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That Jacqui Smith is doing a fabulous job, her HUSBAND writes to 
newspaper - Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's husband has been unmasked 
as the author of a letter-writing campaign defending the Government 
to her local newspaper - without revealing that they are married.  
Richard Timney gave up his job as a civil engineer to bring up the 
couple's two children when Ms Smith became an MP in 1997 and is now 
described as her 'senior researcher/parliamentary assistant'-  Mail 
on Sunday  21/12/-08
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Lord Tebbit is writing a book for children starring an "illegal 
immigrant" dog, Ben - Sunday Telegraph  21/12/08
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VAST oil reserves worth millions of pounds are believed to lie 
beneath one of Britain's biggest housing estates.
Oil giant Northern Petroleum Ltd claims the sprawling estate at 
Havant, Hants, is a potential oasis of "black gold        (Sun  
24/12/08)
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Sales of trousers with elasticated waists have risen 16 per cent 
because shoppers are buying more durable clothes because of the 
credit crunch. (Sunday Telegraph 22/12/08)
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Membership is booming at internet dating sites as the credit crunch 
brings a rush to find a partner to share the pain.   (Independent)
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Clerics believe the credit crunch is responsible for a steady rise in 
people going to church. (Independent)
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Bankers have become the new pantomime villains because of the credit 
crunch. (Guardian)
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Sales of smoothies, yoghurt drinks and bottled water have all fallen 
because of the credit crunch. (Daily Telegraph)
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"As a leader of Her Majesty's Opposition, David Cameron is used to 
being in the occasional tight spot - but few have been quite as 
claustrophobic as the one he found himself in yesterday. The 42-year-
old scrambled awkwardly through a 3ft gap beneath a footbridge as he 
tackled the Great Brook Run - a mile-long race through mud and 
'raging torrents' that would have done the SAS proud." - (Mail on 
Sunday  28/12/08)
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Next year, Gordon Brown will be on another planet
January
Number 10 issues a New Year's message from the prime minister. Since 
he has already saved the world, Gordon Brown declares that he will 
now dedicate himself to rescuing the rest of the solar system. He 
will first brief the leaders of Mars and Venus on his bank rescue plan.
The pound falls to parity with the Argentine peso
February
The diplomatic row between Washington and London over the detention 
of Gordon Brown is finally defused by the intervention of David 
Miliband a fortnight after the prime minister's arrest. A spokesman 
for the foreign secretary is forced to deny that he told the 
Americans: "You can keep him".
(Andrew Rawnsley - Observer 28.12.08)
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Contractors working for Leeds City council sallied forth on 4 
December to cut ... grass verges which lay under several inches of 
snow.  One resident told the Yorkshire Evening Post -- "It wasn't 
even possible to see the grass, let alone cut it". Meanwhile the icy 
ungritted roads  and pavements on the Seacroft estate were 'like 
glass" `according to locals.
(Private Eye 1226)