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2023 Mar 11 - Garry Lineker Sacked

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Mystic Meg passed away and all across the lands, people commented "She didn't see that coming" When asked about the funeral arrangements, the family said that a lady in black serving drinks might be there and the names John or Alice may be attending too-ooo-oo.

Saudi Arabia and Iran have restored diplomatic ties. Although I won't "beheading" to either of those places any time soon. I remember reading about a man out there who was caught stealing hand disinfectant. Although I guess on the plus side he won't need hand disinfectant any more.

Talking about places with terrible human rights records, Xi Jinping was re-elected President of China with 2952 votes.
EU fanatic Guy Verhofstadt tweeted about it's an autocracy although failed to mention how many people had voted for EU President Ursula Von Der Leyen. I'm guessing Rishi Sunak is smart enough to keep his mouth shut.

Gary Lineker Was sacked from Match Of The Day this week after a tweet in which he compared the government's immigration policy to those of Nazi Germany. Right on cue, the internet went into meltdown with left wing activists resembling that old crisp advert of Garry's, where Paul Gascoigne is crying, if you remember it. In a sign of solidarity, Garry's co-hosts like Alan Shearer and Ian Wright, have opted to stand back too so in all honesty the show might actually be watchable for the first time in years. Perhaps if they need a big household name, the BBC could draft in David Cameron who is famously on record as being a huge footy fan, especially if it's West Ham playing, or Aston Villa, depending on which staffer wrote his briefing that morning.

Many comparisons have been made to Jeremy Clarkson, though not by those Lineker fans who were very silent when he was forced out for making right wing rather than left wing comments. It's actually worse that that though because a year ago there were demands by those people to sack him after he tweeted a sexist joke about England footballer Chloe Kelly during the woman's world cup. Impartiality apparently only works one way. For me the one funny part of it all is that debate is solidifying the concept that Garry Lineker was a BBC employee and this is at a time when he's been in a court battle with the taxman over whether he is self employed, or an employee who should have been paying income tax for several years; On the line, £5m. As Mystic Meg would have said, "Someone in HMRC will be lucky tonight too-ooo-oo"
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2022 Dec 11 - World Cup & Harry & Meghan

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2022 Nov 06 - News Roundup

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2022 Oct 30 - News Roundup

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Rishi Sunak completed his coup and settled into the job, part of which involved proving that he’s in touch with the common man. That’s why he decided to meeting with people who are not as wealthy as he is, like King Charles at the palace and several FTSE100 leaders who have to make do with living in a house and ordering in their own groceries. Rishi and the King have much to talk about and celebrate, he is after one of the longest serving prime ministers this month. Talking about King Charle ......

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