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Daily archive for Friday, 3rd September 2010

Goodbye Mr Chips

It came as something of a surprise to hear of Cyril Smith’s death today. Not that he should have succumbed at the age of 82, but the reverse really. How had he lived to such a good age when we’re told that obesity is the curse that will put us into an early grave?

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When Did You Last See Your Father?

I watched Tony Blair being interviewed by Andrew Marr the other night, and I listened to his recorded interview with Richard Bacon on FiveLive yesterday, and you have to admit that he has still got it, whether you define ‘it’ as charisma, self-belief, spin or egomania. Whatever ‘it’ is, he knocks Gordon Brown, David Cameron, Nick Clegg, David Miliband and Ed Balls into a cocked hat.

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