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Lily Allen to Newsnight: The 41 most annoying things in 2019

29 December 2019

9:00 PM

29 December 2019

9:00 PM

Lily Allen. Lights! Camera! Hanky! It’s been a vintage year for Twitter’s comedy genius.

The needy pub-bore grumblings of Tony Blair.

Ditto John Major.

Ant and Dec. Even after the drunken prang it’s impossible to tell them apart.

The panicky new jargon of weather forecasters, (old version in brackets). Flood warning. (Drizzle). Drought warning.

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