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Nationwide
Cameron refuses to rule out Clarke despite Eurosceptics
Heathrow’s third runway to fall foul of EU rules
BBC chief backs merger of Channel 4 and Five
Prominent British Jews call for ceasefire in Gaza

International
Carbon cost of Googling revealed
Palestinian death toll tops 900
Few in U.S. see Al-Jazeera’s coverage of Gaza war
Emphasis on economy, Obama looks to history

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Jennie Rigg

Charlie Brooker is looking for a wife. He can bog off if he thinks he’s having mine.

Renegade Evolution on Jacqui Smith’s proposals re: prostitution, with some notes on some feminist bloggers (note to the uninitiated: Ren Evol is a porn star, and is somewhat sweary. She’s almost certainly NSFW).

Hagley Road to Ladywood has a sterling post on how to deal with trolls.

(Probably not) The Daily Mail reports on Twitter’s inability to spot a parody (hat-tip: Helen Duffet).

The Honourable Lady Mark is wondering if frugality would help him to survive the credit crunch, and how to go about obtaining this frugality stuff.

Julian Hall posts about political comedy.

Political Betting‘s Forecaster of the Year 2009 competition is live.

And finally, Perlmonger wants to know who you think would be the last home secretary standing, if all the surviving ones were locked in a room with nothing but water and very sharp knives till they ate each other (my vote is for Ken Clarke).