Hat tip to @peterevans10 for spotting this little gem earlier today:
Jeremy Hunt: A masterful performance
Clearly Mr Hunt, whose easily mispronounced name is so beloved of radio presenters, is to sport what Alan Johnson was to economics.
Ivan Lewis slams the BBC North “rebels”
Ivan Lewis despaired over his relocation to Hackney
BBC staff that refuse to move to the corporation’s new media centre in Salford should be ashamed of their “outdated prejudices, one-dimensional view of Britain and negativity about the north which belongs in the dark ages,” according to Ivan Lewis, the shadow culture secretary.
I had worried that some of those people didn’t want to move because of concern about the effect of the move on their children’s lives, or the impact on their spouse’s career or, you know, because they quite like their life and friends in London.
Turns out that they’re just selfish, metropolitan elitists with an ingrained hatred of the north. Glad that one’s been cleared up.
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Laurie Penny’s ego showing signs of “unsustainable growth”
Penny: Dangerously reactive
Laurie Penny’s sense of self-regard is showing signs of “unsustainable growth” and is in danger of overheating, new research claims.
Computer models show that if Penny’s ego is allowed to expand any further, the resultant bubble could plunge the UK back into recession and send the housing market into a tailspin.
The first warning signs appeared in May, when she penned an Evening Standard column so self-indulgent that the fabric of space-time was ripped open above London. Continue reading
Cheryl Cole: The nation’s favorite thug
Cheryl: Always looking on the bright side
So the Trainspotting curse strikes again. Cheryl Cole, darling of prime time Saturday night television – as once was Jim Davidson, for some perspective – has been felled in the final stages of her leap towards immortality.
Oh weep, Britain’s tabloid press! Your darling has been slighted by the fickle ears of the American masses. Like Brutus she stood before the mob, but her diction was as nothing to the eloquence of Paula Abdul’s Mark Antony (for X Factor watchers, that was a reference to Shakespeare, the bald chap found on many pub signs). Friends, Geordies, countrymen, lend her your tears.
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Dictionary entry of the day: Ryan Giggs
Dictionary entry of the day: Ryan Giggs \ŗǐÅʼn-Gï-ĠĠş\ (noun) – REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED REDACTED
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That Booze International apology in full…
Ladies and gentleman, after a thorough internal investigation in which at least four files were checked and two people questioned after work in the Hand in Till pub in Wapping, Booze International has found itself guilty of listening to the private voicemail of at least 8 people who we calculate have a definite chance of defeating our extremely expensive lawyers in court.
News of the World reporter Neville Thurlbeck arrested (and here’s a dirty little story about him…)
Neville Thurlbeck: Loves a bit of filth
The Guardian reports that News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck, along with former news editor Ian Edmondson, have been arrested as part of the investigation into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.
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