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January 2005 in Britain and Ireland
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==[[15 January]] [[2005]]==
* [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] [[Robert 
V. Jackson|Robert Jackson]], MP for [[Wantage]], [[Oxfordshire]], defects to the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] telling the [[Sunday Telegraph]] that [[Tony Blair]] rather than [[Michael Howard]] would be the best prime minister for the country. Jackson was Minister for Higher Education between [[1987]] and [[1990]] in the administration of [[Margaret Thatcher]]. The Conservatives attempt to discount the defection by saying that Jackson had already announced that he would not seek re-election at the next General Election. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4178309.stm (BBC)].
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==[[14 January]] [[2005]]==
* [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United football club]] are looking for the owner(s) of two [[goldfish]] found on their pitch following this week's flooding in the town when hundreds of houses were inundated. The one found in a goalmouth has been named "[[Billy the Fish]]" after the goalkeeping character in the comic "[[Viz (comic)|Viz]]". [http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4001785 (The Scotsman)]. 
==[[13 January]] [[2005]]==
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* New [[Chip and PIN]] legislation comes into effect today.  It makes retailers liable for fraudulent transactions if they have failed to sign up to the scheme. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4139211.stm (BBC)]

==Past British and Irish events by month==

[[2004 in the United Kingdom]]: [[December 2004 in Britain and Ireland|December]]

''(For earlier events in Britain and Ireland, see [[November 2004]] and preceding months)''