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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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The TUC has raised the spectre of Margaret Thatcher's ill-fated poll tax
TUC: Cuts will incite ‘poll tax’-scale revolt

by Peter Wozniak The government’s push for deficit reduction will lead to public unrest on the same scale as during Margaret Thatcher’s failed attempt to introduce a poll tax, the Trades Union Congress has argued. Kicking off a campaign to oppose the coalition’s spending cuts at the grassroots level, the TUC implied that the government’s… Read more »

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Vince Cable may not get his wish to split up the banks
Cable wary of Diamond appointment

By Alex Stevenson Vince Cable has responded with caution to the appointment of “casino” banker Bob Diamond as Barclays’ next chief executive. The business secretary’s note of concern came a day after the 59-year-old American, who is thought to be worth over £90 million, was unveiled as John Varley’s successor for one of the City’s… Read more »