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John Prescott refuses to be made a lord
When John Prescott stood down as deputy Prime Minister last year many hoped that he would accept a peerage and spend his twilight years making the odd, incoherent speech in the House
of Lords. Well, there’s bad news - old "Two Jags" is refusing to go to... [continued]
Prescott snubbed by Regatta toffs 
Carla Bruni steps into ‘bear wars’ drama
Carla Bruni, France’s First Lady, is in trouble with the country’s Pyrenean farmers. They are furious about her support for local brown bears – the subject of a heated dispute
between naturalists and sheep breeders that goes back three years to when her husband’s predecessor, Jacques Chirac,... [continued]
Carla Bruni sees herself as the heir to Jackie Onassis
George Lazenby goes to war with Pam Shriver over children
George Lazenby didn’t cause much of a stir when he played James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, but his battle to win custody of his three children by
tennis ace Pam Shriver (pictured with the O07 actor) should prove more than diverting.... [continued]
Sean Connery blasts ex-wife Cilento
Biden v McCain, battle of the plagiarists
One person who is unlikely to condemn John McCain for plagiarism – he has been accused of lifting quotes about Georgia from the internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia for a major foreign
affairs speech – is Joseph Biden (pictured), the man currently being tipped to become Barack Obama’s running... [continued]
Clinton swipes at Obama in Texas debate
Number 10 responds to Jeremy Clarkson joke
You'd think Gordon Brown would have more things to worry about than Jeremy Clarkson, the oafish presenter of the BBC’s motoring programme Top Gear. But it
appears not. Toilers in Downing Street have expended some effort and money in responding to a jokey online email petition that called... [continued]
Watch Downing Street's response to Clarkson petition
In brief: Conrad Black recounts his career highlights to prisoners
Conrad Black, or Prisoner No 18330-424 as he is known at the Coleman Correctional Center in Florida, appears to having a fairly relaxed time of it in jail, if this first photo from
the prison is anything to go by. Black, 63, the former proprietor of the... [continued]
The sad lament of Barbara Amiel
Lady Thatcher baffled by daughter’s celebrity
Although Carol Thatcher was to emerge triumphant in the 2005 series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, it seems Lady Thatcher was pleasingly unaware
of reality television and her daughter’s part in it. The Conservative leader David Cameron, interviewed by Dylan Jones for his... [continued]
Lady Thatcher’s fave singer dies
