Monthly Archives: October 2009

President Blair? Non. Gordon Brown’s government interfering politically in science? Oui

This week we have had the farce of Tony Blair first of all being spun as the favourite for the post of European President (without the man in question having even made clear that he wanted to stand), then the … Continue reading

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Berlusconi: “world’s most persecuted man”? no, but surely Italy deserves better

Here are some quotes from this BBC article: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has described himself as the most persecuted person “in the entire history of the world”. Mr Berlusconi also said he was “the best prime minister we can … Continue reading

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