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Why UK riots are not like the Arab Spring

13 Saturday Aug 2011

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This photo might a bit explain the ‘yob’ culture Britain is currently facing. Obviously, I am referring the guy at the back (or right) not the one at the front who became a Prime Minister later. Some people call these young kids ‘hoodies’ as they usually wear hoodies as a sign of ‘coolness’ (or a face cover from the CCTV cameras as seen in the UK riots this week).

The incident took place during David Cameron’s visit to a council estate in Manchester, more than 4 years ago, to discuss gun culture within the youth! The teenage made a gun gesture towards David Cameron behind his back, ‘on-high’, full of confidence and other stuff in his other hand. He was later charged with drugs offences.

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What people think of Rupert Murdoch

18 Monday Jul 2011

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If you live in Britain, and have taken 2 weeks holiday somewhere where you were completely disconnected from the news, you will not feel home when you come back. All this is because of the media storm caused by the phone hacking scandal of the News of the World in specific, and about Rupert Murdoch’s media empire in general; unbelievable the coverage and fast sequence of events.
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How to be a robot in an interview

04 Monday Jul 2011

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This is Ed Miliband, the opposition leader in the UK House of Commons (Parliament), in an interview with the BBC.

Listen carefully to him repeating almost the same answer to every question. Is he a robot or an idiot – at least less idiot than the BBC presenter?

I just hope he doesn’t have to copy-paste Gordon Brown’s policy, else he should let his brother David have a go…

Can Syria learn from Britain’s ‘police state’?

21 Saturday May 2011

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 The 20 biggest world economies leaders met in a 2009 G20 summit in London; the summit attracted some protests as these summits usually do (mostly the G8 summits though). While the British police was trying to secure the nearby areas, and the demonstration itself, a policeman pushed a man to the ground killing him shortly afterwards, as a result of his injury. The event was caught on video, with the policeman ending up in court.
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