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Star Wars
- 17 July 2000
A US missile, testing a defence system, failed entirely to hit its target, a dummy warhead. "This is rocket science . . . things do happen," commented the system's director, General Kadish
Hardballs
- 10 July 2000
William Hague suggested compulsory school uniform. Tony Blair suggested arresting "louts", taking them to cashpoints and fining them £100 on the spot
Get Off Of My Cloud
- 03 July 2000
Tony Blair and William Hague are both openly consulting religious thinkers. It's 40 years since Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met up as teenagers
Keep It Up
- 26 June 2000
British lovers were said to be the best in Europe, averaging 21 minutes a session. Women were said to be fed up with new Labour
Tony Blair's 115th Dream
- 19 June 2000
The Millennium Bridge wobbled. An anti-hunt bill was suddenly introduced - with apologies to Bob Dylan
Knee Jerk
- 12 June 2000
Austin Mitchell described the Blair administration as "government by knee jerk". The number of army deserters has risen sharply, because of bullying
Worm Perfect
- 05 June 2000
A French scientist reckons humans have only 28,000 genes, rather than 100,000. This puts them only 9,000 ahead of worms. Gordon Brown accused Oxbridge of elitism
Nero Tolerance
- 22 May 2000
The film Gladiator opened. William Hague claimed that a "sociological" justice system was not severe enough on the poor and unemployed
We Can Hack It
- 15 May 2000
Labour suffered some electoral reverses. A computer virus affected 20 per cent of the world's computers
