It is clearly ‘with some regret’ that Trinity-Mirror (TMG) has decided to axe its brand new national newspaper, underlines Iain Robertson, as the Group’s shares tumbled yet again to a three-year low of 111p each.
Forget the shares issue. Ignore the management pleas. It seems that TMG is reeling from the
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There is a very real danger, in the fallout from Red Ken’s self-destruct antics of recent days, to become fearful of calling out independent states, such as Israel, in fear of being labelled ‘anti-Semitic’.
I am proud to state that I have no idea whether Livingstone’s ‘recollections’ from Mein Kampf are
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While I expect certain red-top ‘newspapers’ to pander to the seemingly unquenchable thirst for all things ‘celeb’, I do become irked (rather rapidly) when it permeates into the (supposedly) more refined media outlets.
That a former cabinet minister had breached Parliamentary Standards and Security Legislation allegedly, by leaving protectively marked papers
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As the media pounced on the Panamanian bandwagon last week; and the world seemed to revel in the biggest (non) story of the week, the BBC joined the party and dedicated an inordinate amount of air time to what is perhaps the least shocking revelation of modern times.
In case you
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As Steel Towns up and down the land await their fate, a perpetual run of radical approaches to saving this great industry is being considered – the most surprising coming from a Tory MP, who is lobbying for nationalisation.
I must be very clear that I, for one, do not jump on the
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I have nothing to fear should a government wish to spy on me. I have no skeletons that would risk bringing shame on me should they be liberated from the proverbial closet.
In an age where we share the most private of our events on such public platforms, why are some
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Whilst listening to a radio interview of opposing views on the EU Welfare debate that currently rages around us; doubt came to mind. I hadn’t read any of this news in the printed/online media – relying instead on the spoken word from various broadcasters.
The (seemingly) anti-EU welfare interviewee used a
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As the furore lingers on over the lack of ‘black’ nominations in this year’s Oscars; and A-List actors contemplate a boycott, one does have to wonder whether they are really institutionally racist.
As a white male, I’m aware I have no right to pontificate on the struggles that I have been
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Whilst waiting for family members to suitably and comfortably position themselves in front of the square box, I had the misfortune to happen across one of the most bile-inducing television programmes I have ever encountered – Take Me Out.
Mercifully, I only caught the last segment of the programme, but –
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An increasing number of comments on seem to be asserting that certain status updates represent inappropriate content for Linked In. Mainly centred around the theme of ‘this isn’t Facebook’, these self-appointed policers of content seem to be somewhat aggrieved by the nature or style of certain status updates – but where
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