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Israel’s invasion of Gaza leads the broadsheets Last night’s entry of Israeli ground forces into Gaza leads most of the Sunday newspapers, although the Mail on Sunday chooses instead to highlight the UK waste paper mountain. The Times, Telegraph, Observer and Independent all feature the stepping up in military operations by Israel, after several days of air strikes. With Knesset elections still scheduled for 10th February, and Defense Minister Barak and Foreign Minister Livni leading Labor and Kadima into the…

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Is there time for a last-minute bet? “He has made the role his own – never aspired to be the heavyweight that his predecessor was, but proved amiable and popular with many. It must be difficult for him to watch someone else take on that particular mantle, and the weight of expectation that comes with it, but he made the right choice in stepping aside. The millions of British followers will be eagerly anticipating today’s announcement. If it were a…

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Help clear the hangover with the questions below… Answers now at post 346 Following on from StJohn’s crossword and Rod Crosby’s quiz, an international quiz to welcome in 2009. No prizes, but a full set of answers will be posted later. As Peter Snow said, “… it’s just a bit of fun…” 1. Which book features canine characters based on members of Harold Wilson’s Cabinet? 2. “So dumb he can’t fart and chew gum at the same time” was whose…

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The result:- SeanT 39% David Herdson 30% JackW 18% SallyC 13% Overall total votes cast 544. Very well done to all the entrants and particularly to SeanT who has helped enrich PB during 2008. An interesting feature of the election is that after I had appealed for non-posters to express their views more than a third of all votes cast appeared from the email addresses to be from women. I had always assumed that the PB gender divide was much…

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Your chance to choose from the final four We are now at the final stage in the battle to become PB Poster of 2008. There are now just four people left in the contest:- David Herdson – winner of the “most insightful” category SeanT – winner of the “most amusing” category JackW – winner of the “best tipster” category SallyC – winner of the “best newcomer” category Voting will be by email to this address. Simply give your email the…

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Movieposter.com What does this say about public opinion? There’s an amusing piece by George Grant and Roger Waite in the Sunday Times about how Gordon has become the butt of some of the humour in this year’s pantomimes. “..The scene is a basement in the City. Cinderella, a redundant investment banker, is sobbing because she has been forced to take on a cleaning job. Suddenly, after a blinding flash, Gordon Brown is standing before her. “Don’t be afraid, Cinderella,” he…

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There’s still time to vote for the PB posters of the year If you have not voted in the PB Posters of the year you now have until Sunday midday. As was reported on the previous thread voting in the “Most Amusing” category was stopped in the early hours of Saturday after an attempt was made to fix the poll. Accordingly I have taken as the final outcome the position of the nominees before the attempt was made – and…

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