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Britain’s angriest man ‘close to breaking point’

I've had just about enough and so has my wifeBasingstoke resident Reg Simpson, 64, has declared today that he doesn’t know how much more of this he can take. Renowned as Britain’s angriest man due to his daily outbursts on radio phone-ins, Reg has conceded that the MPs’ expenses scandal has placed a huge demand on his anger reserves, and that on top of ‘the general sorry state of things,’ it has just about finished him off.

‘I was hoping to retire this year after fifty years of being angry,’ said Reg today, ‘but at the moment it’s just one thing after another.’

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Posted: May 23rd, 2009
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BBC launches BBC BBC News 24 Channel

The BBC is to launch a new 24-hour rolling news station dedicated to coverage of scandals at the corporation. The channel, set to broadcast from Wednesday, has prompted 30,000 complaints from people concerned that they might be offended when they actually do see it, and will launch with an exclusive report on the resignation of the senior executives responsible and an apology for ‘errors in judgment’ in its creation.

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Posted: Mar 24th, 2009
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BBC admits Pudsey ‘faked eye-injury’

In the latest of the series of scandals rocking the BBC, Director General Mark Thompson today admitted that Pudsey bear, iconic figurehead of the Children in Need appeal, had no eye problems whatsoever. His apparent injury was faked in an attempt to win sympathy and extract more money from the big-hearted British general public.

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Posted: Jul 20th, 2007
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