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Miliband triumphs/fails

Mr Miliband's banana was ['very tasty, thank you'/'unavailable for comment']Their mother said the best man had [triumphed/been utterly humiliated].

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Posted: Sep 25th, 2010
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Stupid people made to wear ‘S-plates’

only given to those stupid enough to think they don't need one ‘Warns the public they may mention their horoscope without warning’

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Posted: Oct 1st, 2009
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British children ‘feeling under pressure to be fat’

impressionable children loging on to 'pro-curvy' websitesCharities have issued a stark warning to the Government that today’s children are feeling under increasing pressure to be fat owing to the steady diet of images they are force-fed by the media. ‘Children only need to open a magazine or switch on their television sets to be bombarded with so-called ‘positive’ images of chubby kids,’ said Victoria Reason of Save the Children. ‘The idea that obesity holds the key to commercial success, self-worth and popularity is being rammed down their throats everywhere they look. But one look at these images will tell you that they are pedalling an ideal most children can never hope to attain. Not on only three meals a day.’

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Posted: May 18th, 2009
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Balls announces Hindsight to be taught in schools

The Minister of Education, Ed Balls, has announced today that from September 2009, the teaching of hindsight will become a compulsory addition to the national curriculum at Key Stage 3 and above.

‘Clearly, the benefits of hindsight have long been recognised, but schools have provided little or no formal teaching of the subject to date. It is to remedy this deficit that we are moving straight to an expectation that a minimum of an hour per week’s hindsight will be taught to all children aged 11 plus’ from the beginning of the next academic year.’

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Posted: Jan 3rd, 2009
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