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Get angry

I know, it’s the weekend.  You want to be relaxing, chilling, letting it all go. But you can’t. You have to read this.  And then try to find an answer to the question: why is nobody from Wall Street going … Continue reading

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Indirect action

Updates to ten minutes hate have been few and far between lately, for which I am sorry, although in my defence, the situation is as yet nowhere near as bad as it was this time last year when I was … Continue reading

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Politics drops its drawers

The best party is but a kind of conspiracy against the rest of the nation – Lord Halifax, 1750 It is difficult to judge how far the effect of this latest scandal extends outside Westminster.  I suspect that many people had … Continue reading

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Suffer, little children

If you should find yourself musing on the immigration question this election-tide and wondering if we are, in fact, in danger of being swamped, seen as a soft touch or provider of free swan burgers to all the world’s poor … Continue reading

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We have a winner!

Mr Eb Ward wins for his comment comparing Mary Wollstonecraft, original feminist, to Kenneth Wolstenholme: I reckon she would too, the slapper. We only remember her because she commented on the 1966 World Cup Final anyway. Get in touch to … Continue reading

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One glorious year of ten minutes hate!

ten minutes hate celebrates its first birthday today. Twelve months of venting spleen on the internet and having it vented right back at me has been funny, inspirational and thought-provoking. I have had help from some exceptional people, especially the … Continue reading

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Questions

Questions that MUST be answered regarding the return to jail of Jon Venables, co-murderer of 2-year-old James Bulger: 1. Does the public’s the tabloid editor’s right to know supercede the importance of not prejudice a pending hearing? 2. Does this … Continue reading

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Housekeeping

A couple of innovations to make your experience of ten minutes hate a more enjoyable one: First, I am now on twitter, so there are even more opportunities to see inside the workings of my brain.  Updates on politics, books, … Continue reading

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No alternative

Quote from a ‘senior source’ talking about the latest expenses scandal: We were led up the garden path by Gordon. I have never known a prime minister to be heckled at a meeting of the parliamentary party as he was … Continue reading

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Something for the weekend

Maybe it is because it is the season of fashion weeks (Fashion Month?) and maybe because I just submitted some scribblings to a fashion mag’s writing competition (in the hope of winning shoes!) but I have of late, found myself … Continue reading

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