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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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Jacqui Smith gets new powers to discipline Labour rebels
Labour whip gets new disciplinary power

Labour MPs last night voted overwhelmingly to back a new power for the chief whip to discipline unruly backbenchers. Jacqui Smith will now be able to issue rebel Labour colleagues with a so-called yellow card, which will temporarily suspend them from the party. Before the move was approved by the parliamentary Labour party (PLP) last… Read more »

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BBC names Lord Levy as the man who told Labour backer not to declare a loan
Levy named in Lords nomination row

Lord Levy has been named as the person who told a wealthy businessman that his £250,000 loan to the Labour party need not be declared when applying for a peerage. The party’s chief fundraiser and close friend of Tony Blair told Gulam Noon that he need not mention the loan in his application papers to… Read more »