According to the Daily Telegraph, UKIP is planning to get rid of its current “Poundland” logo. Here’s my suggestion for the replacement:
16 September 2012
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Category Archives: Current Events
4 September 2012
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Grant Shapps, (snake) oiling the wheels of IP reform
I blogged a couple of days ago about the fact that Grant Shapps, the new Conservative party chairman, turns out to have founded a company dedicated to selling SEO snake oil. The point of that article wasn’t particularly to criticise … Continue reading
13 August 2012
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The Olympics – a brief summary for the non-sporty types
Don’t really care about sport? Secretly relieved that the Olympics are all over? But still want to appear knowledgeable to your friends? Here’s a brief summary of what happened… Overall, we won lots of gold medals. More than Russia, who … Continue reading
29 July 2012
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Danny Boyle’s Olympic Programme Notes – full text
I’ve noticed that I’m getting hits on this blog for my short extract from Danny Boyle’s programme notes for the Olympic opening ceremony. Since there appears to be a demand for it, this is the full text: ‘Be not afeard: … Continue reading
29 July 2012
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Twitter joke trial: it’s not just about free speech
Plenty has already been said and written about the Twitter joke trial, so there isn’t really a huge amount I can add to it. But one thing did strike me as I was reading the full text of the judgment. … Continue reading
28 July 2012
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Olympics, industry and the NHS
I wake up this morning to Twitter and Facebook still going off on one about Danny Boyle’s tribute to the NHS in last night’s Olympic opening ceremony. There have been a lot of comments about how it seemed to support … Continue reading
14 July 2012
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Olympic linking lunacy
In another of my occasional series of articles about organisations who mistakenly think they can control how you link to them on the web, there’s a great example on the London 2012 website. Here’s the relevant paragraph: Links to the … Continue reading
7 July 2012
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Evesham Abbey Bridge: What might have been (and why not)
Update: I’ve edited this article as I originally got the images of the bridges incorrectly assigned to their respective designers. As anyone who lives in or near Evesham will know, the Abbey Bridge is going to be replaced over the … Continue reading
6 July 2012
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How British are you?
The Home Secretary has announced plans to revamp the Citizenship Test which immigrants wanting to qualify for a British passport need to take. Whether you’re already British or not or not, here’s a simple test to see whether you qualify:
5 July 2012
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Some good news from the EU
Straight bananas notwithstanding, sometimes Eurocrats do make the right decisions. Two excellent examples have emerged this week: the ruling by the EU Court of Justice that if you buy software, you own it and the decision by the European Parliament … Continue reading