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While Marley prophecises and speculates about the future of the Labour party, I thought I’d lightenthe tone with some Bank Holiday fun for our less politically animalistic readers, or those who just need a laugh, with a citizenship test from the BBC. Fifteen questions, three options for each- I got ten.
Lots of it is [...]

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7324337.stm
The BBC has released its annual survey on which countries are viewed as having a ‘mainly positive’ or ‘mainly negative’ influence on the world. The article is focused on how America has improved in peoples perceptions from the previous survey, but from all the results here are some other ones of interest:

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Stories like these make me incredibly proud to be British.

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This is my first Post so I apologise if it doesnt meet the high standard we’re used to.
It has been proposed that School Pupils across Britain will have to pledge an oath of allegiance to the Queen. This has been put in place in an attempt to give students a sense of belonging, as well as [...]

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 Maragert Hodge thinks the Proms are “divisive”; David Cameron, meanwhile, reckons that the Proms are alright. He cites her as being “a classic example of a Labour politician not really getting some of the things that people like to do to celebrate culture and identity and a great British institution.”
 I feel the urge to cite [...]

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David Cameron has recently gone off on a rather odd track.  His latest attempt at appearing to be on the side of ‘normal people’ and being a ’strong leader’ is to threaten people - with removing their food and home unless they accept the least worst of the minimum wage jobs.  On top of that, [...]

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The posts last week about Britishness got picked up on last week by a new blogger on the Golden Strawberry. I still wasn’t feeling the national love from Luke’s suggestions though. However, flicking through the photos from Glastonbury on Facebook, I finally got it…
 There was a photo from us standing in front of one of [...]

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There’s an interesting video of Hastilow having his say on the Stirrer.
The BUCF blog has also been inundated with this controversy.

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