February 2007 Archives
One Degree Under?
Posted by Joe Riley on February 21, 2007 1:26 PM
Does Liverpol need a fourth university? Answer:No. Because it doesn't even need three.
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There's flu'. flu and FLU
Posted by Joe Riley on February 20, 2007 9:00 AM
yes, yes, we all know the familiar cry: I've been off with flu. When, of course, it isn't flu at all, but a mere cold virus.
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Americans Offside
Posted by Joe Riley on February 7, 2007 9:50 AM
I am not a particular follower of football - but, as so many of my friends are obsessed with the subject, football inevitably follows me. Thus I can be considered a detached observer, be it Red or Blue. Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....
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Is it news or speculation - or both?
Posted by Joe Riley on February 6, 2007 12:01 PM
I am not one of those modern journalists who operate from press releases and private sector driven hand-outs. I also believe that the best news is the stuff that people DON'T want printed. Most else is little more than public relations.
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One Flu Over the Turkeys' Nest
Posted by Joe Riley on February 5, 2007 3:00 PM
Life is no longer 'bootiful' for Bernard Matthews, who started his business with just 20eggs and a second-hand incubator.
Last year staff were secretly filmed playing baseball with live turkeys.
The year before many schools stopped serving Bernard's turkey twizzlers after they were rubbished by Jamie Oliver.
Jolly old Bernard, who used to voice his own TV adverts, must have wondered what next? only to wake up on Sunday morning to bird flu and the biggest cull the buttered side of the War of the Roses.
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On Dress Sense and Currency Affairs
Posted by Joe Riley on February 2, 2007 9:06 AM
It was third time lucky for Radio Merseyside to book BBC director general Mark Thompson for the official opening of their new Liverpool studios. Up on his feet to utter the usual pleasantries, The DG hastily explained that he had been asked to remove his tie for a television interview - presumably so more smartly dressed guests would not thinking he was letting the side down. But was he? Old Greg Dyke might have sounded rougher than a cinder being crunched under a doormat but he never looked like a doormat, or as if he needed the assistance of a dresser for public appearances.
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Vote for Margaret Simey
Posted by Joe Riley on February 1, 2007 8:53 AM
I am writing the commendation for the late Margaret Simey as one of the names shortlisted in the ECHO's Spirit of Liverpool survey to identify the greatest-ever Scousers. The ultimate tribute must be that her involvement in politics was soley for the benefit of others; unlike many of today's rowdy little pretenders who are there for self-aggrandizement.
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