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we Brits have never had a coup. Only civil wars. At least four. We're good at them. I used to live in Italy. It's a strange land with an odd affection for pretend macho types like Berlusconi (they still try to rationalise Mussolini), but there are a million more positives than negatives there, and we Brits allowed an arsehole like Tony Blair to get into Number 10. Not totally blameless in that respect. But, if I didn't live in...

Coronation Street actress Maggie Jones died this morning, aged 75. The actress, who played the much-loved soap character Blanche Hunt, passed away in hospital after losing a long battle with illness. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/s3/coronationstreet...

Edited on Tue Dec-01-09 05:03 PM by LeftishBrit 'Vittorio Castellani, a celebrity chef, said: “There is no dish on Earth that does not come from mixing techniques, products and tastes from cultures that have met and mingled over time.” He said that many dishes thought of as Italian were, in fact, imported. The San Marzano tomato, a staple ingredient of Italian pasta sauces, was a gift from Peru to the Kingdom of Naples in the 18th...

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At no time, going by their evidence, did British officials in 2003 realise that the invasion of Iraq meant revolutionary change in the region. It would mean that the Sunni Arabs, who had traditionally ruled the country, would be displaced by the Shia and the Kurds. The Sunni were unlikely to go quietly. Even Bush Sr knew this. It was more than obvious and fully understood at the time. What the US Government failed to understand was the...

if you can find any analogy between the swift boat veteran crap, or the passport crap, or the throbbing memo and this, let me know. this does not surprise me at all. there is somewhat of a scientist worship in many parts. scientists are people. they are just as prone to prejudice, bias, collusion, dishonesty, etc. as anybody else. science can never be perfect, unbiased, or objective, because ultimately it is performed by scientists who have...

This is all very subjective but Cream's "Sunshine of your Love" is missing. As is "Purple Haze", which should be number one.

Edited on Wed Dec-02-09 07:04 PM by fedsron2us By the way I saw Souixsie and the Banshees perform Deutschland Uber Alles (or the Deutschlandlied to give it its true title) in its original version at the Top Rank Sheffield in 1976. And Alex Harvey not only sang Tomorrow Belongs To Me but also had an entire album bearing that title but then he was hard and came from Glasgow so he could get away with a bit of irony (nb - It should be pointed out...