links for 2009-09-04
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Apparently schools are moving towards clip on ties to solve the problem of pupils not wearing ties properly. Surely the solution was what I had at my secondary school - enforce uniform policy totally and utterly at all times. My school had no major problems with uniform distension because you weren't allowed to deviate. It's a matter of discipline. Clip on ties is not discipline.
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Hang on. This isn't right. The Daily Mail giving away free Freeview boxes? Surely they should be campaigning to get digital TV banned or some other such nonsense.
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"A pub with no bar or till, where beer is served directly from casks, has been sold to locals — who plan to keep it as it is." Fantastic news about this most interesting of sounding pubs.
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“While we appreciate there are legitimate concerns over the abuse of alcohol in the UK, beer consistently gets a raw deal from all quarters – you never see this kind of fuss from the Scottish anti-alcohol lobby when a new whiskey is launched." The owner of the Rake talking as he prepares to sell 18.2% beer Tokyo* on draft - £6 for a third of a pint. For the cost of a pint, you could get totally smashed on three bottles of cheap supermarket vodka. Not that the Rake will probably sell you a pint.
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"Those in areas most affected by the removal of articulated 'bendy' buses were in favour of a mayoral candidate that pledged to keep them." Analysis based on voting patterns and those most affected by bendy bus removal and who they voted for. Falls down as several routes start/end at mainline railway stations, and as such will be used by commuters coming into London on the train. But fun none the less.
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