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What Gordon Ramsay’s wife should do over ‘mistress’

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:56:39 GMT

As more seedy claims about Gordon Ramsay’s cheating are made by his alleged mistress, I wonder if his wife Tana is now beginning to rue all those instant, hand in hand, ‘business as usual’ glued-on-smiles photocalls with her grinning husband?

Gail Walker: Say what you like, so long as you’re PC

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:49:28 GMT

It’s been a bad few days for free speech. First, we had the sacking of TalkSport DJ Jon Gaunt for calling a Tory councillor a “Nazi” and an “ignorant pig” during a discussion on a ban on smokers fostering children.

Executive must grasp the nettle

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:22:40 GMT

Yesterday it was the turn of Northern Ireland’s pensioners to demand that Executive ministers get back around the table and start tackling the economic crisis.

Why we don’t need Charles on Nolan show

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:19:32 GMT

Buoyed by an uplift in public support following his 60th birthday celebrations, Prince Charles is up to his old tricks again.

Why we’ve no chance of an Obama here

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:20:45 GMT

Barack Obama's election was, of course, an epoch-defining moment.

How our brave Eoghan Factors out the bullies

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 09:00:43 GMT

It’s no wonder that Eoghan Quigg has incurred the wrath of the Continuity IRA.

Has the Church lost the plot over babies’ graves?

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:33:10 GMT

Wasn’t the sight of protesting relatives of dead children at Belfast’s Milltown cemetery one of the most heartrending of the week?

What sort of Guy doesn’t want to be Mr Madonna?

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:01:23 GMT

Let’s get one thing straight: the Guy Ritchie/Madonna marriage was always a mis-match.

What’s so bad about Army’s fighting talk?

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:33:58 GMT

Captain Doug Beattie’s assertion that Col Tim Collins’s now famous eve-of-battle speech in Iraq actually had the effect of demoralising the troops should give cause for concern.

How we know Mandy can do the business

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:11:26 GMT

The return of Peter Mandelson to Gordon Brown's Cabinet — almost certainly as a Lord, no less, has been greeted with howls of derision, disbelief and contempt by the Press. The Return of Lord Sleaze, The Return of Lord Spin, and more sinisterly and magnificently, The Return of the Master of the Dark Arts, are just some of the headlines being bandied about.

Why that nice little earner is a fair cop

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:25:00 GMT

Really, why the smirks and faux outrage at the idea of our cops earning an honest crust?

Why JK Rowling must be brought to book for Tory tax rant

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:30:50 GMT

Remember Gordon Brown’s accession to the premiership? Blairite ‘Cool Britannia’ was out. No more ‘celebrity politics’, no more courting the rich and famous, no more spin and glitz. Just hard work, honesty and dour Scottish prudence.

A despicable Rose-tinted view of IRA

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:40:13 GMT

It's hard even to find words to adequately express disgust at Hollywood star Rose McGowan's tasteless “I would have joined the IRA” outburst. But let's have a crack at it anyway ...

Gail Walker: Why the sisterhood hates Sarah so much

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:40:20 GMT

Most female commentators this side of the Atlantic have run from Sarah Palin the way a moose would. They just can’t handle a woman of such power and charisma who simply doesn’t believe the ‘liberal’ truisms they’ve been parroting for years.

Gail Walker: Just what does Rose’s departure say about BBC?

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:54:09 GMT

Rose Neill’s abrupt and very mysterious departure from BBC NI last week raises more questions than answers. Once again, we struggle with the rationale as a face and voice beamed by the public service broadcaster into our homes daily for decades suddenly disappears as if kidnapped.

Gail Walker: Why Jade Goody isn’t that bad

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:23:27 GMT

Want to know how wretched one’s life can be? It’s confirmed you have cancer but everyone immediately by-passes concern and goes straight to suspecting the dark art of PR.

Gail Walker: Politicians shouldn’t go gunning for Tasers

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:19:50 GMT

Just sometimes, someone cuts through the political BS we are all in danger of drowning in.

Gail Walker: They’ll always be mean to Maggie Thatcher

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:17:57 GMT

Carol Thatcher has spoken for the first time about her mother’s ongoing struggle with dementia.

Gail Walker: Scientific proof Becks is no mug

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:13:21 GMT

According to reports, the relationship between the Cruises and the Beckhams is said to be cooling off because Posh and Becks just ain’t that interested in Tom’s Scientology.

Why we’re all still so hung up on Madonna

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:20:11 GMT

Nobody should be deluded that Madonna is just a pop star. Or that the vitriol poured on her by sections of the media as she turned 50 has to do with another superstar going off the boil. Or that she was simply being devoured by the beast that created her in the first place. So, some said she wasn’t wearing the best? That’s the usual misogyny.

Why Beijing really is one big turn off

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:43:26 GMT

Not that it will matter much in the great scheme of things, but I’m boycotting the Beijing Olympics. I’ve had a bellyful of despots and tyrants this year. From the Chinese themselves and their initial reluctance to let foreigners in to assist with their earthquake disaster, regarding outside aid as an admission of communist failure.

Odd, yes, but Barry George is no killer

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:05:57 GMT

Barry George is not the type of man any woman would feel comfortable with. A man who had been convicted of indecent assault and attempted rape. A serial stalker who habitually approached and harassed women. When police raided his squalid home they found rolls of film with images of 419 women he had secretly photographed.

Gail Walker: Odd, yes, but Barry George is no killer

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:05:57 GMT

Why Reg’s Tory talks are running on Empey

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:31:16 GMT

Good old Sir Reg. Always guaranteed to raise a chuckle, the UUP leader is going round floating the idea to his fellow turkeys that Christmas mightn’t be such a bad idea after all.

Why media row with Iris just doesn’t add up

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:30:02 GMT

Let’s get one thing straight — if I can still use that word without causing offence. Contrary to recent publicity in the wake — yet again — of comments from Iris Robinson on the BBC’s Nolan Show, it’s not actually ‘Christians’ who oppose abortion.