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Buyers will Leaf it alone

IT WOULD be nice to go green if it didn’t mean going deep into the red and getting a car that can’t be used on long journeys.Read

Right Royal indifference

I HAVE yet to receive my invitation to the Wedding of the Year.Read

Just another normal week

IT makes you proud to be British. The SAS storm into Libya in an operation that could have been organised by Captain Mainwaring of Dad’s Army.Read

Glad to see the back of those Sheilas

FOR years the car insurance industry has got away with discriminating against men drivers.Read

Reality show is so cruel

WOULD you be prepared to let potential new neighbours choose if you can move in? How much would you suck up to them to influence their decision? Read

Folk joins mainstream

HOW many folk musicians does it take to change a lightbulb?Read

Disabled badge blues

I OFTEN see cars without blue badges in parking bays meant for the disabled.Read

Forced into volunteering

COMING soon to a Jobcentre near you! No, not a job, don’t be daft, but the “opportunity” to work for nothing.Read

At risk of losing sense of humour

DID the Top Gear presenters really overstep the mark in their comments about Mexicans? Jeremy Clarkson and his co-accused Richard Hammond had a swipe at the country in last week’s show.Read

Braveheart or butcher

HISTORY, at least history seen through the eyes of Hollywood, is a funny old thing.Read

The ‘good’ side of tax increase

HAD to laugh when an email from a certain debt advice company dropped into my in-box.Read

Good riddance

THEY seek him here, they seek him there, but he is nowhere to be found.Read

Private power going too far

ARE security firms getting too big for their boots in the fight against crime?Read

Too many cops spoil the trust

BEEN thinking about the police after former Northumbria Police officer Stephen Mitchell was jailed for raping and sexually assaulting vulnerable women.Read

Response was just rubbish

FOR years I have done my bit for the sake of the planet.Read

Thanks a million, George

CHANCELLOR George Osborne says the VAT increase as fair.Read

Drugged up uni students

SPECIAL K. Not talking about King Kev, or the breakfast cereal, but the horse tranquilliser.Read

Metro quibbles

HAPPY birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Metro, happy birthday to you.Read

Fashion fascists

I’VE always regarded Asbos as a way for police and councils to throw their weight around without bothering with niceties such as a criminal conviction.Read

Parish on a power trip

WOULD you like to be ruled by Dibley Parish Council? No, seriously, would you? Because that, my friend, is the likely outcome in changes to local government.Read