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Reformers vote to make it easier to learn English… These nu, sili speling rools tayk the biskit 

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Howz yor speling? An organisation known as the International English Spelling Congress has just voted in favour, or favor, of major reform. Apparently, English takes up to three years longer to master than other languages, and the peculiarities of our spelling sytem are at least partly to blame. The congress is concerned that far too … Read more

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Sir Mick Jagger’s girlfriend ‘joins him in the Med’ (while UK tourists must wait)

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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Sir Mick Jagger’s girlfriend Melanie Hamrick ‘joins him in the Mediterranean’ (while British tourists must wait) By Richard Eden for The Daily Mail Published: 22:24 BST, 9 April 2021 | Updated: 22:58 BST, 9 April 2021 While we must wait to sun ourselves in the Mediterranean, Sir Mick Jagger is already there. And … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Who is to blame for Nicola Sturgeon’s diversity crisis?

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ANDREW PIERCE: Who is to blame for Nicola Sturgeon’s diversity crisis? By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:57 BST, 29 March 2021 | Updated: 01:57 BST, 29 March 2021 After winning a no-confidence vote last week, an embattled Nicola Sturgeon has launched her party’s campaign for the Scottish Parliament elections in May. Scotland, … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: ‘Boris Force One’ used once after £900k paint job 

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When Boris Johnson ordered a £900,000 red, white and blue makeover of the RAF-issue prime ministerial plane last year, some critics questioned why the taxpayer needed to cough up nearly £1 million just so the PM could look like ‘Austin Powers on tour’. The previously sombre grey military Voyager A330 aircraft had already been refitted … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: ‘Boris Force One’ used once after £900k paint job 

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When Boris Johnson ordered a £900,000 red, white and blue makeover of the RAF-issue prime ministerial plane last year, some critics questioned why the taxpayer needed to cough up nearly £1 million just so the PM could look like ‘Austin Powers on tour’. The previously sombre grey military Voyager A330 aircraft had already been refitted … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches as Boris Johnson’s defence statement misses the target 

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Fancy rockets, gleaming frigates, state-of-the-art new gear – usually when the Prime Minister discusses military matters, his speeches hum with the excitable rat-a-tat of gunfire and climax with a loud ‘kaboom’! Boris Johnson’s Integrated Review of defence and foreign policy yesterday, though, was a disappointingly soggy biscuit. Damper than an otter’s pocket. Plenty about increasing … Read more

SIMON WALTERS on the row that’s really got Boris Johnson rattled

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SIMON WALTERS on the row that’s really got Boris Johnson rattled: Who helped the PM pay to refurbish his Downing Street flat? By Simon Walters for the Daily Mail Published: 10:43 GMT, 13 March 2021 | Updated: 11:11 GMT, 13 March 2021 Questions over who helped Boris Johnson pay for the refurbishment of his Downing Street … Read more

SARAH VINE: Teachers deciding pupils’ final exam grades is another blow for underdog children

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At the start of the year it looked as though the fiasco of 2020’s exam results, in which thousands of children were unfairly downgraded by an algorithm, would be averted for this year’s cohort. The Education Secretary seemed determined to press ahead with tests, albeit with certain caveats, in order to ensure the fairest possible … Read more

NIGEL FARAGE: A Communist takeover of our schools that Britain must end at once 

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NIGEL FARAGE: A Communist takeover of our schools that Britain must end at once By Nigel Farage For The Mail On Sunday Published: 00:29 GMT, 21 February 2021 | Updated: 00:32 GMT, 21 February 2021 The world is being taken over by stealth by the Chinese Communist Party. Under a neo-colonial project, President Xi Jinping … Read more