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While I rarely agreed with C. Hitchens, I always found him to be a gentleman who, apart from the ocassional dig at his opponents, always conducted himself in a civilised manner. Therefore, the comment that he would punch someone in the face shows total ignorance on the part of the poster. I'm alw...

@GregariousGorilla In answer to your question, Peter Hitchens has a blog. Go to mailonline and scroll to the bottom of the main page. He posts his Sunday Mail column there and posts on soecific topics two or three times a week in more detail.

This poem sums up modern Britain.

This man picked his words carefully: British and English identities: similar things but different. As a British Asian man he realises the importance of such a carefully constructed idea, one that has taken centuries to build and which allows peoples of different races to intergrate into this coun...

The problem with the electorate is that they all say they believe in democracy and then the vast majority fall for the trap of voting for one of the three main parties, which, when it come to the major issues, all have virtually identical policies. In short, you can have democracy as long as you ...

Best version of this song!

@Dendiol I'm glad someone else finds this so sickening. Tribal loyalties to political parties is part of the reason we have such a debased Parliament.

Mr. Reynolds, I apologise for getting your name wrong.

Google the term Aunt Sally because your arguement is a perfect example. Owning a piece of plastic is different from mass producing it and then lecturing the world about its evils.

Having just watched this film on Film4, I think I can honestly say it rates as one of the worst movies I've ever seen. The last scene was particularly bad, especially the last lines: "Nobody ever looks at the face of a nun."

Not really a convincing argument as it doesn't prove anything. A debate of this kind deserves better.

I like Cohen's music and lyrics but I'm not too keen on the pretentious gits who make up his fan base. I'm sure if he read some of the dribble posted here, he'd agree - pass the sick bag!

Haven't heard this in years - thankyou

Clearly you've never read any of his books!

I don't agree much with CH but wish him well. However, I'm sure he'd agree that many of his acolytes' worship of him is distasteful.

PH's arguments cover major drawbacks to the Iraq war - no WMDs, turmoil in the region for decades to come and the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians to name but a few. CH's attempt to offer a 'balance sheet' lists minor gains - in fact he struggles to string them together. C...

There is no poetry wrote today

Written so well as this lay

I have come over with dismay

Cos I can't write poems as good a this one on the disaster of the Bridge of Tay

They will be remembered for a very long time

Even if they push their rhymes

McGonagall was a genius

For all the works he left to ...

Dear Mr. Cornflake, after literally a minute of ceaseless searching, I have finally come up with an answer to the point you raised: go boil your head!

Nice to see that left-wing liberals are able to conduct a civilised debate.