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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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Carrier projects under threat
Carrier projects under threat

By politics.co.uk staff Contracts for two aircraft carriers worth around £1.25 billion may fall by the wayside if they are scrapped. The contracts were revealed in a parliamentary answer to Labour MP Thomas Docherty, who seized on the granting of the contract as evidence the projects should not become a victim of the autumn spending… Read more »

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Gen Dannatt said Cabinet ministers lacked experience needed to understand their job
Ex-Army chief hits out at ‘cocooned’ MoD

By Alex Stevenson Former head of the Army General Sir Richard Dannatt has suggested “vested interests” within the Ministry of Defence (MoD) let down troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan. The general, who has faced accusations of becoming politicised both while in Whitehall and afterwards because of his involvement as an advisor to… Read more »