Mark Green

Scraping the barrel

I know we’re in a grim period of jobs cuts and wage freezes and that all Government-funded organisations have to save cash.

Last updated 31 January 2011
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I smell a rat over Andy Gray axe

In no way do I support, condone or wish to excuse the pathetic comments and attitudes of Sky footie experts Andy Gray and Richard Keys in the “Siangate affair”.

Last updated 27 January 2011
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Make way for new superpowers

We're all doomed, part 57... Davos is a posh ski resort in Switzerland. It’s also where the world’s most powerful money men meet every year for the World Economic Forum.

Last updated 27 January 2011
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Cumbria shootings victim was not second class citizen

It won’t be long before we’re all microchipped or barcoded. A quick scan and our whole existence will be laid out on a spreadsheet or on-screen at the click of a mouse.

Last updated 27 January 2011
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There’s an upside to catching flu

At the risk of banging on and on and on again about the same thing over and over, apparently, there is some good news about the swine flu that is sweeping the country.

Last updated 20 January 2011
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Seat charging idea is just plane stupid

This is the time when most of us start thinking about sunny summer holidays and escaping the gloom and wet.

Last updated 20 January 2011
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I’m not visiting Cockermouth after dark

They say you can tell a lot by a person’s collection of music – or movies...

Last updated 20 January 2011
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Don’t panda to them

Sure, they’re cute, they’re cuddly and they’re the national emblem of the one remaining world super power.

Last updated 18 January 2011
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Not a ground to cheer about

It is great news that Brunton Park is to star in a new film about Manchester United’s best-ever team.

Last updated 14 January 2011
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Do they know we’ve had enough?

Is it the fact that they are played to death, perhaps it is because they are only heard during the most stressful time of the year, or is it just because they really and truly are just downright awful?

Last updated 14 January 2011
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The rich get richer

Hands up, who is really, honestly surprised that bankers are claiming billions in bonuses?

Last updated 13 January 2011
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Fancy a shower with me?

Can I be the first to issue a drought warning for the year? Well, at least a hosepipe ban.

Last updated 13 January 2011
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There should be more openness, like this gap

Not content with elbowing out small businesses from our towns and cities, it seems another effect of Tesco moving into a town could involve remodelling the place.

Last updated 13 January 2011
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TV product placement nothing to worry about

Product placement and annoying sponsorship credits will be introduced to our TV shows by... next month, according to my new Rolex Smugness watch.

Last updated 8 January 2011
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More of the fatboys, less of the slim

Recent pictures of Radio 1 presenter Zoe Ball and her one-time superstar DJ husband Fatboy Slim on holiday show she’s entering middle age in better shape than he is.

Last updated 6 January 2011
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