The Dependent?

November 3, 2008

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The Observer carried a story yesterday that was almost as eye-watering as the images of Georgina Baillie doing the online rounds. Its headline – “Mail considers bid for Independent” – was as discreet as its factual upholstery, but, as Roy Greenslade wrote on his blog, its author, James Robinson, “has a track record in breaking stories.” Despite the number of caveats in Robinson’s story, one couched throughout in terms of “it is believed”, “it is unclear if” and the like, it might just be true.

What a thought. The campaigning, PC, left-of-centre Indy titles under the ownership of the Daily Mail and General Trust, depending for their very existence on the profits made by the BBC-hating, right-wing Mail and Mail on Sunday. It simply can’t be true.

Can it?

Image referring to a substance on which Blade choked as he absorbed the above news courtesy of Rachel Best. 

 

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Not so right said Fred

February 2, 2012
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So Farewell, then, Sir Fred Goodwin.

Now you are just Fred.

Not Right Said Fred, but plain Fred.

The Forfeiture Committee did for you.

No one had heard of it before,

But Dave said it had to act, and it did.

Trouble is that no one knows what to think.

Is it ‘Alas, poor Fred‘,

Or ‘Hurray! Sir Fred is dead!’?

We don’t know.

Do you?

By A. Mob, aged 1,378 and a half.

London Goes AWOL

January 31, 2012
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STOP PRESS:

Fed up with being stuck on the Thames in south-east England, London yesterday decided to move. In a dramatic gesture which augurs ill for the Olympics, the city upped sticks and relocated to East Anglia.

Lawyers were not consulted about the move, and the city’s precise motivation remains unclear. However, financiers fear that London’s decision is a sign that it wishes to downsize. Moreover, a source from London said: “We no longer want to be Britain’s seat of power. If the Scots can deregulate, why can’t we? East Anglia is a nice place where nothing happens. It’s time for a quiet life. Please respect our right to privacy.”

Elsewhere, Birmingham did not do anything, but Manchester was seen to be packing its bags. “There’s an opportunity for us,” said Manchester. “We can become London.”

East Anglia said: “We don’t mind. It’ll be refreshing to be associated with something other than fens and flatness.”

A cartologist at CNN, which broke the extraordinary news, was later fired.

An excellent ad if ever there was one

January 25, 2012
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We seem to be visually led this week but sometimes words proliferate far too much and letting an image do the talking is no bad thing. That’s another way of saying that ACCESS Agency’s work with Lego is absolutely top drawer.