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Famous Britons: Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington

Fri, 25/11/2011 - 13:08

By A Patriot – The Duke of Wellington is a title almost synonymous with Arthur Wellesley, the holder of that title who has been remembered throughout history as the victor of Waterloo. Like his contemporary, Lord Cardigan, his name has also been lent to his own invention – the wellington boot. This is the story of the man whose courage and determination prevented Great Britain from succumbing to the heel of the invader. 


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Cameron buries his news on EU referendum on weekend that London burns

Mon, 08/08/2011 - 12:23

By Jennifer Matthys – While London burns with riots and looting, David Cameron has chosen this weekend to rule out a referendum on the European Union because of 'useful work' the EU has done for global poverty and ‘climate change’. 


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"And if one purple bottle should accidentally fall..." – Another UKIP MEP defects

In the latest hammer blow to the BBC's phoney “anti-EU” safety valve UK Independence Party, David Campbell-Bannerman, UKIP's MEP for Eastern England, resigned yesterday to defect to the Conservative Party. He will now sit as a member of David Cameron's European Conservatives and Reformists Group in the European Parliament. 


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Cameron’s “Big Society”: The Single Greatest Piece of Rubbish Ever to Appear in British Politics

David Cameron’s “big society” is the single greatest piece of rubbish ever to appear in British politics and consists of a collection of meaningless and unimplementable statements, costly and unimplemented undertakings and one outright lie.


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Twisted Tories Reverse Child Benefit Election Pledge and Vow to Bring in Labour-Supporter to “Write British History” Curriculum

The increasingly contorted and hypocritical Conservative Party announced this week that it was reversing yet another election pledge — this time on child benefits — and would be calling a well-known leftist Labour Party supporting academic to “rewrite” British school history curricula.


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Tory Media Awash with Speculation that David Cameron Is about to Abandon “Capped Migration” Nonsense

The Tory-supporting media is awash with panicked reports that David Cameron’s ConDem coalition government is about to abandon yet another of its election promises, this time the patently ridiculous “immigration cap” policy.


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ConDem Cabinet Millionaires Club Literally Takes Bread from Children’s Mouths

By Mercia — The millionaire ConDem cabinet has announced plans to halt a proposed extension of free school meals for the children from poor families in Britain while simultaneously undertaking to ring fence and increase the multi-billion pound foreign aid budget.


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The ConDem Cabinet — A Millionaires' Club Which Makes You Pay for Their Private Living Expenses

By Mercia — Despite 23 of the Government's 29 cabinet ministers being millionaires, almost all of them demand that the taxpayers pay for their houses and private living expenses (even down to dog food,) a BNP survey has shown.


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Cameron Shows His True Colours as Euro Sceptic Tory Shadow Minister Gets the Shove

Tory leader David Cameron lost no time in revealing his true colours on the European Union by refusing to appoint Tory Shadow Minister on Europe, Mark Francois, to the cabinet — even though Mr Francois spent three years preparing for that role.