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Entries from October 2004

The Black Coward

12:37 pm Comments Off

Black people claim to be BRITISH but where are they when the BRITISH are at war? Still here claiming that the army is racist.
If they can form gangs and course riots on our streets then one would think they could cope with the army.However they seem to find it much easier to rob shops, mug [...]

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Tags: General

Connery strikes discordant note to shatter Holyrood harmony

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AFTER several years of angry recriminations and accusations, not to mention £431 million, the Scottish parliament’s protracted and difficult birth was finally over. In a celebration of goodwill and unity, Scots of all backgrounds and political hues agreed the time had come to move on. All except Sir Sean Connery, that is.
In a staggering [...]

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Tags: General · Politics

College apologies for racist book

12:31 pm Comments Off

One of Britain’s top public schools apologised after pupils made racist remarks about classmates in a yearbook.
The book is an unofficial annual publication by pupils at Winchester College in Hampshire. It is believed the book contained racist and homophobic remarks directed at black, Asian and Jewish pupils. Both the headmaster and the authors of the [...]

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Tags: General

Mutu admits to drugs test failure

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Adrian Mutu will not face a second drugs test after admitting to testing positive for cocaine, the Professional Footballers’ Association has revealed. The Chelsea striker’s acceptance of the positive test means he forfeits any right to a B sample being taken. But it could also mitigate any punishment Mutu now faces. “He will not be [...]

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Tags: General

Asylum seekers’ fate puts NHS on sick list

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MICHAEL, Naheed and Moloud are exactly the type of people Jack McConnell wants to attract to Scotland. All three are highly-skilled nurses from overseas with excellent English. Michael and Moloud have young families, Naheed has two daughters. The Fresh Talent initiative should snap them up.
But all three already live in Glasgow and their attempts [...]

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Tags: General · Insecurity - ethnic mixing

‘Ignorance’ over identity theft

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Britons are worried about identity theft, yet few know how to deal with the crime, according to new research.
A survey by CPP Group found that while 90% of Britons were worried about the crime, they didn’t know what to do if their identity was stolen. Identity fraud is the theft of personal information which may [...]

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Tags: General

Convicts who sue cost public £1m

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THE Scottish taxpayer is facing a £1 million legal bill for cases brought by prisoners who are suing the government under human rights laws.
Figures obtained by The Scotsman reveal a massive increase in the number of inmates embarking on legal action in recent years, prompting claims that lawyers are cashing in on the legal-aid [...]

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Tags: General

Kofi son quiz over cash

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THE son of United Nations chief Kofi Annan is being probed by corruption inspectors in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal. Officials say Kojo Annan is among businessmen whose dealings with the £5.5billion aid project are under scrutiny. They refuse to reveal why Kojo, 30, has become snared in the probe into how Saddam bribed politicians and [...]

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Tags: General · Politics

Forest excuse ‘pure Roman spin’

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WHEN the all-conquering armies of ancient Rome failed to subdue the northern end of Britain, there had to be a good reason.
So the Romans decided it was not the primitive barbarians known as the Caledonii who had defeated them, but the vast impenetrable forest covering the country now known as Scotland.
However, a new [...]

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Tags: General · History - Culture

No asylum lies, vow LibDems

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THE Liberal Democrats have promised to “say the right thing” on asylum and immigration, even it costs them votes. In a speech to the Welsh party’s autumn conference yesterday in Llandrindod Wells, home affairs spokesman Mark Oaten said the public would respect politicians who offered consistent principles. He said his party opposed detaining people without [...]

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Tags: General · Politics

It’s a sair fecht for Scots as native dialect dies out

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SINCE time immemorial, the ability to say “it’s a braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht” has separated the Scots from every other race on the planet.
But no more. New research shows that, even in the north-east of Scotland, the heartland of the rich Doric dialect, the use of the velar fricative - the “ch” [...]

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Tags: General · History - Culture

Racists attacks escalating in riot-hit town

11:49 am Comments Off

RACIST attacks are on the increase in a North Wales town, hit by two nights of violent clashes between Kurd refugees and locals. Last night Wrexham council chiefs pledged a high-profile anti-racism campaign, amid fears more attacks could be going unreported. It comes as a report was yesterday released into the background to the rioting, [...]

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Tags: General

DRIFTER KILLS MILLIONAIRE, STEALS HIS IDENTITY

11:48 am Comments Off

AN evil drifter murdered a man and then stole his identity in an elaborate plot which mirrors Hollywood blockbuster The Talented Mr Ripley. Brazilian Fabio Pereira killed and disposed of the body of John Goodman then moved into his £1million home. He then embarked on a four-month spending spree with his victim’s credit cards, show`ering [...]

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Tags: General

HUNT OUTCRY AT £50,000 PAYOFF

11:46 am Comments Off

Hunt staff in the West last night angrily rejected a government plan to offer them up to £50,000 each to emigrate when hunting is banned. Yesterday it emerged ministers are drawing up confidential proposals to give compensation to workers employed directly by hunts in an effort to defuse the row. The “golden payoff” would be [...]

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Tags: General

Abu Hamza accused of inciting murder

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LONDON (Reuters) - Abu Hamza al-Masri, the radical muslim cleric wanted by the United States, has been charged by police with 16 counts including inciting murder and stirring up racial hatred.
A full five-day extradition hearing had originally been due to start on Tuesday but will now be postponed as the case in Britain takes precedence.
Tight [...]

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Tags: Insecurity - ethnic mixing · International

CCTV photo in rape investigation

11:43 am Comments Off

A CCTV image has been released of a man police want to speak to in connection with a rape enquiry. A 20-year-old woman was sexually assaulted by a man after she met him in a bar in Taunton on Friday. She left Life Bar on East Reach with the offender, before he assaulted her in [...]

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Tags: Insecurity - ethnic mixing

EU court rejects German journalist case

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An EU court has rejected a case brought by a German journalist concerning the protection of journalistic sources.
The European Court of First Instance on Friday (15 October) rejected an application for “interim measures” by Hans-Martin Tillack, which would have meant that possessions of his, seized earlier in the year by Belgian police, would not be [...]

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Tags: General

Dark European ???

7:47 am Comments Off

Robbers break mobile phone owner’s legs
A YOUNG man has been robbed of his mobile phone and assaulted by two men as he was walking home.
The 19-year-old was walking along the lower part of Castle Road, Chatham, on Sunday just after 12.30am, when he was attacked by two men of Eastern European appearance.
They stole his mobile [...]

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Tags: General

Scotland: the incredible shrinking nation

7:37 am Comments Off

Geography is people, argued William McIlvanney in his book Memoirs of a Modern Scotland. But Scotland’s people are declining in number and have been for a generation. In the last 30 years, a quarter of a million Scots have disappeared. They have moved away, died out and not been replaced.
We have watched this slow [...]

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Tags: General

Labour Party meets immigration targets in South West, more like it.

7:35 am Comments Off

ANGER AT PLAN FOR NEW WEST HOUSING
Controversial proposals to build thousands of new homes on enormous swathes of the beautiful West countryside were last night condemned by environmental campaigners and politicians. Massive housebuilding projects could see the population of the former Avon area rise by up to 250,000 in the next 20 years, placing a [...]

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Tags: General · Insecurity - ethnic mixing