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Eamonn Fitzgerald's Rainy Day


The horror! The horror!

Leave it to the Sun to come with "Evil dad Fritzl and the Nazis". But Brendan O'Neill didn't buy the national-guilt-by-association line and he let fly at the British media in a heavily-commented...

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Watching the grass grow

The Rainy Day investment last year in myfootballclub.co.uk has paid off, at least in terms of pleasure if not profit. Utilizing the wisdom of crowds, we, the members, raised enough money to buy...

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The ghosts of Wembley past

Going to Wembley on Saturday. Will be listening for echoes of the legendary 1966 World Cup Final. Will keep an ear open for resonances of the classic 1975 FA Cup Final between the flamboyant West...

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Waves of trivia and nostalgia

So there we were on Friday. Hanging out at 'round the water-cooler (a bottle of bubbly, actually) and whiling away the time with a trivia quiz about the one European institution that commands...

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Week...

... of video coming up here. And we're starting today because there's so much video and so little time. All the big issues, the rout of Labour in London, Ebbsfleet United, Wembly, the horrors of...

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...end

...of those plans by Red Ken & Co. to stage a party next year in London to celebrate the 50th year in office of the Cuban tyrant Castro. That's how bad things had become. No wonder the city's...

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A narrow win for Boris

There's no point being a pundit if you don't make predictions. That's why we opted for Liverpool over Chelsea on Wednesday night in the Champions League semi final. Wrong, of course, but not by that...

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His time should be past

No one could accuse Oliver Kamm of being unfair to Ken Livingstone. The pundit acknowledges that this highly unprincipled, vacuous man "has accomplished one important reform as Mayor, a charging...

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Confessions of imperfectability

One recent survey shows David Cameron's Conservatives doubling their lead over Gordon Brown's Labour from 7 to 14 points. This could have implications for the Boris-Ken bout tomorrow. In an amusing...

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Boris in (and on) black and white

"Yes, cannabis is dangerous, but no more than other perfectly legal drugs. It's time for a rethink, and the Tory party — the funkiest, most jiving party on Earth — is where it's...

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