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Harassment At The Halifax

BANKS – helpful institutions which keep your money safe or ‘legitimate’ cartels that fleece you for every penny they can get? Who are we to say?

Anyway, the banking industry is … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment (1)

Road Pricing Targets 4x4s

THE ubiquitous 4×4 may give its owner a sense of prestige as they look down from on high at the great unwashed beneath the wheels, but these heavy-duty Chelsea Tractors … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Mark McGowan Eats Queen Elizabeth’s Dog

“I’M raising awareness at the inability of the RSPCA to prosecute Prince Philip and his friends for shooting a fox this year. It was left to fight for life for … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, May 2007 | In: Strange But True | Comments (4)

Wasting Police Time: Watching The Burglars (Video)

IF you can read this then you are overqualified to join the police force.

Of course not all police are flat of foot and thick of head. Just these ones filmed … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

I Love You Guys: Celebrities, Fans And Tad Kubler

CELEBRITIES giving the fans what they want like Hold Steady’s Tad Kubler.

Quote: “Kubler regards fan interaction as an obligation that is cultural, almost ethical.” Writer Clive Thompson in … (read more)

Posted: 23rd, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Getting Shopped Online At Work

WHERE would we be without the internet?

Well, probably still here, although not reading this, obviously.

Instead we’d be far more bored, twiddling our thumbs and firing rubber bands at the geek … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

OAPs Get A Second Life

AGEISTS all over the Britain can no longer bemoan the nation’s old folk and pose the question: “Just what do they contribute?”

The old dears contribute a whopping £59 billion … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Money Growing On Trees At Chelsea Flower Show

THE housing market may well be showing signs of cooling, but when it comes to gardens the price of that little piece of outdoor heaven continues to go through the … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comments (2)

A Messy Desk Is A Sign…Al Gore’s Office

A PICTURE of Al Gore’s office appears in Time magazine. Yes. He wears a suit jacket at home…

… (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Katee Holmes: A Porno Tribute To Katie Holmes

POOR Katie Holmes. First Tom. Then Scientology. And now the ultimate insult. Porn.

Not that Katie is stripping off. Oh no. Instead her name has been commandeered by an 18-year-old aspiring … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (11)

Hello Sailor: Gays In The Military Help Morale

IN Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition: English Sea Rovers in the Seventeenth-Century Caribbean, historian B. R. Burg investigates the social and sexual world of men on the ocean wave.

Homosexuality on … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

John Kerry’s Hair Has Nothing To Do With Him

PRESIDENTIAL hopeful John Edwards is talking about his hair. Can you see the zip? And was the $400 it cost to cut the actual prize of taming the animal and … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

Ron Paul Unites 100 Per Cent Of The Electorate

PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Ron Paul is on course to achieve what only Saddam Hussein thought possible – 100 per cent of the vote. Problem is that unlike Saddam, 100 per cent … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

The Cutty Sark For Tea And Country

THE Cutty Sark, that tea-ferrying pearl of Britain’s trading empire, is burnt.

Tristram Hunt salutes the “Ferrari of the High Seas”:
But the Cutty Sark was really about free trade. The tea … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment

Raspberry Ripple: Nikki Grahame’s New Breasts

NIKKI Grahame, the Big Brother star with the Vanessa Feltz disorder, has equipped herself with new primary sexual characteristics.

“I never liked the shape,” says Nikki of her new £5,500 breasts. … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comments (2)

Camilla Will Never Be Queen Nor Princess Of Hearts

THE debate on whether Prince Charles should be King has shifted and readers are now asked to contemplate the full majesty of Queen Camilla.

Of course, before we go on we … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Royal Family | Comments (23)

Madeleine McCann: The Great War On Paedos

“SURROUNDED by a mass of yellow ribbons, he kneels alone with his thoughts and reads the countless messages from well-wishers.”

Of course, Gerry McCann is not alone, not even in the … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (76)

Robert Murat: The New OJ Simpson

ROBERT Murat remains suspect No.1 in the case of Madeleine McCann. The story with tears, mystery and suspense is on the Express’s front page.

And the paper has a question: … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (12)

City Bends To Flexible Working Hours: Home Office Free iPods

THE high-pressure world of the City is finally grasping the concept of work-life balance. (Pic: Bo Beau D’Or)

According to a new report by the campaign group Working Families, more and … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

The £8,000 Fraud Of The Dance

AUDACITY is a word that springs to mind in the case of cheating dancer John Dennis.

According to the Mirror, the 47-year-old continued to claim £8,000 in disability benefits while … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment (1)

Marks And Spencer’s Ethics And Sell-By Dates

IN a bid encourage its customers to go green, Marks & Spencer is to start charging for plastic bags.

The new scheme, starting in the summer, is being trialled at 14 … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

The King Of Torquay: Leroy Rosenior’s Ten Minute Teaser

MAGIC hats off to Leroy Rosenior. The former West ham and Fulham player has just been made manager of Torquay United.

Journalists are at the press conference. Rosenior is paraded before … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Back pages | Comment

Peter Hain Targets City Fat Cats

PERMA-TANNED Welsh Secretary Peter Hain launched his Labour deputy leadership tilt by declaring war on the City. (Pic: The Spine)

The apartheid-activist turned Iraq War apologist wants the enormous bonuses paid … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Consumers Wising Up As Housing Market Cools

ARE British consumers starting to take care of their finances after a long period of mindless money mismanagement?

According to a new report by the Building Societies Association, mortgage approvals fell … (read more)

Posted: 22nd, May 2007 | In: Money | Comment

Rubert Murcoh, The Chinese Diplomat And Fixing Page Six

DESPITE being able to afford the best PR in the world, billionaire Rupert Murdoch has a pretty poor image. But the last place you would expect to see negative press … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

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