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NIGHT OF THE LONG KNIVES	In the online version of Private Eye:  - Wossy and free speech… Chat show host changes his mind about legal threats  - Lib Dems in the Brown stuff… Donor on the Crimestoppers’ Most Wanted list  - Grassed up in India… No appeal for the British backpacker who’s still in jail  - The Eye on stage… Readings by Harry Enfield, John Sessions, Lewis Macleod and Katy Brand at the National In the latest edition of the magazine: - Paul Merton sacked: A silent but deadly assassination in Bristol - Mr Nicholas Sex: How your new pension depends on him and his chums. - Polanski’s progress: Letter from Zurich To read more stories like this, you can buy the magazine or subscribe here.  Next issue on sale: 2nd February.
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more » GRASSED UP IN INDIA CONCERN is mounting for a backpacker who has spent six years in an Indian jail protesting his innocence over possession of a large quantity of cannabis. Patrick Malluzzo is suffering from malaria, chronic urinary tract infection, depression and rat bites, but refuses steadfastly to serve his sentence in the UK.  more »
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