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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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MPs debate freedom of information
MPs reject Freedom of Information

MPs have passed a private member’s bill that would exempt them from the Freedom of Information Act (FoI). It returned to the Commons today weeks after opponents had succeed in talking it out. However, critics failed to successfully replicate this approach and the bill passed by 96 votes to 25. The amendment passed today read:… Read more »

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Alex Salmond approved as first minister

SNP leader Alex Salmond has been elected Scottish first minister by MSPs at Holyrood. Mr Salmond defeated a final attempt by Labour’s Jack McConnell to retain power. The SNP leader knocked him out in the second voting round by 49 to 46. The Conservatives’ Annabel Goldie and Liberal Democrat leader Nicol Stephen were eliminated in… Read more »