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Thursday July 16, 2009
They’re the biggest, meanest bunch of organised crooks from WC1 to N3. They go by the moniker of 'Camden Council'
We start with Scrabble. The Basiji scores 32, then I score 11,073
If our MPs are going to let us down, they could at least do it with a bit of style
The Portuguese dribbler extraordinaire reflects on Real Madrid's good fortune in buying him for £80 million
Our biscuits are sweeping the world - but are they being eaten properly?
Look at an MP's smile. Now cover the mouth. Scary
It's easy to refute the arguments of the animal rights lobby
My blood is boiling. How could he say that?
The Prime Minister's crazy plan to walk us home
We should be proud that we won't let this bigoted “shock jock” into the country
'Gurkhas, not burkhas,' I tell her, and I wave my little curved sword in a threatening manner
Did Orwell realise that swine flu came to Animal Farm?
A new TV programme that's like a music video with punching
The Prime Minister's handwriting brings untold problems
I'm confused. I feel there is some biological problem here
Let's send Miss Universe to more awful places in the world
The anti-capitalists owe us an apology. If they really saw it coming, they might have told us
The people at the top of religions don't seem, well, very competent
Don't get me started on drivers and pedestrians...
That photograph of you outside the White House illustrated a basic mistake
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