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Brown’s a fighter

GORDON Brown put thoughts of his own survival battle to one side yesterday to commemorate a far more significant one.Read

Two wrongs in this affair

VINCENT ANTIA, the estranged husband of a woman jailed for adultery along with her lover in Dubai, strikes me as a pathetic, lily-livered wimp of a man.Read

Labour’s veil needs lifting

I’VE always thought of myself as a Labour man. It’s to be expected given my upbringing . . . working class parents, council semi, local comp, pudding bowl haircut, bubble and squeak on Mondays. You get the picture.Read

Stringfellow’s no oil painting

THIS rather ugly painting failed to meet its £15,000 reserve price at an auction yesterday, let alone the £22,000 expected. I can’t say I’m surprised.Read

Prove to me there will be no fish!

I RECEIVED an interesting and slightly worrying email this week from the campaigners behind World Oceans Day.Read

It’s laughable . . but no joke

AS the scandal over MPs expenses rumbles on, a few late claims have been received.Read

Battling Joanna won the day with charm and grit

WHO wouldn’t be putty in Joanna Lumley’s fair hands?Read

Jacko oh so selfish

I LOVE to say I told you so! Back in March I predicted Michael Jackson would let down fans.Read

Target your anger

THE findings of a serious case review into the death of Baby Peter have a depressingly familiar ring.Read

Swine flu coverage outweighs TB which has higher death rate

WOULD it be uncharitable to suggest there are medical experts out there secretly hoping swine flu strikes with a vengeance in the autumn, just so they can turn around and say “told you so”?Read

Exact revenge at ballot box

THERE can’t be many sounds more satisfying than the tortured squeals of a gravy train grinding to a halt. Except maybe the rattle of a rolling head.Read

Lovley Whitley keep the puns at bay

SOMETIMES sports fans in the region are too obsessed with how our Premier League teams are doing when a glance over the elitest wall provides more satisfying views.Read

A tale of two artists

MORE years ago than I care to remember I did art lessons at school. It wasn’t that I had any talent, it was more the lack of talent I had for chemistry. Whichever you were worst at, you didn’t do. It was a close-run thing.Read

Pig sick of panic

JUDGING by the hype surrounding swine flu anyone would think we’re on the brink of Armageddon. Or should that be Ham-ageddon?Read

Thanks for the insult

IN a bizarre turn of events, it would appear Jonathan Ross lost three months wages for boosting Andrew Sachs’ profile!Read

Selfish about Maddy

I WAS sickened to read of how locals in Praia da Luz jeered Gerry McCann when he visited the Portuguese resort recently for the filming of a reconstruction of his daughter’s disappearance.Read

Plod’s lost plot

REMEMBER the raids on the homes of terror suspects earlier this month, brought hastily forward after anti-terrorism supremo Bob Quick unwittingly flashed details to Press photographers?Read

Tunnel vision to be admired

FAIR play to Newcastle City Council for its bold attempt to turn a dingy old tunnel into a tourists attraction.Read

No profit for robber Biggs

GREAT train robber Ronnie Biggs laughed in the face of the law, living in the lap of luxury in France, Australia and Rio de Janeiro on his ill-gotten gains.Read

Susan Boyle’s face is her fortune

THE whole Susan Boyle phenomenon has left me feeling slightly uncomfortable.Read

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