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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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TUC plans ‘biggest’ demonstration against cuts

By politics.co.uk staff The TUC is planning its largest ever demonstration next March to fight the government’s deficit reduction plan. Addressing the Greater London Association of Trades Councils at Congress House, general secretary Brendan Barber said trade unionists had to unite to fight public spending cuts. “The union movement and the country face the sternest… Read more »

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The coalition government is vulnerable to public anger over the spending review
Spending review: Anger and conscience

By Ian Dunt The political aftershocks of the spending review continue to dominate the British political landscape today, as politicians and activists struggle to come to terms with its repercussions. Talking to Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said he had searched his conscience to justify the cuts to public spending… Read more »