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Bruce Forsyth Is Out Of Date
9th October 2009 | 5 comments | 3 people like this
Commenting on Strictly Come Dancing's Anton Du Beke's remarks to Laila Rouass where he said, 'she looks like a Paki,' Bruce Forsyth says 'we all need to get a sense of humour.' He added, 'if you go back 25, 30, 40 years...there was always a bit of humour about the whole thing.
OK, Brucie, let's look at what happened regarding racist attitudes 25, 30, 40 years ago.Racist thugs met up in pubs... -
Why The BNP Should Be On Question Time
14th September 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I can understand the opposition and anger against the proposal of any BNP member appearing on the BBC's Question Time programme. Politicians have already said that they will not appear beside a BNP panellist for it may be seen as validating the BNP as a normal political party or giving them a platform of respectability. Some commentators are aghast at the idea of a BNP member debating politics on the...
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Are Newsreaders Paid Too Much?
3rd September 2009 | 2 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I was once invited into the Sky News studio to give my thoughts on teenage crime. As I waited to me mic'd up I was looking at the presenter of the hourly news bulletin, all powdered, brushed, lip-glossed and ready to go. Unseen by the viewer but visible to me, were teleprompters located just below every camera. They began rolling as the news began and I remember thinking to myself. ...
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Should They Test Usain Bolt To Find Out If He’s Really Human?
21st August 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Poor Caster Semenya has to go through the humilating ordeal of a gender test after her runaway victory in the World Championships Women's 800m. Maybe the IAAF should test Usain Bolt to confirm he is human? His performances in the World Championships have been staggering. 9.58 for the 100m! In the space of a year and a half the 'Lightning Bolt' has lowered the 100m world record by nearly two...
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Reclassifying Films Because of Smoking Content
13th August 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Earlier this year The Motion Picture Association of America in their wisdom decided to rate movies on tobacco use. Now Liverpool Primary Care has got into the act, wanting to reclassify films on their smoking content. Have they gone nuts? Do they sit in boardrooms every day deciding what's best for the public? Do they get a kick on telling what is supposedly good for the public? I am so tired...
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Goodbye Bobby Robson
4th August 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Bobby Robson finally yielded to cancer last week and there has been nothing but praise for the grand old man of football. Starting his playing career at Fulham before moving onto West Bromwich Albion, Robson enjoyed a distinguished career and played 20 times for England.
It was management where he really made his mark. He joined Ipswich Town, a small town town club, in 1969 and went onto success there that... -
Is Technology Ruining Sport?
29th July 2009 | 3 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
The swimming hero of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Michael Phelps, suffered his first major individual defeat in four years at the World Swimming Championships in Rome in the 200m freestyle. He lost to the little known German swimmer, Paul Biedermann, who was wearing a 100% Polyurethane swimming suit. He also smashed the world record. Since wearing this hi-tech outfit, Biedermann has improved on his personal best in the 400m freestyle by almost seven...
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Did Man Ever Land On The Moon?
16th July 2009 | 11 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I was only 6 years old when NASA made their Moon film in a Hollywood studio that fooled the world. I vaguely remember the teachers in my infants school gathering us around a black and white TV and telling us how important this moon thing was. Because no cartoon was on the TV I wasn't interested and anyway, it was a very bad picture. One small step for man, one giant...
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Why David Cameron Can’t Sack His Spin Doctor, Andy Coulson?
13th July 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
It's no surprise to me that there are allegations of mass phone tapping undertaken by NEWS OF THE WORLD journalists and their sleuths. Among the hundreds of celebrities caught up in the controversy are Gwyneth Paltrow, Sir Alex Ferguson, Elle McPherson, Jade Goody, John Prescott and Alan Shearer. There are suggestions that there might be a rash of law-suits filed against the NEWS OF THE WORLD following their hundreds of thousands of...
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Is Michael Owen Really A Gamble?
6th July 2009 | 1 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Many commentators have showered scorn on Michael Owen joining Manchester United and others have remarked that Sir Alex Ferguson has finally lost his touch in the transfer market. I think it's a great deal. Ronaldo signed for Real Madrid for 80 million pounds and Kaka joined the same team for 56 million. It's rumoured that Real Madrid, trying to relaunch their Galatico brand, wanted the French striker, Franck Ribery and...
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Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle was born in 1963 to Jamaican parents living in London. He spent most of his childhood in a children's home which he left at 14 to live in a hostel in Brixton. At 18 he was involved in the Brixton uprising and went to prison for 3 months. On his release, he continued to perform as a DJ and MC under the name Yardman Irie, moving in the early '90s onto the performance poetry circuit as the Brixton Bard. His second novel, East Of Acre Lane, won the London New Writers Award (2000) The Dirty South is his sixth novel. He received an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2008.
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