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Excerpt: So the UK come’s out of Thursday’s election in a hung parliament and quite frankly, an embarrassment to the rest of the World.  Only the UK could have a ‘first past the post’ system, and we are now left with no-one running the Country!!  Maybe that’s a blessing in disguise!  In any other Democracy the winner when all the votes are counted would govern the Country, but hey ho, this is the UK. So when the dust settles, and I don’t mean the Volcanic Ash cloud that is still threatening the travel industry, we maybe left with a coalition Government between the…

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Excerpt: I work in travel, and yes, times are hard.  A few of my friends in the industry are worried whether they will make it through until Summer 2010. ….and now we hear that BA cabin crew are going to strike for 12 days over Christmas!!! Consumer confidence is at an all time low anyway.  ”Are flights protected should my airline go bust?”  and “Is my money safe if my travel agent ceases trading?” are just a few of the questions we get asked, week in week out. The Christmas holidays are a busy time for the travel industry and this is the last…

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