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- Sackwatch: It’s thirsty work for Will Lewis at the Telegraph
- Sarkwatch: Latest on the batty, billionaire Barclay brothers from Brecqhou - Brown Christmas: Gavel Basher on Gordon’s government of all the no-talents - De Menezes: We give the real verdict on that inquest - Plus: ‘Dirty’ Christmas photo bubble contest and a £250 giant prize crossword To read these stories in full, you’ll have to buy the magazine or subscribe here
EADY & THE HOT RODS
It was the week before Christmas when MPs finally caught up with Private Eye and angrily accused Mr Justice Eady and solicitors firms Carter-Ruck and Schillings of allowing plutocrats to use ‘Soviet-style’ libel laws to silence journalists and authors... ...
CDC: IT REALLY IS A MAULING…
Not a good December for publicly owned international development fund CDC and its shareholder, the Department for International Development. First, a National Audit Office report criticised the fund for failing to show development value. Then it was mauled by the Commons Public Accounts Committee. ...
Gnome’s Thrifty Giftmart: 50% off (except where it’s not)… ‘I was John Lennon’, claims Paul McCartney… Has Strictly Come Dancing caused house price collapse?... Respected financial guru was fraudster shock… Nigella’s Christmas Turkey, as served to Craig Brown
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Gnome’s Thrifty Giftmart: 50% off (except where it’s not)… ‘I was John Lennon’, claims Paul McCartney… Has Strictly Come Dancing caused house price collapse?... Respected financial guru was fraudster shock… Nigella’s Christmas Turkey, as served to Craig Brown
