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http://hiddenfromgoogle.com/ The Streisand Effect at work again - they never learn! Maybe it should be renamed "The right to be remembered, again, and again, and..."

Deffo an oversell of Ashington there! Would Mr L get so animated if it was beautiful down-town Bedlington getting slagged off? Answers on a postcard to: 94 Station Road, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 8RN.

Hmmm... could have tried harder I think. Though the "anti-business attitude" that have always been pervasive from you-know-who you-know-where you-know-what-party has always been a factor. Despite this there's a lot of upside to locating in our town, so let's not be too pessimistic. We wish her well anyway, and we just might learn something by following the progress here.

If that's a cost-cutting measure what were the wasted costs before the cost-cutting measure? I was watching a proggy the other night about this mouthy fat bitc... sorry, public service boss, building a million pound dream home. How could she possibly be affording to spend like that with no mortgage, I though. And she hadn't even been made redundant - yet! Sadly, under Labour this sort of agreement was the norm. Things, can only get better - well they did, for Tony's cronies! Onward and upwards the people's army!

Unite are telling Milipede that it's undemocratic not to be matching Camberlin's promise to hold an in/out referendum on the EU. Well we all knew that, and Milipede too, but it's nice to hear it spelled out in terms even the Labour front bench can't duck. Other unions might join in this call - well, let's all hope this democracy thing is catching. Though one party democracy is unlikely to catch up with is the Liberal "Democrats". (The party of in - the wrong!) They admit they were dead wrong about the UK adopting the Euro; they admit that the EU needs drastic reform; they admit that Junker was a disastrous choice for the UK, but somehow we all need to believe in Santa Claus because it will all come right in the end. Yes, you'll see; they can't be wrong all the time, can they? Whenever some organisation includes democrat in its name you can bet that's because it is anything but! How about some honesty LDs? You fear the electorate; be honest, change your name to The Liberal Autocrats! And... for anyone still saying that UKIP is a waste of space: do you really think there'd be such an outbreak of honesty in public life if UKIP hadn't being doing so amazingly well in the polls? Onward and upward The People's Army! The question at the end is the best bit. The tired old men of Europe just don't get it; and Dave wants you to believe that he can change their one-track minds.

Does the Daily Express read Bedlington.co.uk? You could be forgiven for thinking so. http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/485441/Tory-Jeremy-Paxman-blasts-Newsnight-as-made-by-13-year-olds Right on cue this morning, Russell Brand and all! BTW Maggie he wasn't "winding up" Paxo. Paxo was genuinely surprised that someone so superficially intelligent could spout such naive nonsense. And there I think you have Brand in one word: superficial. It's negligible because there are people like you Brandie who reinforce the delusion by urging people not to exercise their right to truly representative government. You use "Big Businesses" as a scapegoat. Big Business listens intensely to its consumers (and doesn't have a vote for the taxes it pays), but the kind of politicos you actively aid by your misdirection are exactly the same sort of manipulative, media-cheque-banking, sods you are! It's the organ-grinder not the monkey - dummy!

The same place as the will to vote out the status quo! But there is ever-increasing hope... http://www.ukip.org/former_labour_party_press_officer_richard_bingley_joins_ukip

My Nazi father would be so proud Herr Fuhrer - err.. Chancellor! Yes, the British and a few disorganised rabbles stand in our way, but this time it will all be different. Wrong footing Camberlin with that worthless promise was a masterstroke!

He's actually a pretty empty vessel Maggie. On the Newsnight interview he was exposed as just that: Anyway, now that Paxo has been released from his requirement to be impartial and "non-controversial" it's quite interesting what he says: I think maybe he includes Russell Brand amongst those 13-year-olds. He went on to say: Does this mean UKIP is about to recruit another parliamentary candidate?

One third pint bottles. Actually I tell a lie about one particular school in Gosforth; the unused stuff quickly disappeared into the kitchens to be used in the school dinners, which were - of course - billed to parents!

Ah, how soon they forget! No mention there that Scargill had already brought down the Heath government, had failed in his attempt to cause another national strike - this was his third attempt! Scargill wasn't at all interested in mine closures, else he'd have backed NACODS who insisted on doing underground maintenance to ensure that the pits weren't lost. They very sensibly argued that if they were prevented from doing their work then there was no point in protesting the closures, as the strike would bring about the very thing that Scargill was pretending to oppose. This didn't matter to Arthur; he wanted the next chapter of his Marxist revolution, at whatever cost! No one is trying to "demonise the miners" - demonisation is a socialist thing, a substitute for broadly based fact, and proper analysis. History is history, but it has to be set in historical context, and in the values of its day. That's a thing sadly lacking from socialist rhetoric. The game is to apply modern "enlightened" value to the past. If it were possible to wind the clock way back you'd find that there was fairly broad agreement on how things should and would change. There would be a few extremists on both sides, but the them-and-us thing has been manufactured to suit agendas. No one is disputing that the miners worked hard and that the conditions could and should have been much better, but by the standards of the day they were well paid. Hard economics caught up with that - nothing else! The wages, industral disruption, and social unrest caused by Scargill outran the use of the coal resource to the country. Something had to give! Many miners foresaw this, but local ones were misled and didn't. That's not their fault, but it is nervelessness lamentable. Fact is that we'd be in more or less the same state without the strike, as we now are after having suffered it. Others here have already pointed out the economic fundamentals. What is left is a badly misplaced sense of grievance. Passing that on to future generations helps no one. Yes, it's fine to recall the past in all its detail, but don't force future generations to re-live just one version of it! And... please don't bring up that lame Thatcher, Milk Snatcher nonsense. At every school I went to most of the milk went down the drain because kids wouldn't touch it! When originally introduced it was a vital measure to ensure children's health. And, surprise, free milk was introduced by Lord Butler in the Education Act of 1944 - a Tory minister in a Tory led government! Wartime rationing had long ended, but even in 1971 there was still some marginal benefit in giving it to under 7's, so she did! MT was a scientist, and carefully considered all the scientific and economic advice she was given. No blame on Harold though, he did the right thing to protect national resources. But, Labour conveniently fail to mention their major part in ending free milk, and hope their supporters are as dumb as they believe. They then magnify MT's part out of all proportion. This suits their agenda of demonising her to their supporters (who they actually despise), whist claiming to be her heir within their own elitist circles. It seems that to be a good Labour supporter you need a mighty short memory; no appreciation of simple economics, and absolutely no interest in historical fact (or even current affairs)! It also helps if you are young, impressionable, and clueless as to how the world actually works (a point not lost on Alex Salmond)!

...well... apparently computer forensics did discover this some months ago. It's just that emphasis has shifted back to Zaharie Shah's strange flight simulator quite recently. The island is (did you guess?) Diego Garcia. So, months old conspiracy theories have been refuelled, and so also may have been the 777. Why aren't the newspapers saying he was practising landing on the runway on Diego Garcia? Perhaps because that would throw up too many awkward questions that can't presently be answered - if ever! Anyway, don't you think that it's an interesting time for our MPs to be getting all concerned about exactly what goes/went on there? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/19/cia-diego-garcia-chagos-control-combat-detainee-commons

Dr Trotter's Memorial has always been pretty iconic for me. That was until the ido.. err.. "planners" decided to - quite literally - marginalise it. When you glimpsed it you always knew you were back. Something of the character of The Albert Memorial don't you think? Bet those metro's copied it - along with our other innovations! That everyone chipped in to fund it in those austere times says something about the sense of community then. Try getting up a public sub today - oh, we did?! That it couldn't have been readily incorporated in the roundabout scheme as-is was pretty much of a farce. Come to think of it all the mass council vandalism of the 1960's was all pretty much of a farce. You could say the Dr Pit Head and winding gear, but it was indistinct from other places nearby. The ironworks would have nailed it of course, but there we are back to state-sponsored farces again.

MH370 captain plotted route to southern Indian Ocean on home simulator They don't say which island. Computer forensics should have discovered this inside three days not three months!

It seems like Twitter is far too verbose for many netizens. Enter Yo, an app that messages only those two fixed characters. What I find incredible about Yo is that it has reportedly attracted $1 Million in investment! No, it's not April 1st. It has, of course, "security issues": http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/20/5827014/yo-app-hack-security-issues#240849669 What can you say to that but yee? I claim my £600K.

Assad is only playing the survival game as played in the Middle East. It's do or be done to there. The Ruskies understand this and we don't. They've explained this to us several times and we simply haven't been listening! Ditto the Iranians. They too understand the alternatives to Assad. However many "nice" Syrians claim they want their freedom there is a large quasi-religious fundamentalist element who will step in and fill any power vacuum we help create. Our aim should be to tame Assad's excesses and not to remove him. He's listening, but he's not hearing anything from the West that will help him cling on. He's there because a very substantial element in his country know that it's the only way to stability. Our aim should be to make sure that that stability is an inclusive stability, and not stability at the expense of an oppressed minority. UK type democracy is not one-size-fits-all, and what we call democracy isn't anything the tired old power brokers of Europe understand as democracy Mr Clegg! Once we understood the power game better than any nation in history. We've unlearned everything we knew, and are verging on being as dumb as our transatlantic cousins in this respect. Even more importantly we are also on the verge of throwing away sovereignty over our own country. Wake up England (and the rest of the UK)! The penny is dropping though, even in the London-centric liberal elites; but is it dropping too late? The rise of UKIP and "The People's Army" has been a huge influence here (just listen to the other party leaders these days). And no - you stupid little establishment court-jester - Ian Hislop, UKIP hasn't peaked yet - by a long way!

Bepe - Italy's second largest political party - joins UKIP! 17 more MEPs to strengthen the hand of the sane people in the UK who want to leave the EU. Why do so many in Italy - one of the EU's principal founders - now want to leave the EU? Well, it's bleeding the country dry, and it has completely killed democracy. Italians no longer have any say in who runs their country - Brussels appoints their PM! Berlusconi decided that Italy would be better off out of the EMU (Euro), so Brussels decided that he had to be removed and replaced by a EU puppet. They are now onto their third puppet!

Tim) Why are the streets in this city blocked by taxis? Bob) They are on strike because new technology is threatening their monopoly. Tim thinks... Tim) What new technology would that be? Bob) Oh, smartphone apps which can get you a much cheaper ride much faster. Tim pulls out shiny new droid... selects the Google Play app. Tim) What is this app called? Bob) Well, there are a few, but flavour of the month is called Uber. Tim types U-B-E-R... [install] <downloading...> Tim) Wow! If it hadn't been for all the protests I might not have heard of this for months! Think I will give it a try right away. Bob) <Laughs> Yes, that's called the Streisand Effect - you make a big fuss and everyone gets to know about the very thing you want kept under wraps - I guess all these taxi people never heard of it! http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/celebrity/barbra-sues-over-aerial-photos

Careful, there's a vacancy in Hogwarts' dungeon! Absolutely, but shouldn't the bottom arrow be pointing at Watford Gap? http://www.amazon.com/dp/1906236313/ref=rdr_ext_tmb

Like err.. like! There's a single-word essential reason for 14. I think it possibly begins with a W.

I'm not so sure, but I think there's growing evidence from the US that the economic benefits are illusory. It appears to be the case that after initial quick returns the flow rate drops off and you are left throwing more and more money at ever-diminishing production. This is evidenced by the fact that many developers sell out completely after first production. The old stock market addage that a mine is a hole in the ground with a liar standing beside it could apply. Whatever government we get is going to go for it because it offers quick budget fixes on a politician's time scale. So, there's little point in opposing it, as you are only inviting being lied to.

LOL - always takes a complete stranger to point out what's been staring the locals in the face for decades: I didn't write that - honest! If it had been moi the words self-impoverishment would have featured.

Not heard of Coffee Republic? Also part of the plot. Anyway, it's the new cool: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-27760927