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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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Malik loses out to the Tories in northern seat
General election: Home Office minister loses in Dewsbury

By Sam Dale Home Office minister Shahid Malik has lost his seat to the Tories in Dewsbury. Defending a 3,999 majority boundary changes made the seat a tight notional marginal and a 5.9% swing has ended Mr Malik’s career as an MP. The incoming Conservative MP Simon Reevell was elected with 18,898 votes, a 1,500… Read more »

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Hammersmith Lib Dem candidate admits defeat
General election 2010: Hammersmith Lib Dem throws in towel

By Kaye Wiggins Merlene Emerson, the Liberal Democrat candidate in Hammersmith, has said she never expected to win the seat and is hoping to win around 20 per cent of the vote. In a comment on a local blog, posted earlier this week, Ms Emerson wrote: “There was the era known as BC (before Cleggism)… Read more »