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The Swaling, Part Sixty Six
“Mesdames et Messieurs, welcome to Le Salon Privé of the Lucky Saddle Craft Company, Geylang Road, Singapore. Are you ready to rumble? I said, are you ready to rumble?” Mr Tan was enjoying himself. A [more…]
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GB News Review
GB News 29th July 2021 Present: Catherine (Travel expert) Laurence Fox (Political activist) Angela Levin (Royal watcher) Dave Rogers (Olympic correspondent) Venue: Brazier & Muroki We join the programme with regular presenter Mercy Muroki and [more…]
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Eastern Tide Meets Western Shore – Part One
I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong hills. The equator runs across these highlands a hundred miles to the north, and the farm lay at an altitude of over six [more…]
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Euro 2020 Penalty Shoot Out Bloodbath
GP’s Bloodbath investigative team, having returned from a bad-tempered Batley and Spen by-election battleground ballot box bust-up, thought they could take a relaxing break in front of the England v Italy Euro 2020 final. How [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Sixty Five
We are in a secret corridor beneath the Lucky Saddle Craft Company at the quiet end of Geylang Road. ‘We’ being myself and Mrs Dora Clogg (still clutching her handbag) both of the Spanish intelligence [more…]
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Freedom March, Saturday 24th July 2021
The worlds of sport and politics were rocked to their foundations this Saturday morning as England men’s senior able-bodied football team manager, Gareth Southgate, appeared at the top of every news bulletin announcing, “Get your [more…]
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GB News Review
GB News 22nd July 2021 Present: Ian Wright (Food and Drinks Confederation) Pierre-Henri Duman (Republican MP for Calais) Peter Marx (Late-night venue operator) Monty Panesar (Retired cricketer) Venue: Farage Your humble author was thrilled to [more…]
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The Swaling, Part Sixty Four
“Hostage swap.” “Hostage swap?” I repeated. “Yes, hostage swap. You’re going to be late,” said the voice at the other end of our Dumfries Street townhouse street gate intercom. I shouted to my Chinese cousin, [more…]
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GB News Review
GB News 15th July 2021 Present: Bex Deadman (Travel Expert) Daryl, Darren and Vicky (Recovering Addicts) Catherine Tramlines (Online Harm Expert) Dr Alan Billings (Crime Commissioner) Venue: DePiero and Halligan In last week’s GB News [more…]