Monthly Archives: December 2010

Finally, proof that Richard Littlejohn cannot use the Internet

December 31, 2010 – 2:18 pm

Tweet From his column today: This is probably the first occasion a crossbow has been used in a robbery in this country since the Middle Ages. Even Robin Hood and his Merry Men, one of our earliest organised gangs, favoured the more-chivalrous longbow. I searched the internet for the number of crimes in Britain committed [...]

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Daily Mail back on the subject of baby names

December 31, 2010 – 12:01 am

Tweet This time they cover a survey of 423,000 children born in 2010 which claims that ‘Oliver and Olivia become Britain’s most popular names for children in 2010‘. Which is odd, considering that it wasn’t long ago that the Mail was claiming that Mohammed was the most popular boy’s name. Even stranger, Mohammed doesn’t even [...]

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The best thing about 2010

December 30, 2010 – 11:13 am

Tweet Five Chinese Crackers did a wonderful review of Richard Littlejohn’s ‘novel’ To Hell in a Handcart, and it really was one of the best things I have read all year. It demonstrates that not only is Richard Littlejohn a supremely untalented writer, but that he also has a huge range of really serious issues [...]

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Winterval myth still alive and kicking

December 27, 2010 – 9:53 am

Tweet The Daily Telegraph was one of the worst culprits for repeating the Winterval myth and it has repeated it yet again. This time it was the turn of Peter Oborne – the Daily Telegraph’s chief commentator – who writes a very formulaic piece on how wonderful it is that a government is finally standing [...]

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Plugging

December 23, 2010 – 5:25 pm

Tweet From the excellent Football365′s Mediawatch today: Mediawatch was slightly confused about an interview with Tony Mowbray in The Daily Mirror this morning. Interviews don’t usually start with a discussion of the subject’s literary habits, but this particular article kicks off thusly: ‘Tony Mowbray patted the book on his desk and said: “I used to [...]

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