allowances, although some cases of extensive property renovation may be identified by the review as being in breach of the rules and standards in force at the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What concerned the MEC most was that your proposal would require a major new exercise in gathering evidence, since the evidence needed is not within the records of the Department of Resources. Indeed, investigating the payment of CGT would go well beyond the responsibilitie sof the Department of Resources, which does not have authority over Members’ tax affairs. Agreeing to your proposal would, therefore, considerably lengthen the timescale of the review, and the MEC did not feel it could support this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The MEC does of course recognise the seriousness of the issues you raise, and hopes they will be fully dealt with by the Kelly Committee.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours ever,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Bercow&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hooray. They can keep their Capital Gains Tax defrauded money. Flip this, flip that and get flipping rich. No one can fucking touch the 646.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join me on November 5th and let's see how close we, the people paying for it all can get.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451586c69e20120a6238d5a970b-pi"&gt;BASTARDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-2896657859748645734?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/2896657859748645734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=2896657859748645734&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/2896657859748645734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/2896657859748645734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/10/no-inquiry-into-tax-fraud-flipping-at.html' title='No Inquiry into Tax Fraud Flipping at Parliament'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SuxJ4btAm1I/AAAAAAAABt4/sDSaYjc7y5U/s72-c/e400a2a07f_noose02212008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-609011406249956889</id><published>2009-10-30T15:08:00.002Z</published><updated>2009-10-30T17:07:33.705Z</updated><title type='text'>€90 BILLION A YEAR</title><content type='html'>Further to my post below, our masters have just decided to hand over &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;€90 Billion a year&lt;/span&gt; of our money to various eco loons to save the planet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8334146.stm"&gt;This is WAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;UPDATE: An example of how the money will be spent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sahena  Begum lives in the village of Kanderpara in northern Bangladesh. Located in the  Ganges basin, the village is no stranger to serious flooding and, with the  reality of climate change bearing down on it, the future is likely to bring even  more extreme weather.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;However, despite the threat of yet worse floods, Sahena and her fellow  villagers have never been better prepared. The reason? Special training  sessions, p&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;aid for by DFID&lt;/span&gt;, that have put Sahena's women's group at the centre  of the community's flood survival strategy. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Now,  if the area is deluged, a plan of action is in place, as are  the resources needed to see the storm out. After being notified of any flood  warnings through a radio supplied by the training providers,  the women will first of all call a meeting to alert the other villagers to the  situation. Children, the elderly and anyone who is  unwell will then be escorted to the village shelter, which the group has built on a raised plinth a  ten-minute walk away.   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Across the village, encouraged by the women's group, people have begun to  raise the foundations of their homes above flood-levels. This ensures that life  can continue – that livestock and possessions are saved – when waters sweep  through.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Oxfam's overall PPA with DFID runs from 2008 to 2011 &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;and is worth    £27.8 million.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dfid.gov.uk/casestudies/files/asia/bangladesh-women-floods.asp"&gt;LINK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-609011406249956889?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/609011406249956889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=609011406249956889&amp;isPopup=true' title='55 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/609011406249956889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/609011406249956889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/10/90-billion-year.html' title='€90 BILLION A YEAR'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>55</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5540582362418355935.post-6021919953491814581</id><published>2009-10-30T13:08:00.003Z</published><updated>2009-10-30T15:03:06.426Z</updated><title type='text'>Another fucking SCAM funded by you and I</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SurnJryrj8I/AAAAAAAABtw/ruHHUmgx4-E/s1600-h/climatechangestunt_eu_insid.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 195px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SurnJryrj8I/AAAAAAAABtw/ruHHUmgx4-E/s400/climatechangestunt_eu_insid.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398381256917094338" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I notice Action Aid are &lt;a href="http://www.actionaid.org/main.aspx?PageID=1384"&gt;DEMANDING&lt;/a&gt; that the EU pay it's "climate debt". Whatever that means.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh, this&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;ActionAid estimates that the EU should be providing at least &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;€42 billion a year&lt;/span&gt; to developing countries by 2020. Around half of this figure should go to helping people to adapt to climate change in the most vulnerable countries.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Tum ti tum. Quick check at the Charities Commission and &lt;a href="http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/ScannedAccounts/Ends67%5C0000274467_ac_20081231_e_c.pdf"&gt;their accounts.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yup: Government and EU funding:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;£2 million from the UK Govt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;£7 million from the EU&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;£833K from the Lottery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;£10M from a total of £13M comes from the public purse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;162 employees managing to eat up £5.5 Million a year in salaries. Funded by you and me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;STOP SHITTING IN OUR FUCKING FACES. YOU WON'T LIKE US WHEN WE ARE ANGRY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;UPDATE: The EU has agreed to pay €90 BILLION A BASTARD YEAR for our "ECO CRIMES"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5540582362418355935-6021919953491814581?l=bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/feeds/6021919953491814581/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5540582362418355935&amp;postID=6021919953491814581&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/6021919953491814581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5540582362418355935/posts/default/6021919953491814581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-fucking-scam-funded-by-you-and.html' title='Another fucking SCAM funded by you and I'/><author><name>Old Holborn</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10164491045068093627</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12747042800116079700'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_V5jYS8eezmU/SurnJryrj8I/AAAAAAAABtw/ruHHUmgx4-E/s72-c/climatechangestunt_eu_insid.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>23</thr:total></entry></feed>