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Car Attack on Glasgow Airport Members Public

Looks like yesterday’s failed attack on London wasn’t an isolated incident: there’s been a possible suicide car bomb attack on Glasgow Airport [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6257194.stm]. Too early to make too many assumptions [http://fraserspeirs.livejournal.com/1129636.html] about the

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Adam Tinworth
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Harriet Harman: Former Blogger? Members Public

“Did Harriet Harman blog her way to victory?” asks Ellee, as part of a nice round-up of the Labour Deputy Leadership blogs [http://elleeseymour.com/2007/06/25/did-harriet-harman-blog-her-way-to-victory/] . Maybe. But it’s a shame she hasn’t blogged since her victory [http://blog.harrietharman.org/].

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Adam Tinworth
harriet harman

Civil Servants Told To Shred Reports Members Public

So, what would be the sensible government approach to repeated revelations that IT projects have gone wrong? An internal investigation? Some changes of management? How about bringing in outside experts to manage the mess? No. They order civil servants to shred documents. [http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2007/

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Adam Tinworth
civil servants

Miliband's Toilet Habits Members Public

It appears that David Miliband has some strange toilet habits [http://www.fwi.co.uk/blogs/farming-news-blog/2007/05/a-strange-tale.html]: > I was lurking outside the press room at the CLA’s centenary conference when the minister appeared and asked whether I could check if there was anyone in

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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Expose NHS Incompetence, Win Valuable Prizes Members Public

The Computer Weekly team picked up a PPA award [http://www.magazines2007.com/cgi-bin/wms.pl/926] last night for the work they’ve done exposing the appalling state of the NHS IT systems. Even better, the journalist responsible for much of the work, Tony Collins [http://www.computerweekly.com/

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Adam Tinworth
awards

Political Parties Grow Netroots Members Public

There’s a nice piece over on The Telegraph’s (journalist) blogs where Robert Colvile discusses how the Left in the US and the Right in the UK have used the internet and blogs in particular to reshape the political debate [http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ukcorrespondents/thewhyoftheworld/may07/bloggerswithrightstuff.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
bloggers

Labour Reaches Out To Bloggers Members Public

In the aftermath advance of its much-as-expected drubbing in the local elections Slightly Ageing Labour is reaching reached out to its loyal bloggers: [http://andrewkbrown.wordpress.com/2007/05/06/labour-meets-some-labour-bloggers/] > During the week I was one of a number of bloggers who went to the first of what

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Adam Tinworth
bloggers

Indict the NYPD Members Public

[![](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2007/03/433752696_44c96f2da3.jpg?w=960)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/433752696/ "photo sharing")Indict the NYPD [http://www.flickr.com/photos/adders/433752696/], originally uploaded by Adam Tinworth [http://www.flickr.com/people/adders/]. From a

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