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Bye, bye, Blunkers Nov 02

Cheerio then, David. (Excuse me while I dance a little jig.)

I do have a sense of déjà vu, but it’s probably for the best. Now Blair can put someone in place who actually agrees with him on forcing the disabled into work, and Blunkett can keep his shares and make thousands of pounds.

As he won’t be returning to the Cabinet any time soon, can we assume he’ll finally be turfed out of the grace and favour house he got for being, erm, Home Secretary?

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Ronnie Barker’s memorial service Nov 02

I’m sure the memorial service for the 7/7 victims at St Paul’s yesterday was very moving and tasteful, but I couldn’t help giggling when the newsreader on the Today programme announced that the bomb sites would be represented by fork handles.

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Miers withdraws from nomination Oct 27

US top court nominee steps down – Harriet Miers has withdrawn as Supreme Court nominee.

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Hot desking Oct 27

Yes, I have been lax writing up my trip to Germany. I’d better not leave it much longer or I’ll forget everything. I’ve started using Flickr – even though I’m more than capable of uploading images to my webspace – so feel free to have a gander at my Berlin photos.

Yesterday at work, we moved our desks around (cue much exhausting heaving, to-ing and fro-ing, etc.) to arrange ourselves in a more teamly manner. Here’s mine.

Me at my desk

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