Books and Arts – 7 November 2013
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The Spectator
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Ed Miliband’s speech on ‘dealing with the cost of living crisis’: full text
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It is great to be here in Battersea with you today. Last Friday, I was in my constituency, at the local Citizens Advice Bureau. And I talked to some people who had been preyed upon by payday lenders. There was a woman there in floods of tears. She was in work. But she took out
Thursday
Pestcontrol
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‘Well, I’ve assessed the property and it’s not going to be cheap’
Cats
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‘They’re much funnier on the internet’
Drama
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Teeth
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‘I’m coming out — I want the world to know...’
Panda
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‘My wife and I are having trouble conceiving.’
Lions 2
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‘I thought you said lions didn’t climb trees.’
Death 3
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‘Before you take me away I just want to update my profile picture.’
Oliver
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‘Quick, turn it over. I only have to look at Jamie Oliver and I pile on the pounds.’
Fawkes
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Staring
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‘I wasn’t staring at you — I was staring through you!’
Guru
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‘If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it still end up on Twitter?’
Listening
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Morrissey
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‘I’m all for HS2 if it gets Morrissey sent back to Manchester quicker.’
Lobbyists
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‘How did your meeting with the lobbyists go?’
Snoopy
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Sacrifices
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‘What’s the problem? We told you when you started that you’d have to make some sacrifices.’
Fireworks
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‘Could you turn the fireworks up? We can still hear The X Factor.’
Letters | 31 October 2013
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Not fair on cops Sir: Nick Cohen (‘PCs gone mad’, 26 October) claims that the police are deliberately attacking the press and fundamental liberties because, in light of the overall reduction in crime, they are now underemployed and ‘many are surplus to requirements’. This is an inventive conspiracy theory by any standards, but lacking any link