dishonour

JOHN HUMPHRYS: Gongs for Covid fat cats and a stench of dishonour

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Confession time. I cannot sing like David Bowie nor write plays like Harold Pinter nor poems like Rudyard Kipling. Yet we do have something in common. We have all said no to the offer of a gong. Actually even that isn’t quite true. In my case it was suggested by Alastair Campbell when he was … Read more

Protests dishonour the memory of George Floyd

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A young female police officer was flung violently into traffic lights outside Downing Street on Saturday evening after a demonstrator hurled a missile at her horse. The animal bolted riderless down Whitehall, careering into a blameless woman protester and a lamppost. Groups of men hurled two ‘Boris bikes’ at police horses, startling the terrified animals. … Read more