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Card-i-cature a week… Week 45 – General Pervez Musharraf (the Eight of Spades)

Alex — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:41:00 +0000

Week 45 – and General Pervez Musharraf, who siezed power in a military coup in Pakistan in 1999, but yet is still an ally in the War on Terror, was in the news this week for declaring emergency rule in Pakistan, imposing a State of Emergency, suspending the Constitution, firing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, postponing next years presidential elections and putting rival and former president Benazir Bhutto under house arrest.

Edit (27 Dec 2007): Small change as I realised I’d included two Ace of Spades, and no Eight. Remedied now.

Card-i-cature a week… Week 21 – David Cameron

Alex — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:13:00 +0000

Week 21 – This week* Eton Educated Tory leader David Cameron announced that the Conservative party was to drop it’s commitment to grammar schools, a move which upset a lot of the old guard…

* Ok, so this is a week late… been a bit busy, so I’m running behind, sorry.

Card-i-cature a week… Week 17 – Phil Spector (the 8 of Diamonds)

Alex — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 15:11:00 +0000

Week 18, and this week it’s the legendary creator of the Wall of Sound and gun nut Phil Spector. The court case in which he is accused of the murder of actor Lana Clarkson opened this week in Los Angeles.

Card-i-cature a week… week 16 – Prince William (the 8 of Clubs)

Alex — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:04:00 +0000

Lock up your daughters! Newly single Prince William, following his split from Kate Middleton, is back on the market…