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14th, October 2011 Politicians

Amnesty Internation Wants George Dubya Arrested

DUBYA! What a guy! The most comedic world leader in years! Nearly as funny as that Ronald Reagan guy! Of course, the fundamental difference between George W. Bush and Ronnie is that Dubya is being harangued by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, while Ron is... well... dead.... More »

14th, October 2011 Flashback 4

On This Day In Photos: Cecil Parkinson And The Sara Keays Affair

October 14, 2011 - Married Cecil Parkinson, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet, resigned in reaction to the furore surrounding the news of his 12-year affair with his secretary Sara Keays... More »

14th, October 2011 Reviews 2

Daily Mail Reporter Covers The Neaden Fire Victims: Gets Three Names Wrong

The Daily Mail is the paper of record. When a fire ripped through a Neasden home in September 2011, Muna Elmufatish, 41, her three daughters Hanin, 14, Basma, 13 Yehya, two, and two sons Amal, nine, Mustafa, five, died, the paper reacted quickly... More »

14th, October 2011 Politicians 1

Adam Werritty: Special Advisor To Tory Backbencher Dr Liam Fox

Foxy Foxy has resigned.... More »

14th, October 2011 Reviews

Is The Observer The World's Sexiest Newspaper?

If you could shag any news organ... More »

14th, October 2011 Politicians

Edwina Currie Recalls Horizontal Dancing With John Major

Currie has been reliving her glory days on Strictly Come Dancing... More »

14th, October 2011 Money

Google's Tax Dodging Ways Explained

Something's going on, obviously. What is actually going on is technically complex but can be, at the risk of losing a bit of detail, explained simply enough. There's essentially two rules you need to understand... More »

14th, October 2011 Technology 1

New Electricity Pylon Unveiled

The old stiff overcoat electricity pylons are to be replaced by a more trendy cropped T-shirt style... More »

14th, October 2011 Key Posts 4

On The Daily Express' Xenophobia, Jani-King, Racism And Anti-Immigration Henry Smith MP

"WORKERS ARE FIRED FOR BEING BRITISH." So declares the Daily Express' front-page headline... More »

14th, October 2011 Gifs

Gifs Of The Day: Kick The Ruddy Ball Already Cat Boy

Brilliant. All of them brilliant... More »

14th, October 2011 Reviews 2

Sadist Rasaan Zawadi Stars In Most Depressing Video Ever

To Sacramento, where three men are taunting a woman. One films the larks... More »

14th, October 2011 Money

Yes, We Are Trying To Solve the Too Damn High Rents

Necessary here to have a little look at why housing in the UK is so damn expensive, either to buy or to rent. You can build a nice three bedroom house for about £120,000 these days. Go industrial building, prefab the things in factories, and you can halve that at least... More »

14th, October 2011 Key Posts

Photos Of The Day: Meanwhile In London

More fantastic photos to brighten your lives... More »

14th, October 2011 Technology

I-Tomb: An FT Apology To Steve Jobs

"Clarification: Steve Jobs. Gillian Tett's column in the FT Weekend Magazine about the new virtual cemetery website, I-Tomb..." More »

14th, October 2011 Key Posts 10

The Simple Pleasure Of Ruining Amanda Knox's Life In The Daily Mail

Amanda Knox: "Sweet taste of freedom for Foxy," declares the Daily Mail on its cover. The paper continues to shine a bright light on an innocent woman. The photo is captioned: "A simple pleasures: Amanda Knox out buying some chocolate and toothpaste near her US home"... More »

14th, October 2011 Reviews

Alleged Robber Martin Joseph Reilly's Cunning Use Of Disguise

Police are seeking to speak with Martin Joseph Reilly, 53, in light of armed raids on bookmakers in Sussex, Hampshire, Surrey, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Essex and London... More »

14th, October 2011 TV & Radio

In Which A Bloody-Minded Duck Crosses The Road (Video)

I say. I say. I say.... More »

14th, October 2011 Key Posts 3

Police Tell Girls To Told To Stop Wearing Pervert-Attracting School Uniforms In Public

Schoolgirls have been advised not to wear their uniforms on the Tornto subway. A man has been looking up their skirts. So. It follows that the girls should change their behaviour... More »

13th, October 2011 Celebrities

Brown Nosing Hilary Swank Regrets Doing Her Research On President Ramzan Kadyrov

A few days on from Hilary Swank being pilloried in the media for jetting off to Chechnya to see President Ramzan Kadyrov , she apologises for her lack of foresight... More »

13th, October 2011 Sports

Will Wayne Rooney Miss Out On Lap Dancer Pilgrimage To Poland And Ukraine

Hard luck on Wayne Rooney to be banned from the first three matches of England's Euro 2012 campaign in Poland and the Ukraine. It's not often a football has the chance to go to the home of lap-dancers... More »

13th, October 2011 Sports

Super Flyweight Prizefighter At Liverpool Olympia: Boxing Photos

No one said it would be easy: the Super Flyweight Prizefighter at Liverpool Olympia was brutal. Ryan Farrag's face tells a story... More »

13th, October 2011 Key Posts 1

Natasha Giggs, Stacey Giggs And Rovers' Ryan Giggs Caught In Coronation Street Scrap

FIGHT! The Sun leads with news that Manchester United's honourable Ryan Giggs (if only everyone was a mute as him there would be no need for super-injunctions) has allegedly been in a "street scrap" with his "mistress Natasha" and "wife Stacey".... More »

13th, October 2011 Sports 2

Harry Redknapp Locked Out At Spurs

"I've found myself on some days leaving home at three in the morning. Then I'm outside the training ground at five, but they don't open up until seven..." More »

13th, October 2011 Photojournalism

Photos Of The Day: The Leather Toilet In A Chair

The dream has been made... More »

13th, October 2011 Celebrities

Katie Price, Danny Cipriani Are Pranny: An OK! Love Story

"When Katie Price has Leandro Penna's name inked on her ankle earlier this year, it seems she'd finally found love." So writes OK! editor Lisa Byrne... More »