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Any answers? Nigel Farage accused the audience in the BBC opposition leaders’ debate of being left-wing. Need insulting an audience…
Campaign songs and the singers who wish they weren’t
Out of tune The use of a song, ‘Love Natural’ by the Crystal Fighters, at the launch of the Labour…
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Out of tune The use of a song, ‘Love Natural’ by the Crystal Fighters, at the launch of the Labour…
Do Scots really die that much younger?
The Scottish way of death Nicola Sturgeon said the SNP would block a rise in the state pension age on…
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The Scottish way of death Nicola Sturgeon said the SNP would block a rise in the state pension age on…
Could you afford to take a job with the royal family?
Royally paid Staff at Windsor Castle were balloted in strike action over pay. What can you earn in the royal…
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Royally paid Staff at Windsor Castle were balloted in strike action over pay. What can you earn in the royal…
A censored hymn to motorway misery
Service record The government is to form a design panel to improve motorway services stations. These have not always charmed…
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Service record The government is to form a design panel to improve motorway services stations. These have not always charmed…
How weird is it to have a second kitchen?
Cooking statistics Ed Miliband was photographed in a miserable kitchen, but it turned out to be only a snack preparation…
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Cooking statistics Ed Miliband was photographed in a miserable kitchen, but it turned out to be only a snack preparation…
How (not) to poison a dog
Deadly to dogs An Irish setter was allegedly poisoned at Crufts, using beef containing slug pellets. Some other substances with which dog-show rivals…
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Deadly to dogs An Irish setter was allegedly poisoned at Crufts, using beef containing slug pellets. Some other substances with which dog-show rivals…
The perils of planespotting
A dangerous hobby Three men from Greater Manchester were arrested and held in the UAE after being seen writing down…
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A dangerous hobby Three men from Greater Manchester were arrested and held in the UAE after being seen writing down…
Five more MPs making Malcolm Rifkind’s day rate
Golden league Some MPs who earn Sir Malcolm Rifkind’s rate of £5,000 a day: — Sir Tony Baldry (Banbury): £3,333…
Why did the House of Lords ever have a rifle range?
Gun lords The House of Lords shooting range is to be turned into a cupboard, having previously survived an attempt…
What Samsung’s new TVs owe to Jeremy Bentham
Watching brief Samsung warned users of its voice-activated televisions that what they said in front of the TV could be…
Would Jesse Boot have agreed with Stefano Pessina? (Clue: he called his employees ‘comrade’)
Right Boot, left Boot What would Jesse Boot, who built Britain’s largest chemist chain from his father’s herbal shops, made…
Female bishops are very, very old news
Female bishops The Reverend Libby Lane was ordained as Bishop of Stockport, the Church of England’s first female bishop. —…
The surprising truth about global inequality
Poor data Oxfam complained of an ‘inequality explosion’, citing an estimate that by next year 1 per cent of the…
Three people to ask about free speech in Britain
Not Charlie Some cases which make Britain a pretty poor champion of free speech: — In 2005 Bristol pub landlord…
Revealed: five British royals who definitely slept with underage girls
Teen queens The Duke of York denied allegations in court papers that he had had sexual relations with a girl…
Reasons for Ed Miliband to be cheerful (we had to stretch a bit)
Election omens Reasons for Ed Miliband to feel confident in 2015: — Only three parliaments since 1945 have run to…
100 years of Pyrex, processed cheese and nudes in movies
Marking a century Some things which celebrate their 100th birthday in 2015: 3-D films The first was shown at the…
