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Thursday

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Dealing with ‘inappropriate behaviour’

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How should you deal with lechery? In this week’s Spectator, Rod Liddle and Hugo Rifkind detail two instances of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ they either watched or, in Hugo’s case, personally encountered. Rod describes the vocal response of one BBC production assistant to the appearance of a ‘well-lubricated’ reporter’s hand on her inner thigh. He argues that

Wednesday

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Exclusive: Clegg ignored a sexual harassment complaint about a SECOND Lib Dem

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In this week’s Spectator, Julie Bindel explores the culture of ‘inappropriate behaviour’ in Parliament. Her piece, “Carry on Westminster”, makes a number of revelations about the way parliamentarians behave towards women in the Westminster village, including the following: Nick Clegg was given a written complaint in March 2011 about Mike Hancock, Lib Dem MP for

Saturday

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Pistorius trial: key facts on guns in South Africa

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Oscar Pistorius has now been granted bail ahead of his trial in June. His case has raised many basic questions abroad, such as: is it normal for South Africans to have loaded guns on hand? And is it a defence to say that you killed someone because you thought they were someone else? There’s a

Thursday

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Train

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‘But if you want a cheaper day return to Crewe, try nudging the lemon but hold the cherry...’

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Ipad

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‘For the purpose of recognition, your contact will be reading a copy of the Times on his iPad.’

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Streets

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‘We’ve both walked the streets a bit; perhaps we should be allowed to run a police force.’

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Faust

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‘You sold your soul but you don’t appear to have declared it, Mr Faust.’