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TERRY IN NEW SUPER INJUNCTION
In the online version of Private Eye:
- Legal own goal… Why John Terry is just the latest cock-up for Schillings
- Gordon's Gaffe… How the PM’s quest for a good headline gave us Chilcot
- Phone a friend… Man made bankrupt by HMRC ends up running a tax call centre!
- Pinter Tribute… Hear Craig Brown live on stage at the National Theatre.
- Pseudo Names… After Christmas what’s next, asks E. Streg.
In the latest edition of the magazine:
- MMR & Wakefield: Readers write…
- Plunder of Woolies: It’s a fees-for-all
- Chilcot: Freedman and the MoD
- John Pilger: He’s Spartier than thou
Next issue on sale: 16th February.
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LEGAL OWN GOAL
THE lifting of John Terry’s super-injunction is not only a ghastly embarrassment for the oafish footballer. It’s another spectacularly reckless own goal by Schillings, the solicitors who advised him to seek the gagging order. They call themselves “the leading law firm protecting the reputations of high-profile individuals.” Yeah, right.
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GORDON’S CHILCOT GAFFE
GORDON BROWN’s decision to hold the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war has pushed Labour ministers to new levels of despair. Why, they wail, did the great numpty barmpot choose the run-up to a general election, of all times, to remind liberal voters how much they hated the wretched war?
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HMRC PHONES A FRIEND
AS IF a National Audit Office report last month detailing 44 million missed telephone calls last year (47 percent of those made) didn’t pose enough questions over HM Revenue & Customs’ “contact centres”, the Eye has discovered some very unusual arrangements for choosing the people to run them.
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New crimes created by legislation introduced by “new” Labour
Months it took Lord Goldsmith to decide that going to war with Iraq wasn’t one of them
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Charge of Light Brigade: ‘I would do it again’, Lord Cardigan tells Chilcot Inquiry… Introducing the EyePad – simply scroll through the pages with your finger!... ‘Stupid people shouldn’t be allowed to give interviews’ claims Ricky Gervais… Shocking new report reveals rich people have more money than poor people… Lady Antonia Fraser’s ‘Must You?’, as told to Craig Brown

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Issue No: 1255
Date: 5th February 2010
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