Dec
2008
Articles from 19th Dec 2008
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It’s time to get out of European Convention
Dec 19 2008 | Maureen Messent
ANYTHING that ousts the loathed Human Rights Act – now 10 years old – is to be applauded. Read
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Brits not up to the job
Dec 19 2008 | Maureen Messent
GREAT hoo-ha this week along the lines of foreigners having snapped up the majority of new jobs in Britain since 2001. Read
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Just plain irritating
Dec 19 2008 | Maureen Messent
THE story of the squatters who caused a fire at the derelict Firebird pub in Balsall Heath illustrates how futile this exercise is. Read
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Did he deserve to die?
Dec 19 2008 | Maureen Messent
HOW, I wonder, do the bereaved cope with thoroughly deserved deaths? Read
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Edwina’s no mover
Dec 19 2008 | Maureen Messent
THE mega-mouthed Edwina Currie had announced that bossy women make the world go round. Read
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Face facts Brucie!
Dec 19 2008 | Maureen Messent
THE grinning, tottering and absent-minded Bruce Forsyth has complained that Strictly Come Dancing has been hammered in the ratings because it’s shown too early in the evening. Read
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Big blow to forced marriages
Dec 19 2008 | Maureen Messent
THE week’s most ungratifying sight was of an aged Bangladeshi Muslim waving his walking stick angrily at a television camera. Read
