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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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Bloody Sunday: `A catastrophe for the people of Northern Ireland`
Sketch: Dignified Cameron’s Bloody Sunday sorrow

“There is nothing equivocal,” David Cameron said sombrely to a shocked Commons. “It was wrong.” By Alex Stevenson Politicians are often frustrated by ambiguities. MPs shout and scream when they feel the government is shying away from responsibility for this or that. There was no such uncertainty today. For once the Commons was confronted with… Read more »

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The Commons repeatedly returned to Cumbria and Afghanistan during PMQs
PMQs sketch: Muted Commons overshadowed by tragedy

PMQs was about as limp as the lettuce served for lunch to the Commons’ more portly dieting grandees. By Alex Stevenson There was no panache, no zip, no rollicking to-and-fro to the proceedings. Perhaps it’s because the new MPs are too intimidated by Speaker John Bercow to kick up much of a fuss. Who would… Read more »