Among them were some of the Provos’ most cold-hearted purveyors of terror. Men such as Padraic Wilson, unmasked as the boss of the IRA’s Belfast ‘civil administration unit’ which knee-capped, tarred and feathered, or shot dead anyone who stepped out of order in the Eighties. … [Read more...] about Is the IRA about to seize power in Ireland? As Sinn Fein triumphs in the Irish election, DAVID JONES on why its links to sickening Republican violence makes that a horrifying prospect
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AMANDA PLATELL: As the Petra Pan of Hollywood, Jennifer Aniston is defying age with her beauty – but it cannot quite mask her secret sorrow
When Summer Monteys-Fullam, 24, fell head over stilettoes for Paul Hollywood, 53, her mum Sabina warned her that 'it would explode'. We should listen more to the wisdom of our mums. Mine told me on the eve of my wedding: 'It's not too late to call it off, Mandy.' … [Read more...] about AMANDA PLATELL: As the Petra Pan of Hollywood, Jennifer Aniston is defying age with her beauty – but it cannot quite mask her secret sorrow
JANET STREET-PORTER: If our government doesn’t start taking the coronavirus seriously, British people are going to die from political correctness and official complacency
I can't imagine such a laissez faire attitude is going to contain the spread of a virus as virulent as this. I had to turn on the telly and get a lesson on hand-washing from my pal Eamonn Holmes - apparently you need a good 50 seconds of serious cleansing to make any difference. … [Read more...] about JANET STREET-PORTER: If our government doesn’t start taking the coronavirus seriously, British people are going to die from political correctness and official complacency
Sheriff Johnson twirled his Colt 45… his trigger finger was itchy: HENRY DEEDES on Prime Minister’s ruthless Cabinet reshuffle
Home Secretary Priti Patel tottered so unevenly in her high heels along the Downing Street cobbles that for a second I thought she might tumble over; Michael Gove, never normally one to pass on a jovial ‘what ho!’ or well-timed bon mot, uncharacteristically kept his counsel; Dominic Raab made his way to that famous black door purposefully. … [Read more...] about Sheriff Johnson twirled his Colt 45… his trigger finger was itchy: HENRY DEEDES on Prime Minister’s ruthless Cabinet reshuffle
He was like a market trader flogging suspect bottles of Chanel No 5: HENRY DEEDES watches Boris Johnson as he talks up HS2
He spoke of the need to fix the ‘musculoskeletal problem’ of UK transport: ‘Yes, we must fix the joint between the knee bone and the thigh bone and the shin bone and the ankle bone. Yes, we must fix the arthritis in the fingers and the toes, but we also have to fix the spine.’ … [Read more...] about He was like a market trader flogging suspect bottles of Chanel No 5: HENRY DEEDES watches Boris Johnson as he talks up HS2
