Comments on: Politics Summary: Thursday, October 1st http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/10/politics-summary-thursday-october-1st/ Left Foot Forward is a political blog for progressives. We provide evidence-based analysis on British politics, news and policy developments. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: willstraw http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/10/politics-summary-thursday-october-1st/comment-page-1/#comment-496 willstraw Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:45:56 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1674#comment-496 Good point, Alex. We'll sort that out. Good point, Alex. We’ll sort that out.

]]> By: Alex Ross http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/10/politics-summary-thursday-october-1st/comment-page-1/#comment-490 Alex Ross Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:49:42 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1674#comment-490 Not too big a complaint but it would be good if links opened into new tabs or windows. I'm using IE6 at work and it keeps opening in the same window - a tad annoying! :) Not too big a complaint but it would be good if links opened into new tabs or windows. I’m using IE6 at work and it keeps opening in the same window – a tad annoying! :)

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]]> By: Stu http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/10/politics-summary-thursday-october-1st/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Stu Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:41:47 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1674#comment-484 And in other news, we're going to be DNA testing asylum seekers to attempt to determine their nationality. <a href="http://sharpesopinion.co.uk/2009/09/wtf/" rel="nofollow">Isn't that nice</a>. And in other news, we’re going to be DNA testing asylum seekers to attempt to determine their nationality. Isn’t that nice.

]]> By: Swagata http://www.leftfootforward.org/2009/10/politics-summary-thursday-october-1st/comment-page-1/#comment-479 Swagata Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:54:03 +0000 http://www.leftfootforward.org/?p=1674#comment-479 Nothing on BAE and the bribery allegations? We need to shed some light on this, how did a small country with just 8 military aircraft want to buy a state of the art military air traffic system, especially when the country struggles to provide even the most basic education? Who granted the export licence? Evidence from 2001 suggests progressives like Clare Short (and the World Bank) were ignored as the PM, Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary championed the deal in Cabinet. Nothing on BAE and the bribery allegations?

We need to shed some light on this, how did a small country with just 8 military aircraft want to buy a state of the art military air traffic system, especially when the country struggles to provide even the most basic education? Who granted the export licence?

Evidence from 2001 suggests progressives like Clare Short (and the World Bank) were ignored as the PM, Defence Secretary and Foreign Secretary championed the deal in Cabinet.

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