Every Christmas Day, the Queen takes to the Beeb to deliver a message to the nation. Every Christmas Day, Channel Four picks someone to deliver an alternative address for people who don't care what the Queen has to say. This year, it's Edward Snowden. I just plugged in my TV again.
Snowden to deliver alternative to the Queen's Christmas speech on Channel Four
How a banned rice cooker cost a Welsh university £264,442
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4chan's lawyer wrote a free speech bill for the UK
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4chan responded to a £520,000 UK fine with a hamster in a Godzilla suit
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