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David Cameron’s ‘greased piglet’: a fitting image for the Brexit moment | Marina Hyde
It’s entirely fitting that the former prime minister went there at a time of maximum national derangement, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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Marina Hyde
My bit on greased piglets and the Eve of Sunlit Uplands
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How Paul Dacre became the Norma Desmond of journalism
The former Daily Mail editor had been living in his secluded dreamworld. But then he spoilt it all with a letter attacking his successor Geordie Greig
So: Bulgaria bad, England good? Actually this is not as black and white as it seems | Marina Hyde
It was not that long ago Raheem Sterling was being vilified by sections of English press and supporters, and hypocrisy has been rife since Monday’s debacle in Sofia
Gareth Southgate praises England players for making ‘major statement’
The England manager said he was ‘incredibly proud’ after his team were forced to play through monkey chants in their 6-0 win against Bulgaria
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Marina Hyde
Gareth Southgate never shies from the difficult stuff. On England’s black players: “Sadly, because of their experiences in our own country, they are hardened to racism. I don’t know what that says about our society but that’s the reality.”
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A Relationship With Jeffrey Epstein That Bill Gates Now ‘Regrets’
Mr. Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, met several times with Mr. Epstein, a sex criminal, a Times investigation found. Mr. Gates now concedes an error in judgment.
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Marina Hyde
Wild how often billionaire “philanthropy” ends up in proximity to dark stuff. Mind you I bet JK Rowling would never have ended up at any of these dinners or writing these odd emails BEFORE the guy had gone to jail for soliciting minors, never mind AFTER.
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Caught out that it was Abiy Ahmed, not Greta? I can help repurpose your rant content | Marina Hyde
Don’t worry, angry pundits, provocateurs and alt-right conspiracists: you can still use those Nobel-prize attack lines, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Phone-mad celebrities grace pages of photo-book
SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: It's the new society parlour game - guess the unidentified celebrities in a new book of portraits, Screen Time, by snapper Dafydd Jones.
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Marina Hyde
For £14.95 you can buy a hugely important new book of photographs of celebrities looking at their phones
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Whoever hacked Rebekah Vardy’s Insta was obviously never at Baden-Baden
Coleen Rooney’s social media storm is all about heritage Wags closing ranks against second-gen interlopers. Oh, and Russian trolls
Jennifer Arcuri came late to the party. But the Johnson franchise is unthinkable without her now | Marina Hyde
The prime minister’s technological educator is hilariously good value, even in a supermarket car park, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Boris Johnson's 'pal' claims 'men fall over themselves to sleep with me'
EXCLUSIVE: Speaking to the Mirror's US editor in LA, Jennifer Arcuri launched into a furious, four-letter denial over claims of an affair with the Prime Minister
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Marina Hyde
Epic car-park interview. “I had the best fucking flat in East London. The reason why Boris would stopover was because of the clusterfuck of emails. He was like, ‘Jen, what the fuck’s a Google hangout? Where are you at 3 o’clock, I can, you know, stop over.“
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With the greatest disrespect: how Her Majesty's Press offers its candid friendship
The Duchess of Sussex may think she has a good case in her legal battle with the media. But just look at how these other royals fared …
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Marina Hyde
My bit on Meghan and Harry’s “candid friends” in the media, and some scrupulously-researched historical precedents
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Raising hopes and denying gropes: Tory conference leaves no fantasy untouched
From Mark Francois as a weekend warrior to Boris Johnson as a paragon of sexual virtue and Dominic Cummings as an athleisure pinup, seeing was not quite believing
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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Marina Hyde
This is very good by @LionelRALaurent “it’s too limited to see this as being all about hedge funds cashing in by shorting the pound. The potential gains from a no-deal Brexit are much bigger and more permanent than short-term trades.”
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Tory MPs beware: if you whip up an angry mob, they may end up angry with you | Marina Hyde
Dominic Cummings wants a ‘people v parliament’ election. But after that you, then, are ‘parliament’, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Dominic Cummings promised to wreck Labour party conference – he didn't need to
Boris Johnson is on the ropes, the worst PM in history. Labour has been gifted victory. What does it conspire to do? Punch itself in the face
How to survive a Twitter storm
Tanya Gold published a piece about a plus-size mannequin one Sunday. By Monday morning the internet had gone mad and was out for her blood
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Marina Hyde
The grim 360 degree madness of this website and of various other things v well represented in this excellent and unsparing (especially of herself) article by @TanyaGold1
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Could Mark Francois, Brexit bellower, be TV's next explosive star?
Three years ago, no one had heard of him. Now he’s a celebrity in a stab vest and probably the new Steven Seagal
Grotesque tragedy unlikely to shame Fifa into action over Iran’s ban on female fans | Marina Hyde
Toothless urgings followed the death of Sahar Khodayari, who – when faced with the prospect of prison for trying to watch football – set herself on fire
Even the Tories admit it: only duty free can get us through | Marina Hyde
The government’s no-deal advertising blitz includes promises of cheap booze and cigarettes, and we might well need them, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Fireman Sam – from Pontypandy hero to twisted firestarter
First came the news that a real-life fire service was dropping the fictional firefighter as its mascot. Now the right are wading in to rewrite the playbook
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Marina Hyde
My bit on all the guys trying to start a culture war over Fireman Sam. This column has since been endorsed by the co-creator of Fireman Sam.
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