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I think it would be much easier if we had to dial a special number to get an inside line - I hardly ever phone people inside (they're practically all in the same room after all) but whenever I go to phone Alex or anyone I hit the 0 at the start of the phone number and phone reception!

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Listening to the constant media coverage of the anniversary yesterday, I wonder what it's for. It all seemed rather unnecessary, an event that they're making a big fuss about so that in years to come they can put it on their CVs. It's not like we've forgotten any of it or they've got anything new to say - after all, they never shut up about it do they.

It sounds heartless, but honestly, I'm fed up of hearing about it and how it changed the world. To me the tragedy seems to be that it didn't change the world. A year later we're still worrying about American unilateralism and their dangerous Middle East policies. Americans now know that there are people out there who hate the USA but they still aren't interested in why or what they could do to change that. And over here, we're still frustrated by the fact that Tony Blair seems happy to just do what he's told instead of standing up to Bush - I suppose a relationship where they say "jump" and we say "how high" is special in a way. Where will we be a year from now I wonder?