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Barack O’Bama

Do read this charming Washington Post story about the small Irish village which records suggest Barack Obama’s ancestors hailed from.

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How to game the social housing system

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Westminster council has announced that every single social housing tenant in the borough will receive lifetime tenancies. No test of need. No review of income. No incentive to move on. Once you’ve been awarded a property, you can stay as long as you like. When you die, your adult children may be eligible to inherit

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