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So, seeing as tomorrow Gideon will announce cuts that will reshape the state for years to come, it seems worthy of its very own thread.... Lots of this has already been leaked in advance, so what we could expect: 10% cut in defence budget (trident put off) 80% in university budget BBC made...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11507537 This can't be anything other than a compromise too far for many Liberal Democrats, given that student fees were one of the defining issues of the party pre-Clegg.

So it begins... Child benefit to be axed for higher earners: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11464300

Six British Men Arrested After Quran Burning Germany couldn't take your freedom by force. Looks like they went about it the wrong way. They should have merely been greatly offended until you turned things over to them.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-11141264 Actually I sure this won't come as a surprise to us that can remember the 80s and the 90s.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-11061296 This really is one for the books - I am sincerely shocked about this.

Source Documents For shame.

Recent article in the Express [1] is but one of many similar over recent years, which have been discussed at length by bloggers [2] [3], among others. These media seem to engaged in a race to the bottom to produce ever more frightening tales of immigrants invading Britain; stories with little...

I've also just posted this on Bad Science - let's see which forum generates the best discussion :D The conservatives are proposing a pretty radical shake up of the NHS....I was wondering what people thought. http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jul/09/nhs-funds-distributed-doctors-reforms...

Was reading about a suggestion from Duncan Smith regarding doing something about "unemployment blackspots" (see: Duncan Smith's "incentive for the unemployed to move" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/7856349/Coalition-to-tell-unemployed-to-get-on-your-bike.html )...