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Gary Lineker: Parallel Lives

7th June 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

I only saw Gary Lineker play once. Our local eleven were away to Leicester City in a fourth-round FA Cup tie. This was 1985 – a mere 40 years ago. The game ended in a [more…]

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Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review

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Question Time 1st June 2023 The Panel: George Freeman (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Nimco Ali (The Five Foundation) Jack Monroe (Activist) Chris Patten (Chancellor, Oxford University) Venue: Leicester I’ll tell you what happened. Despite being [more…]

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Roger Ackroyd’s Question Time Review

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Question Time 17th October 2019 Leicester voted to Remain by a small margin (71k to 68k). On the BBC QT Twitter page it has come up with three “essential facts” about Leicester: Leicester won the [more…]

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Going Postal with Question Time

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Graphic EJ – Updated by Sam. Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Leicester. On the panel are: Matt Hancock MP, secretary of state for health, Conservative; Anneliese Dodds MP, shadow treasury minister, [more…]

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