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March 2, 2019

Bridge too far…

Now this is just plain weird. The world’s number 1 bridge player, Geir Helgemo, has had sanctions against him by the Word Bridge Federation. For failing a drug test. A bridge player. Not only that but the ‘banned substances’ were in fact testosterone and a female fertility drug. Testosterone is great if you’re a weight – Read More-

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March 1, 2019

Everybody hurts…

Why does it hurt so much? But like really hurt? For a male Spurs fan, losing at Chelsea hurts more than childbirth. More than toothache. More than having your spleen removed without anaesthetic. Because the pain doesn’t end with ‘a procedure’, it essentially starts when the procedure is finished. That moment when hope is extinguished, – Read More-

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February 28, 2019

Too far…

BMW are big in electric cars. They’re right up there with all the major players, more so than normal rivals Mercedes and Audi who are only toying with the concept currently, which may affect their standing over the next 10 years of ‘the revolution’. And from 2021, BMW are putting ‘gaze recognition’ in all their – Read More-

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February 27, 2019

Say and do…

You gotta love Jeremy Corbyn. On Monday he says how he needs to rebuild trust and relationships with the Jewish community and on Tuesday he opposes the move to ban Hezbollah as a terrorist organisation. Though as Corbyn has previously described the Iranian-backed Shi’a group as ‘his friends’, you can’t fault him for consistency. Yet – Read More-

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February 26, 2019

Diversity…

We all love The Oscars. Don’t we? We all stay up all night long to enjoy the wonderful spectacle and razzmatazz, see the dresses, hear the speeches, roll around in hysterics at the compare for the night. If they can find one. Actually, we don’t. Well I don’t. I love movies but have never found – Read More-

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February 25, 2019

And the Oscar goes to…

Have you ever done a ‘speed awareness course’? If you answer ‘no’ then you’re either an overseas person or not a real person. I don’ think they have such things in foreign lands. In America you get fined for speeding. There’s never a question there of taking away the right to drive any more than – Read More-

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February 24, 2019

New-kip…

The political spectrum is changing. Well, not changing, it can’t really change, just the whereabouts of the various party positions upon it. Labour shifted to the left. The process started with ‘Little Tosser’, who used the professional name of ‘Ed Milliband’. Who took Blair’s 40% to the left, and Brown’s 50%, and moved it to – Read More-

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February 23, 2019

Spendthrift…

Chelsea football club have been banned from the football transfer market for a year. By FIFA, the world’s highest authority in the sport. For ‘impropriety’ in the contracts of 29 junior players. Which is a bit like the Pope de-frocking a cardinal for sexual offences. But this is a good thing as clubs generally ignore – Read More-

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February 22, 2019

Worrying…

The whole world is talking about jihadi brides returning. Well, my whole world is. That’s me, Mel, The Times, the News, Question Time and Lila. And on the radio too. Not radio two, but The radio, TOO. In fact on LBC. The phone-ins have been talking about pretty much nothing else since Shamima was ‘found’ – Read More-

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February 21, 2019

Lila time…

They’re back. Liladays. They went away due to staff issues, but they’re now resolved so we’re back on track. And the ‘full thing’. Wednesday night sleepover running seamlessly into Liladay. Brilliant. Though ‘sleepover’ implies, errrr, ‘sleeping’ and I don’t wish to convey the image of… of… of sleep. Sleepover is what it should be. Lila – Read More-

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