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The web is changing things more than we can imagine. Now imagine if you could simply make stuff that you would normally have to buy via a huge logistics chain starting China and ending at the local shop. Bear with me. Very nerdy but also very radical. RepRap from Adrian Bowyer on Vimeo.

Given the intensity of Jeremy Clarkson’s assault on the reputation of the caravan, you might have expected that the Caravan Club would need the services of a heavy weight Public Relations Outfit, and perhaps at a pinch, the ‘non-political’ services of their most famous parliamentary poster girl – Margaret Beckett MP, but it seems that…

The Identity and Passport Office has appointed another advertising agency to persuade the public of the apparent benefits of ID cards. The IPS has chosen Proximity after also hearing pitches from EHS Brann, Tequila and TMW. The firm will deal with “below the line” marketing – typically PR and promotions rather than billboard or media…

Iain ‘Nice Tie’ Dale Anyway, later this morning I am driving up to Norwich to do some by election campaigning today and tomorrow. I gather that all Tory candidates are supposed to clock in and out like schoolchildren and get forms signed. That won’t be happening. What a shame my printer doesn’t work. Iain Dale…

I confidently predict that when it kicks off (and it will very shortly), it will be Luton first. What IS the matter with our government, do they want this? Luton Luton

Some EVIL bastards, yesterday   Following on from Leg Irons excellent piece below, it now appears that the Police will “take action” against licenced premises selling the evil drink to people at £1. I kid you not. Pubs and clubs in a Leicestershire town are being urged not to sell cut-price alcohol, as part of a…

I know I am not the first on the case here, but does anyone else find it slightly worrying that the Association of Chief Police Officers is A PRIVATE COMPANY? ACPO is a private company and the Office of the Information Commissioner has confirmed that the Freedom of Information Act does not apply to the Association,…

I wonder if they have been told to display identity numbers? Or maybe they are all imposters? If I was an itinerant newspaper seller I’d keep out of the way for a while.

DIY – Drink it yourself. The Tories are confident of winning the next election. They probably will, too. When that happens, many left-leaning blogs imagine that those they call right-wing (which is everyone who doesn’t agree with them. I’ve even seen the SNP called right-wing!) will fall silent, and it’ll then be their turn to…

It is official. I am now a gay Muslim transgender. I have decided that if I wish to have two wives (although it is illegal in the UK) and claim benefits for both of them, Islam will let me do it. If I want to hide my identity in public and never be questioned, Islam…