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Will Sir Alan Sugar’s judgement be better this time round?
I like Sir Alan Sugar's tough no-nonsense approach. I like the fact that he is not obsessed by youth, that his anchorman and woman are respected for their skills and experience, it doesn't matter that they have grey hair. Still, he can make mistakes like anyone...
Charles Clarke calls for media restraints
What an amazing coincidence. The very same evening that Guido accuses political hacks of being restrained, Charles Clarke blames the mainstream media for creating "a lack of national self-confidence" about Britain - and suggests that legislation might be...
Death threats forces blogger to stop
Blogging for me has been 99% fun one with just the odd nutter and one cyber bully. For Kathy Sierra, a respected American blogger, it has turned into the most horrific nightmare after she was issued with in a series of death threats which have forced...
An away day
I have appointments in London today, which includes dropping into 18 Doughty Street to pick up my camcorder to be a citizen journalist. I'm really looking forward to being a roving reporter again and filing some reports; you can be one too if you are a registered...
Love on the buses
Here's one good reason to forsake your car and use public transport - you could buy a ticket to romance as a survey has shown that 1 in 30 people fall in love on a coach. These don't seem particularly high odds to me, but I like the two other results which showed...
So where is Bona Mugabe?
Does anyone know the whereabouts of Bona Mugabe? Our government thought she was studying at the LSE, but this has been hotly denied by the university. So is she in the UK or isn't she? Regardless of her whereabouts, the Foreign Office is pressing ahead with a...
Sir Alex and climate change
There were two major events in Cambridge last night, a sell-out concert featuring Lemar and just across the road, the even more pulsating Al Gore himself presenting his Oscar winning film An Inconvenient Truth to...
Duty calls
I'm afraid I need to take a blogging break for a week to spend quality time preparing my next project for my CIPR PR diploma, as well as keeping on top of my work. Blogging is immensely distracting, as well as pleasurable, and my assignment requires...
Wishing Janice the very best of luck
I'm giving Janice Small a plug in her bid to win the Calder Valley selection. I know it means the world to her. We met when we both worked as regional press officers during the 2005 general election and her driving passion and commitment to the Conservative...