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Thursday
Breaks
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Cottage
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Fruit
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‘It says here you work part-time as an artist’s model...’
Digital
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‘We’ll be buggered once everything is digital.’
Journalists
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‘Oh no! The place is swarming with journalists.’
Verdict
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Tramp
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‘If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears, does it make a sound?’
Dwarf
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‘Paper, glass, cans, food, plastic, cardboard and non-recyclables.’
Letters | 28 February 2013
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Healing the world Sir: We most warmly commend the courage of Professor Meirion Thomas (‘The next NHS scandal’, 23 February) in lifting the lid on the appalling abuse of the NHS by foreign visitors. It has been going on for years but has been covered up by the culture of fear that has pervaded that
Portrait of the week | 28 February 2013
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Home Moody’s reduced Britain’s credit rating from AAA to AA1. George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, said: ‘Far from weakening our resolve to deliver our economic recovery plan, this decision redoubles it.’ Sir Mervyn King, the governor of the bank of England, was outvoted on its Monetary Policy Committee when he proposed more quantitative
Little Britain
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The foreign news pages read increasingly like some terrible satire on western military decline. Two years ago French and British forces, with the help of the US Navy, managed to help Libyan rebels topple Colonel Gaddafi. This year, the French needed British support to go to war against some tribesmen in Mali. It was a
Barometer | 28 February 2013
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Political joke The Five Star Movement, led by comedian Beppe Grillo, won 26% of the vote in the Italian general election. Comedian John O’Farrell competed as Labour’s candidate in the Eastleigh by-election. Some other comedians who have won office: — Jon Gnarr won Reykjavik’s mayoral election in 2010 with 35% of the vote, on a
Books and Arts – 28 February 2013
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Dealing with ‘inappropriate behaviour’
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How should you deal with lechery? In this week’s Spectator, Rod Liddle and Hugo Rifkind detail two instances of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ they either watched or, in Hugo’s case, personally encountered. Rod describes the vocal response of one BBC production assistant to the appearance of a ‘well-lubricated’ reporter’s hand on her inner thigh. He argues that
Wednesday
Exclusive: Clegg ignored a sexual harassment complaint about a SECOND Lib Dem
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In this week’s Spectator, Julie Bindel explores the culture of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ in Parliament. Her piece, “Carry on Westminster”, makes a number of revelations about the way parliamentarians behave towards women in the Westminster village, including the following: Nick Clegg was given a written complaint in March 2011 about Mike Hancock, Lib Dem MP for
Saturday
Pistorius trial: key facts on guns in South Africa
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Oscar Pistorius has now been granted bail ahead of his trial in June. His case has raised many basic questions abroad, such as: is it normal for South Africans to have loaded guns on hand? And is it a defence to say that you killed someone because you thought they were someone else? There’s a
Thursday
Coffee
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Train
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‘But if you want a cheaper day return to Crewe, try nudging the lemon but hold the cherry...’
Ipad
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‘For the purpose of recognition, your contact will be reading a copy of the Times on his iPad.’