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Inside Columnists
I know who’s to blame for game ending
BBC Northern Ireland has served us well over the years I think. While other regions and networks can often appear amateur and provincial, the quality of its television programmes is usually of an impressively high standard on par with its national equivalents.
Big beasts prepare to battle it out in the survival of the fittest
It's nearly hibernation time for the folks on the hill at Stormont.

A hostage to misfortune during Cultural Revolution
Who remembers Anthony Grey? I do because while he was beginning his Calvary in Peking, I was covering the antics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution's men in London for the Sunday Express.
Why zealotry always leads to the slaughter of the innocents
God damn you if you show mercy to Palestinians. That was the message to members of the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) from Rabbi Avichai Rontzki last week.
Why new tests are just not the right answer to transfer puzzle
I remember the day I sat the first part of my 11-plus. I was thinking about it at the weekend watching TV footage of the class of 2009 exit their exam halls.

Ruane could give us all a lesson in snobbery with her class wars
Last week I wrote about a rather melancholy social trend whereby some young girls have babies in order to jump the queue on the social housing list.
You almost have to feel sorry for Gordon Brown
Now Gordon Brown's got the Sun against him, so every morning he gets up to see whether he's on their front page for losing everyone's money, or deliberately driving a caravan over a disabled child's tortoise or sneezing phlegm over the Crown Jewels or whatever they say he's done that day.
When politicians get theological we all lose faith
I may be an old cynic who’ll never get to heaven but I’ve a feeling an election is in the offing. Policies are being u-turned.

Putting our heroes first? Now you are speaking my language
Walcome tae the Scottish Pairlament. Ye hae mony weys tae mak yir views kent whan ye hae strang feelins aboot issues.
Grieving parents showed courage and love to let little Baby RB die
It is difficult to imagine the anguish that the parents of little RB, the baby who died at the weekend after he was taken off ventilation equipment in hospital, have gone through in recent months.
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