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McKenzie vs Archer
I note that politicians and journalists have been falling over themselves in praise of Lord Jeffrey Archer who has died aged 86. I don’t share that view. Back in 1987 Archer sued the Daily Star for libel after they reported he had paid for sex with a prostitute. Thanks to his lies in the witness box he was awarded £500K in damages, a record at the time. Actually the paper was right he had had paid £6K for her services. The editor, a talented Aussie called Lloyd Turner who had done a great job for the paper, was fired by the idiot owner who preferred to believe a politician than his own staff. That verdict left Turner, according to his wife, a broken man, and he died five years later at 57. So, he never had the pleasure, some six years later, of seeing Archer, being jailed for perjuring himself and forced to hand back the £500K. Archer’s lies destroyed Turner’s career and hurried the end of his life. Disgracefully, that story has been ignored by the good and great in the hagiographies.
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Comfort zone pays salaries Risk zone pays dreams
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Replying to @LOFC_Dan
Was talking about this on another post and got this as a response, terrifying tbh
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You can see the exact moment, where he realises how bad it’s going to be
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name a movie that is a masterpiece from beginning to end.
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Replying to @Rob_saunders6
He’s reposted it as well
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Imagine being so much of a snowflake you talk about women like this, I hope the girl in his profile picture has some more positive role models in her life
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Japan and (potentially) Germany getting beat in the same night
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“I think Burnham will do less well than people think. Reform will do worse, too: they’ve peaked.” The leader of Restore Britain is bullish about his party’s chances of a shock by-election win in Makerfield. Read the interview with @RupertLowe10 here ⤵️ telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06…
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MEN ONLY!!!! What saved you when you were at your lowest?
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I know there’s far more variables at play than “IPl or no IPL” but worth looking at stats before and after IPL, test average drops after 1st IPL season and spikes in the one year they didn’t play IPL due to injury but never consistently reached pre-ipl levels again
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