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Daily View 2×2: 11 December 2009

By Helen Duffett | Fri 11th December 2009 - 8:03 am

Welcome to December 11th – only 20 days to go until the end of the year. Four years ago today the top story was the fire at the Buncefield oil depot which injured 43 people and was said to have been the biggest fire of its kind in peacetime Europe.

2 Must-Read Blog Posts

What are other Liberal Democrat bloggers saying? Here are two posts that have caught the eye from the Liberal Democrat Blogs aggregator:

Empowering Voices Online

Mary Reid highlights a positive blogging project:

I’ve run a number of blogging workshops in the past, mainly for councillors, but this one is a bit different. It is aimed at people who want to provide a counter-balance to some of the more aggressive extremist and terrorist-supporting views that can be found online.

Is the return of the monocle a sign that the Old Etonian Tories are taking control or the preparations for a Labour anti-Toff campaign?
Good question, John Ault – there’s definitely a trend emerging. Tomorrow night, London Underground’s last circular Circle Line service will run (with me on it). From Sunday 13 December, the Circle Line will be shaped more like a…you guessed it… Cue conspiracy theory.

Spotted any other great posts in the last day from blogs that aren’t on the aggregator? Do post up a comment sharing them with us all.

2 Big Stories

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Posted in Daily View | Also tagged barack obama, gordon brown, john ault, london underground, mary reid, mps expenses and nobel peace prize | Leave a comment

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