After the 2001 general election victory, New Labour felt confident enough to obliterate marriage from the official record. The term "marital status" suddenly ceased to appear on government forms, a seemingly innocuous move that went unnoticed at the time but has been full of consequence ever since. Thereafter, the British state no longer acknowledged the institution of marriage as being in any way different from other kinds of connection between couples.

4. We must not rush into appointing a new DG. If nothing structural at the BBC is changed, then nothing of substance will ever change. Someone like Mr Richards will take over, floating in from whatever quango they currently oversee, "lessons will be learned" and then life at BBC news will carry on as before.

4chan was launched on Oct 1, 2003, and was originally intended as a channel where manga and anime fans can post photos and start discussion.

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People are putting in place calls that the Fed may not taper until March, which is a significant change.