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VINCE CABLE: We look like the banana republic of Westminster...passing a law requiring the Chancellor to do his job by bringing the budget into balance? He isn't going to be hauled off to the Tower of London if he fails. The Government can't be sued if, as is inevitable, the targets are missed. In this article: Banana, Tax, Child poverty, Financial Services Authority, Cancer, Alistair Darling, and UK |
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Independent.co.uk - UK | 2 days ago
David Curry: 'I'm Yorkshire's second-cheapest MP'
...Mr Curry said he would share any information with the parliamentary commissioner, he added: "I am not expecting to end up in the Tower of London." Mr Lyon will hand his findings to the Commons Standards and Privileges Committee,...
In this article: David Curry, Allegation, Harry Potter, Skipton, Ripon, and Proofing
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scotsman.com - Politics | 2 days ago
Under-fire MP slams 'Harry Potter' house ban allegation
Mr Curry said he was willing to share any information with the parliamentary commissioner, adding: "I am not expecting to end up in the Tower of London." In order to post comments you must Register or Sign In This website and its...
In this article: Allegation, Harry Potter, The Scotsman, and Skipton
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Independent.co.uk - UK | 3 days ago
Expenses-row MP dismisses 'house ban' claim
...said he was willing to share any information with the Parliamentary Commissioner, adding: "I am not expecting to end up in the Tower of London." Mr Curry also denied claims that he rarely stayed in his house while he is in Yorkshire. "I...
In this article: The Daily Telegraph, Allegation, Yorkshire, Harry Potter, Proofing, and Surgery
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BBC News | 3 days ago
Standards MP faces expenses row
...Curry said he was willing to share any information with the Parliamentary commissioner, adding: "I am not expecting to end up in the Tower of London." I have had the house since 1987, I have not bought it on a speculative whim According...
In this article: The Daily Telegraph, Allegation, Harry Potter, Jacqui Smith, and House of Commons
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
Pomp meets politics as British govt unveils agenda
...on a gilded throne wearing the state crown, which is studded with more than 2,000 diamonds and is normally kept under lock and key in the Tower of London. The 83-year-old monarch appeared more robust than last year, when she was suffering...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Charles I, Labour Party, Afghanistan, Buckingham Palace, Back pain, Recession, Ermine, and Child poverty
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AP Online | 5 days ago
Pomp meets politics as British govt unveils agenda
...on a gilded throne wearing the state crown, which is studded with more than 2,000 diamonds and is normally kept under lock and key in the Tower of London. The 83-year-old monarch appeared more robust than last year, when she was suffering...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Charles I, Labour Party, Afghanistan, Buckingham Palace, Back pain, Recession, Ermine, and Child poverty
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The Register | 5 days ago
Queen promises to make poverty and budget deficits illegal
...will do if it fails to halve the budget deficit or eliminate child poverty on deadline is unclear. Locking the Chancellor in the Tower of London is probably not an option. Meanwhile, two elements of the Crime and Security Bill are...
In this article: Child poverty, DNA Database, Carbon, England, and UK
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washingtonpost.com | November 13, 2009
BritNews RoundUp: Don't Sleep in the Subway
...awful, we'd never know it.) I've never been sure what a Beefeater does exactly. They're the colorfully-costumed fellows who "guard" the Tower of London. I say "fellows" but in January 2007 the first female Beefeater--officially a Yeoman...
In this article: Moira Cameron, Transport for London, BBC News, Daily Mail, Wikipedia, Plymouth, and Manningtree
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Description from Wikipedia:
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower), is a historic monument in central London, England, on the north bank of the River Thames. It is located within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and is separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space known as Tower Hill.
The Tower of London is often identified with the White Tower, the original stark square fortress built by William the Conqueror in 1078. However, the tower as a whole is a complex of several buildings set within two concentric rings of defensive walls and a moat.
The tower's primary function was a fortress, a royal palace, and a prison (particularly for high status and royal prisoners, such as the Princes in the Tower and the future Queen Elizabeth I). This last use has led to the phrase "sent to the Tower" (meaning "imprisoned"). It has also served as a place of execution and torture, an armoury, a treasury, a zoo, the Royal Mint, a public records office, an observatory, and since 1303, the home of the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom.
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