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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage,… Read more »

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Lords expenses to be cut back
Peers facing expenses cuts

By politics.co.uk staff Members of the House of Lords will face significant restrictions on their expenses, it has been reported. The Senior Salaries Review Board, which is responsible for reassessing what constitutes a reasonable expenses claim for peers, will make its final decisions after Sir Christopher Kelly publishes his review of MPs’ expenses on November… Read more »

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A besmirched House?
Analysis: Britain’s besmirched Lords

For hundreds of years Britain’s noble lords were trusted to abide by the concept of “honour”. The expenses scandal means those days are now over. By Alex Stevenson It’s been a “difficult year” for parliament. That was the rather miserable assessment of Lord Eames, the man tasked with chairing the group which has redrafted the… Read more »