Olly's Onions: Fears that endorsement may damage Obama

Friday 11 January 2008

Fears that endorsement may damage Obama

Supporters of presidential hopeful Barack Obama fear that an endorsement by hopeless UK government minister David Lammy will do irreparable damage to his campaign.

In other news: John Kerry endorsement seals Clinton win.

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Martin Amis' original teeth to feature in new autobiographical novel
John Terry stripped of Dad of the Year gong; title awarded to runner-up Tiger Woods
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Lord Goldsmith: War was illegal right up to the moment it was legal
George Monbiot more of a dick than previously thought
UK election threat level raised to 'severe'
Brangelina split: Couple to get joint custody of Asia
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Tiger Woods' cock to confess all on Oprah
Guardian admits wanting to shag Damon Albarn
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BBC admits U2 are shit
Oliver Stone is "scapegoat" for Alexander
Fury as George Galloway deported back to UK
Big freeze: Fears grow for ex-cabinet ministers
Close result expected in Iceland referendum on whether to repay billions
James Corden: three more arrests
Griffin: Stop being racist against fascists
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Ashes: South Africa on verge of victory
Jack Tweed: Orgies help me get over whatsername
Mark Lester: Do you remember me? I was in Oliver! O-L-I-V-E-R-!
Cricket: Relief as England turn out to be shit after all
Nick Clegg: Do you want to see my cock?
Newly freed Ronnie Biggs "just looking" at train schedules
Swine flu website crashes after 9 million hits an hour from journalists
Swine flu: Pregnant women advised to avoid Andy Burnham
Swine flu: Enjoy your last moments says government advisor
Baron Cohen already planning next umlaut
Cameron apologises to gays, straights
Wimbledon: Scottish bloke through, name escapes me
Wimbledon: Henmania reaches fever pitch
Griffin: Stop being racist against fascists
Most of Michael Jackson dead - Reports
Boost for ink industry as MPs' expenses published
MPs go redact themselves
Polly Toynbee appointed to Iran's Guardian Council
Caroline Flint: Gordon Brown questioned my loyalty, the fucking bastard
Boost for egg trade as BNP takes seats in Euro election
Davina McCall appointed housing czar
Turns out Gordon Brown had Presbyterian upbringing
Jacqui Smith quits to spend more time with family's porn collection
Queen 'totally fucked off' with Britain's Got Talent result
Cameron calls for radical redistribution of platitudes
Sleaze: Ducks to have bills scrutinized
Errant Tory MPs to be exiled to Duck Island
Douglas Hogg quits to spend more time with his moat
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Man Utd on the brink of being even more annoying
Cameron orders review of second swimming pool allowance
Tory pledge: only MPs who already have a second home welcome on the front bench
Blears: You pay capital gains tax if you want to
Illuminati admit fixing Chelsea-Barcelona tie
Journalists horrified at expense claims
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Joey Barton to replace Damian McBride at No10
Congress agrees to extend Obama's first 100 days by four weeks
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Woman plucks eyebrows
Government to scrap Greek mythology
Pip squeaks as Cameron replies to Budget
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Tory smears: Dale, Fawkes sporting proud erections
Steven Gerrard's acquittal adjourned to July
Protocol breached as Obama gooses Prince Philip
Newcastle appoint fourth Messiah since beginning of season
Anti-Twitter protest turns violent
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Bankers secretly aroused by G20 riot threat
Jade to be given state funeral
Fritzl offers to spend life sentence in own dungeon
IMF warns that Robert Peston could drag on into next year
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Steve Rider's hair signs new contract with ITV
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George Monbiot attempts citizen's arrest on John Bolton's moustache
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Police carry out controlled explosion on John Humphreys
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Hillary to run against Gordon Brown; also considering trying out for Mayor of London and Britain's Got Talent.
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Mugabe concedes after poll humiliation
All football managers named Phil to be designated 'Big" from today
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Cherie Booth: That Tony Blair can kiss my arse, too
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Memoirs: Lord Levy to invoice Blair
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Mosley demands strict punishment from Formula One bosses
Heston's gun surprisingly easy to pry from cold, dead fingers
Nick Clegg: Do you want to see my cock?
Olympic Torch to claim political asylum
British Union of Formula One considers name change
Irish PM Aherne: I've enough money now, so I'll be off
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Mugabe delays announcement of his victory
Konnie Huq in Tibet peace talks
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Foul stench descends on Downing Street
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Diana verdict: Gross waste of time and money
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Daily Express apologises for own existence
Ashley Cole apologises for own existence
Also Sprach Zarathustra shoots up charts
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Darling: Heavy drinkers got us into this mess in the first place
Prostitute apologises to family over association with NY governor Eliot Spitzer
Budget: Planned 2p rise in duty on improbably dark eyebrows postponed until October
FA Cup to be renamed Autoglass Trophy
Eric Hall resigns from Obama campaign after "monster, monster" gaffe
Tories propose duty hike on alcopops; no news on Bollinger '61
Gary Gygax fails final saving throw
Lee Jasper resigns after leaked email exposes poor grasp of grammar
Autoerotic Asphyxiation Society announce "different kind of" plastic bag crackdown
Millions unhurt in earthquake
Castro retirement speech enters third day
Blonde woman not murdered by psychopath
Mitty set to testify at Diana inquest
Georgian tycoon death: anti-moustache activists questioned
Tie-dye t-shirt industry faces global slump after Camden fire
Heather Mills to sue remaining leg
Tory party to hand itself in at local police station
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Mitt Romney withdraws 'for the sake of the wallet I love'
Survey: Jack Straw really bugs a lot of people
Robbie Williams to be crushed and used for road surfacing in China
I love Liverpool says Ringo speaking from his Surrey mansion
Keegan looking forward to emotional resignation
Bill Clinton to Obama: "Your mama”
BA pilot critical of new third runway at Heathrow
Peter Hain takes up simple sword of truth and trusty shield of British fair play
Bobby Fischer: it's the Jews wot done 'im in
Tories: Our secret donations are less illegal than Labour's
Societe Generale trader was funding Hain's deputy leadership campaign
Iowa backs Huckabee after threats from Chuck Norris
Rott Mimney, or whatever, wins US election
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Romney: Nine wives for every voter
CBeebies abandons plans to screen Trainspotting
Ferguson gives Man Utd players day off from orgy training
God: I will not be voting Lib Dem at next election
Pop group to release record not sung in exaggerated regional accent
Tommy Sheridan swears on oath that he is not now nor has he ever been charged with perjury
Legendary pioneer of wife beating Ike Turner dies at 76
Elderly to be given more choice on when and where they are murdered in their own beds
UK's super-rich: Would they like a hand with anything?
Sudan accuses Turner Prize committee of "taking the piss"
Iranian intelligence: US stopped having credible military deterrent in 2003
Tommy Sheridan: I am working class and I have a cute two year old. How could you accuse me?
Gillian Gibbons wins Turner Prize
Cheney doctors shocked by heart discovery
David Cameron comes out against rape, no decision yet on murder
Emergency meeting of Cobra to discuss No.10 sandwich order
Lib Dems publish timetable for removal of next leader
Loss of benefit data including children's names & addresses - Father Christmas denies involvement
Sarkozy renames brioche "freedom buns"
McCartney-ex Heather demands William Blake retract 'Dark Satanic Mills' allegation
Simply Red pencil in money-spinning reunion tour for 2015
Lady Macca: My leg was abducted too
Sharp fall in Tory party membership applications by one-legged Lithuanian lesbians
Dumbledore is new frontrunner in Lib Dem leadership contest
Television programme "not completely made up"
Shadow Chancellor to change name again, this time to Garth
Nick Robinson diagnosed with Foot and Mouth, to be culled tomorrow
New calls for global boycott of John Pilger
Saudis to increase production of beard dye to 11m barrels a day
Postal workers accused of 'British practices' at Bilbao sorting office
Cheese-lover Lewis Hamilton to move to Switzerland
Nickname of next Lib Dem leader to be decided by One Member One Vote
David Cameron to recite Pi to 1000 decimal places
A-levels: Record number of newspaper pictures of attractive female students
Strong winds forecast for Marcel Marceau funeral
Next Bin Laden video to include director's commentary and alternate ending
Control orders to be imposed on all school caretakers
Jack Straw makes citizens arrest on four more cabinet members
Michael Fish: "But the dog ate my homework"
Mourinho "to appear to followers on the third day"
Socks the Blue Peter cat hires top QC
Cuddle Cat hires top QC
Outrage and disbelief as police accuse middle class couple
Faithful gather as Christ's face appears on Ming Campbell's scalp
Foot and Mouth lab leak: Police suspect evil scientist bent on world domination
Brown's first 100 days: Famine expected next Thursday
Rest of UK wants devolution for Edinburgh Festival
New Robin Williams movie: three more arrests
Stocks rise in opera themed puns
Actor "too funny" to be paedo
May: Fat bottomed girls ate my thesis
Ryanair to fly to Richistan from Luton
Bowser enters Big Brother house
Brown: five bowls of salty porridge a day for every child
Charles Kennedy to apply for astronaut training
Bowsers to compete in Crufts '08
Tour de France riders "more loaded than cabinet"
Home Office to re-classify cannabis once it has finished blazing a fat blunt
Ming Campbell wants Bowser to be Lib Dem candidate for London Mayor
Campbell diary: fists flew the day I ordered myself to resign
Planet "fucked" says Le Bon
Bin Laden's deputy receives honorary MBE; goes mental
Health institute NICE rejects provision of heavenly virgins on NHS
Gordon Brown to grant independence to Ed Balls
Terror alert downgraded from "Critical" to "Run, run for your lives"
House prices to increase exponentially says mathematician hired by Daily Express
Huge manhunt as BBC's Alan Johnston on the loose again
Al Qaeda condemns standards in science teaching
Duty free flaming sambucas banned at all Scottish airports
West End traffic wardens: we will not let terrorists destroy our way of life
Olympic Torch to claim political asylum
Karadzic's beard released without charge
Fury as conditions in Basra continue to improve
Mandelson returne to solve mortgage crisis
UK sold to private equity firm
Lord Ashcroft demands refund

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