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Jose Mourinho’s sacking will be a relief for the Special One

Damian Reilly 18 December 2018 15:50

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I understand how America’s Republican teens will be feeling this morning, which is to say very hurt indeed. Taylor Swift…

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I watched the Tory party conference on television this morning for as long as I could take it. Obviously I…

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It is deeply weird that Jeremy Corbyn will not condemn Russia for carrying out a chemical weapons attack on British…

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If we were to discover Jose Mourinho lately fantasised during press conferences about mowing down the assembled hacks in a…

Jeremy Corbyn’s not an anti-Semite, he’s just very unlucky

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Has Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman been assassinated, had a breakdown or gone into hiding? Or is that…

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In a culture war you can’t be too picky about who your friends are, even less your celebrities. The stars never come…

Saudi Arabia must become a new Dubai

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Although probably not possessed of the liberal sensibilities that would see him accepted for membership by, say, the Soho House…

The shame of Britain’s sporting heroes

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The comedian Richard Pryor famously advised any man caught committing adultery by his wife to deny everything and instead to ask: “now who…

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I have been called every name under the sun by a great many people since my defence of Arsenal manager…

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