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The Rover's No Return
- 11 December 2000
Doubt circulated about whether Michael Portillo still had leadership ambitions. Coronation Street is 40 years old
Rave From The Grave
- 04 December 2000
A mummified princess, apparently the daughter of Xerxes of Persia, has been discovered. According to the Sunday Telegraph, "her outer tissue and nails are beautifully preserved", but her teeth are mysteriously missing. Baroness Thatcher attacked Tony Blair
Gas
- 27 November 2000
US suggestions at The Hague to allow the Americans to maintain high industrial emissions included feeding anti-flatulence pills to farmyard animals
Weather Forecast
- 13 November 2000
There was more rain. Chris Woodhead has resigned to write for the Telegraph. William Hague is said to want him to be ennobled. With apologies to Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler
Simply Pinkish
- 06 November 2000
Mick Hucknall of Simply Red ("Stars") has reportedly been asked to come up with a campaign song for Labour
Dare Say
- 30 October 2000
"I dare say some mistakes were made" - Michael Portillo, of rail privatisation
I'm An Old Cowpoke
- 23 October 2000
"We are asking people to be on the lookout for bogus cowboy builders" - Sussex Police, in the wake of the floods. Further cracks in the Cabinet were revealed in memoirs. (With apologies to J Mercer)
Dirty Denmark
- 09 October 2000
Queen: He's fat, and scant of breath. Here, Hamlet, take my napkin, rub thy brows . . . (V.ii)
