Mail on Sunday
Mail on Sunday ‘knows little about Britain’s flag’
In April, the Mail on Sunday were bristling with patriotic rage over the company that was chosen to produce some of our Olympic flags: They said: It will be the iconic image of the 2012 London Olympics: the Union Jack soaring as British… Read more
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Winterval alert: Melanie Phillips
I’ve just received another Winterval alert, this time from a column by Melanie Phillips: Phillips’s main subject this week is the Mail on Sunday’s dubious claim that the BBC have decided to stop using BC and AD in dates. After a few… Read more
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Burning with irony
Surely the subeditor who wrote this headline for a Mail on Sunday article on the Norway terror suspect must have realised its incredible irony: Hang on – don’t the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday hate immigrants too? They certainly seem to… Read more
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Peter Hitchens criticises the BBC for doing something the Mail did too
From Peter Hitchens’ Mail on Sunday* column: More proof that the BBC are willing to believe anything bad about Israel. On June 18, the Corporation’s website published a laughably unlikely story claiming that Rabbis in Jerusalem had sentenced a… Read more
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Mail on Sunday and Daily Star Sunday fight over Pippa Middleton
What is it about property buying that gets the Daily Star titles so excited? On Wednesday, the Daily Star called Imogen’s visit to the estate agent a “sexy girlie romp”. And today, the Daily Star Sunday is leading with the “news” that Pippa… Read more
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Mail attempts to discredit student tuition fees protesters
Whatever you think of the debate over university tuition fees, I’m sure you’ll agree that this article from the Mail is a rather desperate and silly attempt to discredit the students who opposed the planned increase in fees: Matt Sandy’s… Read more
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Mail gets in a flap about Olympic flags
Of all the pathetic, petty and parochial stories to be churned out by the Mail, this one has to be the latest: Brendan Carlin’s article kicks off in modest tones: It will be the iconic image of the 2012 London Olympics: the Union Jack… Read more
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Another bunch of sorry rags
Before I begin with the subject of apologies, I should probably begin by saying sorry for the lack of posts over the last week. Normal service will hopefully resume shortly. In the meantime, here’s a quick round-up of apologies, corrections and… Read more
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