Riposte of the week
“Is he 101 per cent behind the bullet which went into my chest?”
Abul Kahar Kalam, shot during a police raid on his Forest Gate home, criticises Tony Blair for saying he gives his 101 per cent backing to the police
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Welcome of the week
“Dwarfs . . . a smile like a peasant . . . one of those girls who drinks sangria on a Majorcan beach out of buckets”
The German newspaper Das Bild’s cruel verdict on David Beckham’s children, mother and sister
Marxist influence of the week (1)
“Anyone can get old: all you need to do is live long enough”
The Queen quotes Groucho Marx on her 80th birthday
Marxist influence (2)
“I found [Marx] illuminating in so many ways; in particular my perception of the relationship between people and society was irreversibly altered”
Tony Blair’s views in a letter to Michael Foot from 1983