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philmophlegm ([personal profile] philmophlegm) wrote2012-06-13 03:26 pm
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Multi-Doctor special for Doctor Who's 50th anniversary next year? (And both Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy have terrible taste in footwear…)

Was the Venus transit too cloudy (or just too early) for you? View this NASA high-res video instead.

Newspaper editors: don't include a massive supplement telling your readers how great a country is on the same day you run a story highlighting the same country's torture of its own citizens.

The Isles of Scilly. Population c.2,100. By far the smallest unitary council in England. Remuneration of council chief executive: £110,000.

The UK joined the EEC at around the same time that the Commonwealth was becoming more important economically and Western Europe less important. Was this bad timing, or do we just have a bad effect on our neighbours?

True story: Boring, Oregon to twin with Dull, Perthshire.

Bob Welch is dead. That's the second Fleetwood Mac guitarist this year!

Irish fans's banner at Euro 2012: "Angela Merkel thinks we're at work!"

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[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-06-13 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
The Isles of Scilly. Population c.2,100. By far the smallest unitary council in England. Remuneration of council chief executive: £110,000.

I am now intrigued. Are there any smaller unitary authorities in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland? Are there, in fact, any smaller authorities anywhere in the UK that are not parish councils?

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2012-06-14 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
Not according to wikipedia.
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