Bill Greenwell
Articles by Bill Greenwell
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Popstars
- 12 February 2001
Focus groups say women voters don't like Blair's jeans; the Tories are targeting "pebble-dash people". The Popstars group (no name yet) will release their first single in the run-up to the election
Mr Blur
- 05 February 2001
"He did not have the normal focus and has been like that for a little while" - Downing Street on Peter Mandelson
The Chair Leader
- 29 January 2001
ITV is threatening to have a symbolic empty chair if Tony Blair refuses to take part in a three-way TV party leader debate
Mr Bush's Foreign Policy
- 22 January 2001
A monkey with a jellyfish gene has been created. President Bush is backing a "son of Star Wars" initiative
The Ying Tory Song
- 08 January 2001
Spike Milligan was knighted. William Hague suggested more people should be locked up
True Blue
- 25 December 2000
William Hague attacked the "liberal elite" for accusing him of racism. The Tories are said to hope that their celebrity rock star will be Madonna (to whom apologies, and congratulations)
A Talking Class Hero
- 18 December 2000
Tony Blair and Robin Cook battled it out at the Nice summit. It's the 20th anniversary of the death of John Lennon (to whom, apologies)
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
