One of my favourite books as I was growing up was A. P. Herbert’s hilarious collection of Punch columns, Uncommon Law (first published 1935), which was later adapted as the hit BBC comedy series, Misleading Cases. Alas, they don’t make ’em like that any more. As some readers may recall, …
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By Ross Clark Published: 17:18 EDT, 16 June 2024 | Updated: 17:27 EDT, 16 June 2024 Insanity, Albert Einstein once remarked, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So why on earth do we repeatedly sell off our public utilities to private interests and …
Read More »He writes of watching the first salvos blasting over the heads of the troops in landing craft heading – like ‘ants’ – for the French coast. He describes German torpedo attacks ‘narrowly’ missing his Royal Navy ship – three times. But what makes this previously unseen witness account of D-Day …
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By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 19:19 EDT, 29 April 2024 | Updated: 19:23 EDT, 29 April 2024 French magazine Paris Match elevates the art of doctored Royal photographs to a new level with a portrait of 72-year-old Kate as Queen Mother in 2054. In a 200-page 75th birthday …
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By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 18:49 EDT, 25 April 2024 | Updated: 19:16 EDT, 25 April 2024 Harry insists that the US is now his residence but specialist expatriate law firm Blevins Franks warns of the pitfalls: ‘HMRC will look for any indication that you see Britain …
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By Craig Brown for the Daily Mail Published: 16:41 EDT, 15 April 2024 | Updated: 17:21 EDT, 15 April 2024 The heroic founder of the Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society, Dinah Johnson, fears that the Royal Mail’s proposal to reduce delivery days to two or three a week will spell the …
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By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 17:50 EDT, 19 March 2024 | Updated: 18:00 EDT, 19 March 2024 The death of Queen Elizabeth sent the royal postage bill soaring to £1.2 million, an increase of £100,000. All sympathy letters, cards and gifts must receive a reply. The Coronation and …
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By Daily Mail Comment Published: 22:02 EDT, 14 March 2024 | Updated: 22:02 EDT, 14 March 2024 Another day, another royal public relations nightmare. The good news is that Princes William and Harry were both appearing at a ceremony to honour their late mother last night. The bad news is …
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By Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail Published: 18:17 EDT, 18 October 2023 | Updated: 20:57 EDT, 18 October 2023 The BBC’s Jimmy Savile series The Reckoning doesn’t refer to King Charles’s request to the child molester to provide the Royal Family with a manual on how to publicly react …
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When was the last time you got a timely GP appointment, HMRC bothered to answer your call or a letter you sent arrived on time? The sad reality is that everything in this country takes far too long. Whether it’s the NHS, Royal Mail, HMRC or DVLA, Britain has almost …
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