Here are some of the websites of the political parties contesting seats across the UK in the general election on 5 May.
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Truthful Translations of Political Speech
Politics is the practice of doublespeak. Fortunately, through the magic of creativity and relatively cheap digital audio editing tools, the speech of political creatures can finally be unspun, and the truth laid bare.
These are galleries of translations of popular politicians as made by audio collage artists from around the planet… Those who are easily offended by heavy doses of irony should probably leave now.
Nail ‘em up, I say
The headmaster of the secondary school I attended is a man by the name of Tony Hill, and there he is grinning down from the header of their site (one of the best-known designers’ techniques for getting the client to like the work you produce is to get a nice big photo of them and stick it everywhere—whether that’s what happened here I couldn’t possibly say). He used to use expressions like “Tremendous!” and “Jolly well done!” and “Over a hundred pupils!”, and probably still does. He’s the kind of guy that likes people to get involved, and this is probably why he makes a good secondary comprehensive headmaster.
For me, both as a pupil and now, the most interesting thing about Tony Hill is how similar he is to Tony Blair. It’s hard to pinpoint what exactly it is they have in common, other than the fact that one always reminds me of the other. In fact, I once had a dream that I met Tony Blair, in which he shook my hand and grinned “Tremendous!”. I laughed so hard I woke myself up.
Former MI5 chief blasts secrets act
Dame Stella Rimington, the former head of MI5, has called for radical reform of the Official Secrets Act and an independent system to vet publications by former members of the security and intelligence agencies.
In her first interview since leaving MI5, she also admits the agency was “overenthusiastic” in its targeting of leftwing groups during the cold war.