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MORON’S MASSIVE U-TURNS!
Piers Moron has performed two sharp reverse ferrets, sucking up to Donald Trump and Mohammed bin Salman despite previous criticism of both.

WORLD OF PAIN
The BBC is slashing 130 jobs at the World Service, including all regional editors, who provide specialist knowledge, and staff at BBC Monitoring.

SUGAR COATING
The Apprentice is back, and "the quality of the candidates is getting better and better", says Lord Sugar. An improvement is certainly needed.

POPPYCOCK!
A few weeks after Eye 1640 exposed investment minister Poppy Gustafsson’s past links controversy-hit Autonomy, Radio 4 aired an encomium to her.

SLAM FUNK
Sir Leonard Blavatnik’s ambition of DAZN becoming the "Netflix of sport" seems a way off, according to the streaming platform’s latest accounts.

THE X-IT PARTY
Reform MPs Richard Tice and Rupert Lowe have both disclosed payments from X, which rewards verified users for posts that generate engagement.

POP EYE
Since Rod Stewart flogged his music catalogue to firm Iconic Artists Group, his spending is now more tightly monitored by Iconic’s boss, Irving Azoff.

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