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You Chance To Make David Cameron’s Webcameron

WANT to spend your life sat in David Cameron’s kitchen filming the Conservative leader as he dries the dishes with compassion, unpacks a wind turbine and suggstively empties the dishwasher a la … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Gordon Brown For Lord Protectorate: Who Voted

NOT everyone in the Labour Party wants Gordon Brown to the leader. The Croydonian has the list of how the MPs voted.

Exciting izzzzzn’t it………. … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


When We Were Young: Pete Doherty Queues For Oasis

HAVING scored the winning goal at the Celebrity Soccer Six tournament, Pete Doherty pretended to snort the white lines on the pitch. That’s one for the watching kiddies.

As is this, … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (3)


Britney Spears Gets Leathered On Plane

BRITNEY Spears has done untold harm to bald men. Before Britney, the shaven headed look was cool. Then she made it into a thing of madness.

Now Britney is on a … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (3)


An Inconvenient Truth: Educator Al Gore Gets It Wrong

AN Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s homage to powerpoint presentations, has been held up as the wake-up call to the world. Global warming is coming. Have you seen the film? The … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (2)


Is Britain Turning Into A Police State?

ARE we sleepwalking into an Orwellian state? Dizzy wonders:

IF this morning’s Times is correct then we about to see yet another tiny step forward in our ever increasing sleepwalk into an … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Conrad Black On Presidents

CONRAD BLack, the former chief executive of Hollinger International, a man facing charges of fraud and racketeering, has written a book.

Can you guess the tome’s subject?
His achievements had been great. … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Paul Wolfowitz Resigns And Corruption Is At An End

CHRISTOPHER B. Burnham, who became under secretary general for management at the United Nations in 2005, wonders if Paul Wolfowitz’s resignation from the World Bank means an end to the … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Madeleine McCann: Robert Murat And Genero Acosta Gonzalez

ANORAK’S man in Portugal says police are looking for Genaro Acosta Gonzalez in the Madeleine McCann case.This is news?

Writes Paulo Reis:
Portuguese police is looking for a man named Genaro Acosta … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (7)


Madeleine McCann: Silence And Losing Interest

MADELEINE McCann is missing. And the papers are losing interest.

This is not to say there is no news. Far from it. The Sun tells us on its front page that … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (89)


Miss Great Britain: The Wag Factor

NO small thrills in the world of the Wag as Miss Great Britain looms.

As the Star reports, the contest will feature Michelle Marsh, fiancée to Oldham Athletic “star” Will Haining. … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Back pages | Comments (2)


Big Brother Call Centre Scam

BIG Brother is a fix!

No, not in the way you think. The show will not be embroiled in a scandal in which an evicted housemate will be allowed to re-enter … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comment


Big Brother’s Danielle Lloyd Escapes

BIG Brother’s Danielle Lloyd is excited.

Dressed in a white bikini, Danielle tells Star readers: “It’s absolutely stunning, so I have everything crossed that it ends up being mine.”

“It” is not … (read more)

Posted: 21st, May 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comment


Richard Branson On Big Brother

VIRGIN Media sponsors Big Brother 8. And the company’s boss, Richard Branson, is going to arrive on the show for a special guest appearance.

A show source tells the Star: “What … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comment


Anorak’s Sunday Supplement – Rolling News

PRINCE Harry is going to war. And the cunning plan to slaughter the enemy is very much on. Says the NOTW:
A close friend revealed: “Harry would do anything to … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Tony Blair’s Chief Of Staff And The Arms Trade

TONY Blair is going. And his Chief of Staff Jonathan Powell may be in trouble.

Dizzy writes:
According this morning Sunday Times, Tony Blair’s Chief of Staff Jonathan Powell may be in … (read more)

Posted: 20th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


George Bush’s America Creates A New City In Iraq

AMERICA will leave Iraq when the Iraqis are able to stand on their own feet. But what does George Bush mean by leave?

The new U.S. Embassy in Baghdad will be … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Jordan & Peter Andre’s Harvey Speaks Out (Video)

HARVEY Andre, son to Katie Andre and Peter Andre is talking.

Harvey shows us that being reared by a couple of gigantic Jordans – and being the son of a Premiership … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment


Victoria Beckham’s Rough Diamond

VICTORIA Beckham has found a way to stop people from commenting on her face. Anorak shies away from gratuitous shots of celebrity excess. But you have got to see … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


Live Earth: Turn Global Warming Up To 11

LIVE Earth! Rock the, er, rock! All the great and good will be plugging into the sound system to sing for Mother Earth. (Picture: The Spine)
Al Gore, a man undone … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (3)


Virginia Tech: Guns Don’t Kill People…Mums Do

THE gun debate in America never really gets off the ground. After Virginia Tec, there has been lots of hot air and nodding heads but no sign of a change … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)


Find Madeleine McCann: Bring Madeleine Home

“SICK web hijackers cash in on Madeleine,” says the Mail’s front-page headline.

“The desperate search for Madeleine McCann has been hijacked by conmen cashing in on her family’s heartache,” says the … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (107)


Big Brother 8’s Sex Chimp

THIS year’s Big Brother will feature a…

Ok. To make it even more exciting, we’ll let the audience participate.

This year’s Big Brother will feature:
a) An orange bigot with nipples adapted to … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2007 | In: Celebrities | Comments (6)


Madeleine McCann: Introducing Amelie And The Maddie Catty

WITH Madeleine McCann missing – still missing – the papers discover a new angle of investigation: her sister.

“MADDIE COME HOME,” says the Sun’s headline. “Tot hugs Maddie’s cuddle cat.” And … (read more)

Posted: 19th, May 2007 | In: Tabloids | Comments (70)


Gay-Bashing Westboro Church Sings God Hates The World (Video)

THE gay-bashing Westboro Baptist Church has found a novel way of pissing off America.

Not content with picketing soldiers’ funerals with banners claiming their deaths are god’s punishment for tolerating homosexuality, … (read more)

Posted: 18th, May 2007 | In: Reviews | Comments (9)