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5th, January 2012 Key Posts

Rick Santorum's anal issue

Santorum's biggest claim to fame thus far is his association with an unpleasant by-product of anal sex... More »

5th, January 2012 Key Posts 7

The elite use Diane Abbott racist comments to divide and conquer the white working class

Diane Abbott MP says white people "love to play divide and rule". Abbott says this on twitter dying a chat with freelance journalist Bim Adewunmi about black teenager Stephen Lawrence and his racist murderers Gary Dobson, David Norris and whoever else still to be brought to book... More »

5th, January 2012 Technology

Ed Miliband look alike Shereef Abdallah upsets the twitter police

Abdallah is the pro Ed Miliband lookalike and scourge of twitter. Shaereef Abdallah once worked as a volunteer at Labour Mp Glenda Jackson's office and blogged for the Young Fabians, a Labour Party affiliate group... More »

5th, January 2012 Music

Solid Solid Crew were the biggest band of all time: 178 members

So Solid Crew once had 21 Seconds to Go. Then they went. But who were they?... More »

5th, January 2012 Reviews

Did Huang Guang poison Long Liyuan with a bad cat meat stew?

Long Liyuan is the billionaire who died on December 23 in what police suspect was very, very, very foul play... More »

5th, January 2012 Photojournalism 6

Photos of the day: The Kerry Katona monkey-alike

Photos of the day are presented by the Kerry Katona monkey-alike: More »

5th, January 2012 In Pictures

Comiket in photos

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4th, January 2012 Sports 1

Linesmen stretcher bearers sit on Confianca player's face

Useless stretcher-bearer video of the day features the two linesmen hauling off Confianca (Brazilian youth side) midfielder Arthur an giving the lad a face full of arse… More »

4th, January 2012 Celebrities

Sinead O'Connor has yam sex with 'nine other than her husband'

O'Connor, who lost her new yam-dimensioned husband, Barry Herridge, in a search for marijuana has found him once more... More »

4th, January 2012 In Pictures

Iron Lady Premiere photos

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4th, January 2012 Sports

Half of synchronised swimming ticket holders delighted with cock up

Those of you who opted for the ping-pong over the synchronised swimming may be kicking yourselves… More »

4th, January 2012 Celebrities

Is Angelina Jolie carrying Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt's baby? (Photos)

Deep within the wombs of Jennifer Aniston and Angelina Jolie, where tabloid fiction and fact merge to create new lifeforms, twins are brewing. The National Enquirer says Jennifer Aniston is pregnant with twins. It asks: "Is Brad the father?"... More »

4th, January 2012 Celebrities 1

Mariah Carey hogs illness limelight of ailing husband Nick Cannon

The shock of Mariah Carey being seen in hospital was one thing, but what really surprised us was that she was so willing to bask in the reflected glory of her ailing husband... More »

4th, January 2012 Key Posts 12

Liverpool's Luis Suarez is Manchester United fan who just needs to apologise

Here's a thought for Liverpool's Luis Suarez: why not just say sorry? Why not just sorry to Manchester United's Patrice Evra for racially abusing him?.. More »

4th, January 2012 Money 2

Milton Friedman was right about the euro you know

Friedman was not right about everything, certainly, but there was much more to his views than just that the working class should have their faces ground in the dust and the 1% should be allowed to enjoy ever rising profits without hindrance... More »

4th, January 2012 Film 1

Margaret Thatcher's family decline red carpet of Iron Lady

The new Meryl Streep flick about Margaret Thatcher - Iron Lady - is almost certainly going to ruffle some feathers, not least with Thatcher's own family who have rejected an invitation to see the movie at a public screening... More »

4th, January 2012 Key Posts

Poppy Burge, age 7, gets £6000 liposuction treatment as Christmas present from mum Sarah

Sarah Burge has given her daughter Poppy Burge a £7,000 liposuction voucher, redeemable whenever Poppy gets fat or, indeed, wants to help out a fat person. More »

4th, January 2012 Sports

Weymouth Olympic Tower photos

YOU are viewing the big hole in the ground which will become the Weymouth Sea Life Tower... More »

4th, January 2012 Reviews 2

Stephen Lawrence: David Norris jailed min term imposed of 14 years 3 months

Lawrence murderer David Norris has been sentenced to a minimum 14 years and 3 months prison... More »

4th, January 2012 Key Posts

Stephen Lawrence: it was the Daily Mail wot won it

I was working on Fleet Street at the time. I loved the headline and the story. It was like a injection of energy. The Stephen Lawrence story had made blood boil... More »

4th, January 2012 Technology 1

Floren Blake born five years after her win Reuben

Floren and Reuben were conceived from the same batch of five embryos created by their parents Simon and Jody Blake... More »

4th, January 2012 Reviews

Victim hired burglar to repair wall he'd broken in through

When Patterson hit the Nina Store on Stockport Road, Levenshulme, he nicked cash and a laptop. He then came back and offered store owner Ezekiel Sagary, 71, the option of repairing the wall... More »

4th, January 2012 Photojournalism

Photos of The Day: the Hooters Girls shag no evil

Photos of The Day are presented by: the Taliban Glee Club; the mattress of wonder; graffiti pubes; close up TV news; the Hooters girls monkeying around; and weeds for modesty… More »

4th, January 2012 Sports

Alternative Olympic Sports: belly spoon racing

Before Graham introduces the Grand Fational, a few rules... More »

4th, January 2012 Photojournalism

Five WTF signs of the day

All aboard the Sad Travel bus... More »