Monday, 19 September 2011

The First Post

The First Post

President McGuiness? It’s not such a horrible spectre

Crispin Black: The erstwhile 'Butcher of Bogside' could prove a very compliant President of Ireland

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Soak the rich, quit Europe - its conference season

The Mole: Nick and Dave agreed to knock each other's parties during conference season – and here we go...

How Boris tried to avoid the boring bits of being mayor

Boris Johnson wanted a businessman to look after admin while he provided the ‘bubbles in the champagne’

Legal battle looms over Met attack on Guardian

Police action is an abuse of the Official Secrets Act and the Human Rights Act, say editors and lawyers

Berlusconi brags of having eight women in one night

‘I couldn't manage any more’ says Italian PM in latest leak following Merkel ‘lard-arse’ gibe

Archbishop officiated at Lucian Freud’s funeral

Rowan Williams was good friends with painter and secretly presided over his Highgate Cemetery burial

Newspaper baron Lebedev punches man in the face

Alexander Lebedev lands right jab on ‘aggressive’ real estate tycoon during Russian TV debate - with video