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"You classist gimp": read James Blunt's scathing letter to Chris Bryant MP
A blunt response.An angry young man. Photo: Getty James Blunt, the guitar-stroking softy, acid Twitter fiend, and most modern contribution to Cockney Rhyming Slang, has comprehensively taken down...
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"You're being ridiculous". Chuka Umunna, the usually super smooth shadow business secretary, was riled to breaking point on an interview with Sky News earlier today. He ended up walking out live on air...
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The 8 #opinions everyone is having on the end of Page 3
How to have the hottest take on the biggest media story of the day.Caroline Lucas campaigns against Page 3 in parliament. So, it seems the Sun has scrapped Page 3 - and the world must know your...
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The Sun mocks journalists with topless women in a return of Page 3
Reverse ferret.The Sun brings back Page 3, in spite of reports it had been dropped. Photo: Getty This week, there was cause for celebration among No More Page 3 campaigners – and, y’know, any other...
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The new Greek Prime Minister's first tweet after winning the election was to...
"Thank you Dr".Alexis Tsipras cheers at exit poll results in Athens. Photo: Milos Bicanski/Getty Images Leaders across the globe have rushed to comment on the news that Syriza has won a historic...
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"F*** YOU!": Louise Mensch's Twitter tirade against Saudi Arabia and David...
"Shame on the supine male leaders of the West".Louise Mensch lashed out at the Queen, David Cameron and Barack Obama. Photo: Getty Leftwingers all over the country must be in crisis following a series...
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Wallace no more: Ed Miliband seems to have a plasticine “cameo” in the new...
Aardman’s revenge. A hundred years from now, what will we remember of Ed Miliband’s tenure as Labour leader? The accusations of fratricide that dogged his ascent to the top? The wild popularity of...
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Party poster clash: vote SNP, get the Tories. Or is it Labour?
Campaign contradictions.Clash of the campaign posters. Photos: Twitter Recent polling in Scottish constituencies has spooked everyone with what is shaping up to be a sensational SNP surge. Not least...
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Staff ballot for next editor is causing untold angst at the Guardian
The staff at the Guardian get a chance to vote on who they think the next editor should be. But how can they do that when they don't know who all the candidates are?Soon Alan Rusbridger will be...
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Ukip reminds "expat" Brits living abroad not to forget to vote for their...
Irony fail at Ukip headquarters. Question: what's wrong with this picture, tweeted out by the main Ukip account? But of course it's OK, because they're expats, not immigrants. Totally different!(Also...
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The BBC uses Grayson Perry's New Statesman guest edit to advertise the Today...
The Great White Male rears his head again.Ahem. Look familiar, BBC? After Question Time on 5 February the BBC aired a new TV ad for their flagship radio current affairs programme, Today: It features...
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Cathy Newman makes half-hearted apology over “inappropriate” mosque claims
Apologises for tweets sent “in haste” about being “ushered” out of mosque, contrary to CCTV footage. Cathy Newman attends The UK Film Premiere of Shadow Dancer at Cineworld Haymarket on August 13,...
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Read the "precarious" Guardian's smug plea for readers' money (not mentioning...
Polly's plea.A treatise from Tuscany. Could the Guardian get any more Guardian? The self-styled "precarious" broadsheet (which has £850m in the bank) is begging its readers for money, via a...
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Giles Coren confuses his inability to read Amazon Prime’s small print with...
It must be nice to be able to afford to pay for something for three years without noticing.Above: Giles Coren explains why he believes "all dogs should be clubbed to death"Pity poor Giles Coren -...
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Peter Oborne resigns from Telegraph over HSBC coverage
The paper’s chief political commentator has departed.No longer. Peter Oborne has resigned from the Telegraph, posting a blog on OpenDemocracy attacking his former employer for its reporting of HSBC’s...
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Natalie Bennett's incredibly awkward interview with LBC
“Right, what – what we’re looking at, in terms of the figures here um – what we need to do is actually [silence] er… we’re looking at a total spend of 2. 7 [pause] billion…”"That will spelt out in our...
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Natalie Bennett, please stop making us all feel sorry for you
:("This piece is simply an apology". Photo: YouTube screengrab Yesterday, this mole jumped on the everybody-laugh-at-Natalie-Bennett's-awkward-interview bandwagon. But today, this mole's whiskers are...
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“We suck less than most other companies”: what is VICE really paying its...
The popular gonzo news site is not actually paying apprentices £2.73 an hour – but it's still not paying them the minimum wage.VICE is offering poorly paid apprenticeships. Photo: YouTube...
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"I run the show": watch as a Lebanese TV presenter totally owns her sexist...
"Shut up so I can talk"."The conversation is over". Photo: YouTube screengrab During a heated interview on Al-Jadeed TV, a pan-Arab broadcaster based in Lebanon, the presenter Rima Karaki absolutely...
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Jeremy Clarkson suspended from Top Gear after "fracas"
Some kind of altercation.Clarkson, pre-fracas. Photo: Getty Images The BBC has announced that Jeremy Clarkson, the host of its internationally-popular long-running automotive show Top Gear, has been...
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