Dec
2008
Articles from 5th Dec 2008
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Green fiasco shames Britain’s democracy
Dec 05 2008 | Maureen Messent
IN SCENES eerily akin to Russia’s Iron Curtain days, seven of the Met’s best rushed at dawn through London’s streets to hammer at a humble doorbell. Read
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Budding cooks daren’t trifle with Rosemary
Dec 05 2008 | Maureen Messent
SHE’S as broad as she’s long, a fine and plain woman, as we’d say in Ireland, and her harrumphing belly laugh puts me in mind of Red Rum. Read
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Customs are our spirit
Dec 05 2008 | Maureen Messent
EVERY day we hear of that politically correct daftness that would see us change our customs lest we “offend Muslims”. Read
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Drifting to a spiritual wilderness
Dec 05 2008 | Maureen Messent
OUR delightful Archbishop, Vincent Nichols – known as Sweet Vincent during his schoolboy days in Crosby, Liverpool, because he had a particularly gentle nature – makes a strong point when he says Advent is a time of waiting patiently, not grabbing life’s so-called goodies. Read
