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Lindy McDowell
How the Chinese always make it a White Christmas
While the rest of us were going about our usual small scale climate change
recycling business this week — depositing a couple of pasta jars in the
bottle bank, knitting a jumper from plastic bags, watering the begonias with
used bathwater — China threw caution to the wind and struck a truly
thunderous blow against global warming
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Inside Lindy McDowell
Here’s another suggestion Caitriona, sort it out!
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
The latest twist in the academic selection debate seems to be a growing
consensus that while testing at 11 may be taboo, selection at 14 could be a
good thing.
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Is Lady Sylvia a stranger on the shore in party’s future vision?
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
It was the political equivalent of the Princess Diana-alone-at-the-Taj-Mahal
moment.
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How odious Griffin scored TV publicity coup
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
What next for Nick Griffin? A turn on Strictly Come Dancing?
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Beeb's silly ruling has no rhyme nor reason
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Maybe I was a particularly insensitive child. But I don't ever remember losing much sleep over the injuries sustained by one Mr H Dumpty following that infamous fall off the wall.
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Sammy should remember who pays expenses
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Sammy Wilson argues that it's only the media who are obsessed with MPs' expenses - and that we all need to move on.
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Gordon makes a boob over biscuit choice
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
It has been a week of mishaps.
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Is fame the real reason Barack won Nobel prize?
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
It's Bono I feel sorry for. The man must be gutted . . . For years now he's been selflessly circumnavigating the globe by private jet advising the rest of us how, by cutting back on our once-a-year no-frills, short-haul holiday flight, we might moderate our carbon footprint.
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Lap dancing girls get boys' vote - shock
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Has the voting public been unfairly prudish over Kandy Rain, the ex-lap dancers turned girl-band dismissed from the X Factor at the weekend?
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Why evil bomber still stalks Brighton
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Patrick Magee, the Brighton bomber, has been invited to Westminster to talk about forgiveness. Presumably, for his part, this will amount to him talking about his own struggle to forgive the victims of that outrage for occasionally invoking our sympathy.
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How young Tories make Gordon look old Labour
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
They say you know you're getting old when police officers start to look young. You know you're getting really old when Tory party conference delegates start to look young. Not necessarily younger than you.
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Taxi! This one's on the constabulary
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
I love the story about the police force in Norfolk that is planning to use taxpayers' money to fund late night taxis for drinkers in order to get them home with minimum hassle for the constabulary.
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Why Letterman was right to come clean over secrets of his dirty linen
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Startling showbiz revelation of the week - David Letterman (the married American chat show host who recently announced live on air that someone had been attempting to blackmail him over his affairs with employees) is said to have what's been described as a "secret bedroom" at his TV studio.
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Why it's a sticky time for parties at Stormont
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Have they had too many sweeties up at Stormont? According to the week's most bizarre research findings, children who guzzle on confectionery early in life are more likely to turn out argumentative, fractious adults.
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Will Chief Constable learn sad lesson?
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Chief Constable Matt Baggott takes up his new position in Northern Ireland with glowing praise for his promotion of "community policing."
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Polanski's tragic life no excuse for crime
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
After 31 years evading justice, an elderly self-confessed sex offender has finally been nicked. Cue wall-to-wall outrage in Luvviedom. How could the Swiss do such a thing to the poor man?!!
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Chris, these hard men wouldn't blub
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
American heavyweight boxer Chris Arreola is 6'4" of densely packed muscle. This week before the toughest of the world's tough guys - Arnie, Sylvester - he fought like a tiger for the heavyweight championship of the world.
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Gordon's political health is in terminal decline
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Amid all his many woes, Gordon Brown was questioned on TV at the weekend about whether he uses prescription drugs to stay on top of things.
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Why I feel prickly over Holly storm
Saturday, 26 September 2009
So who's side are you on? Arlene or Alesha? Holly or Fern? Cheryl or Dannii?
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Lindy McDowell: Why I feel prickly over Holly Willoughby storm
Saturday, 26 September 2009
So who’s side are you on? Arlene or Alesha? Holly or Fern? Cheryl or Dannii?
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Lindy McDowell: How crazed Gaddafi rant turned UN into a circus
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Colonel Gaddafi didn’t just turn this week’s meeting of the UN Security
Council into a circus - he even supplied the tent. Instead of checking out
the facilities at the local Hilton or Holiday Inn like anybody else, the
Colonel, on foreign assignment, famously prefers to pitch camp.
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