RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: The PortaShrine factory has been working overtime this week to keep up with roaring demand from West Yorkshire following the fatal shooting of a local celebrity known affectionately as Stud Badboy. Our popular roadside memorials — which feature teddy bears, petrol station flower arrangements and semi-literate hand-written notes with heart emojis drawn in lipstick — can be custom-made to suit any occasion. The PortaShrine product line encompasses every possible excuse for vicarious grieving, from pop stars who die of drugs overdoses to the celebrated Pray 4 Muamba model, which was specially designed to commemorate people who aren’t actually dead. Our trained craftsmen have already been rushed off their feet during the Christmas and New Year holidays following a spate of celebrity deaths. Top sellers include the Princess Leia, which features Ewoks instead of teddy bears, and the George Michael, which plays a karaoke version of Careless Whisper, allowing mourners to sing along while waving iPhones displaying our ‘eternal flame’ app — a must for candle-lit vigils. ...read
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Putting this rabble in charge of the Press would be like putting the Kray Twins in charge of the Police Complaints Commission: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN on why we don't want Left-wing bigots deciding what you can read in your paper
Still smarting from the exposure of their crooked expenses claims and blaming papers like the Mail for swinging the Brexit vote in favour of Leave, many at Westminster yearn to bring Fleet Street to heel, writes RICHARD LITTLEJOHN. Now they are relishing an opportunity to seize their chance for revenge, thanks to an obscure clause in a cynical piece of anti-Press legislation nodded through Parliament at the height of the phone-hacking hysteria. The most appalling aspect of all this is the role of the politicians, especially so called 'liberals' such as Nick Clegg and Labour's Nonce Finder General Tom Watson (inset). ...read
Happy New Year - here come the Wrapping Paper Police: RICHARD LITTLEJOHN on how the concept of 'public services' is a sick joke
Trust the recycling nazis to find a way of criminalising Christmas. They have belatedly announced that they won’t be collecting millions of tons of the ‘wrong’ kind of wrapping paper. Apparently, festive greetings cards and paper made with glitter ‘contaminate’ refuse and are only fit for landfill. ...read
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- Britain to shiver from Arctic blast with four inches of snow and minus 10C temperatures as deep freeze grips Europe
- Horrifying moment a truck driver mows down soldiers in Jerusalem - and REVERSES over them - killing four and injuring 15 before being shot dead at the wheel, as Israeli PM blames attack on ISIS
- Theresa May reopens row with Donald Trump over his 'p****' jibe at women by branding the comments 'unacceptable' - hours after he tweeted he's looking forward to meeting her
- Teenager who provoked a police appeal after going missing for three days is found
- Hacking cough plaguing Britain could be caused by virus that gives sufferers PNEUMONIA, warn experts
- Nigel Farage once downed WHISKY before lessons at his posh public school when he was just 14 but was let off a caning when he owned up
- 'I'm NOT muddled!' PM May dismisses mandarin attack on her 'ambitious' Brexit strategy and gives the clearest signal yet she WILL quit single market
- Former Asda worker is the first British MAN to become PREGNANT after finding a sperm donor on Facebook - and plans to complete gender transition after the birth
- London to Edinburgh in 45 minutes: 760mph UK rail link takes step closer to reality as it makes shortlist for Elon Musk's Hyperloop One project
- Union baron plotting rail chaos is accused of being 'disingenuous' about train dangers to justify strikes
- The end of the rise for Aldi and Lidl? Discount supermarkets 'suffer poor Christmas trading because shops look like they've been robbed by a load of schoolkids'
- 'Poorly lit and full of mumbling': BBC is criticised AGAIN over poor sound quality as viewers complain they need subtitles for Tom Hardy's new drama Taboo
- Ex-jockey reveals his agony after his stolen shotgun was used by Hitler fanatic to kill Jo Cox MP
- 'It's nice to finally talk to someone about this': Morrison's dishes up SEX advice after a man's hilarious complaint about a doughnut goes viral
- What a trouper! Queen travels under heavy blanket as she battles heavy cold to attend church after a MONTH indoors as she is joined at Sandringham by Prince Philip and a beaming William and birthday girl Kate
- Zara Phillips tumbles from her horse at the polo in Australia before walking hand-in-hand with husband Mike Tindall… as the couple make their first public appearance since announcing her miscarriage
- MI5 'launch hunt for Syrian scientist posing as refugee plotting a chemical attack on a British seaside town'
- Inside the Obamas' final star-studded party: White House bash goes on until 4am with Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and SJP on the dance floor and chicken and waffles for breakfast
- Horrifying moment a truck driver mows down soldiers in Jerusalem - and REVERSES over them - killing four and injuring 15 before being shot dead at the wheel, as Israeli PM blames attack on ISIS
- Brad Pitt's fury over leaked court records as friends accuse Angelina of 'hurting family' by playing bitter split out in public
- Our little miracle of Longleat: Lady Weymouth – Britain’s first black aristocrat – reveals the devastating illness that made a natural delivery too dangerous… and led to a surrogate baby
- 72 MILLION are put under a winter storm warning: Three dead as Northeast is buried in blizzards and thousands are left without power in the South while California braces for conditions 'not seen for a decade' in coast-to-coast wall of snow
- 'Is that a RAT?': Woman posts a glamorous selfie of her getting ready for a night out but Twitter is more concerned with her extremely messy bedroom
- The British girl from Rochdale who became a jihadi bride for the American who rose to the top of ISIS - then had to flee back to the west and divorce him
- 'I was sure I was dead': Magician David Blaine's attempt to fire a rifle and catch the bullet in his mouth goes horribly wrong
- 'My girl was not raised like that': Grandmother of two black sisters involved in torture of a white special needs teenager apologizes to the victim as judge denies them bail, saying they're a 'danger to society'
- Hacking cough that can last weeks has struck down thousands of people but doctors say there's nothing they can do about it
- Texas mother LAUGHS in her mugshot as she is charged with mutilating and killing her five-year-old daughter in case police say is the 'worst they have ever seen'
- Massive brawl breaks out at maximum security jail housing Chicago's most dangerous prisoners: Five are taken to hospital after inmates attack each other with weapons made from INHALERS
- Meghan plans to walk up the aisle with Harry VERY soon: Ms Markle will accompany the Prince to Jamaica as he plays the role of best man at his former 'partner in crime's' wedding
- Sick thug filmed rape of his girlfriend and threatened to post it online if she left him - then put photos of the injuries he'd inflicted on his Facebook
- Mother and boyfriend charged after her 14-year-old adopted daughter was raped, slaughtered and chopped up in 'sick rape-murder fantasy they plotted for more than a year'
- What a trouper! Queen travels under heavy blanket as she battles heavy cold to attend church after a MONTH indoors as she is joined at Sandringham by Prince Philip and a beaming William and birthday girl Kate
- Security footage shows the horrifying moment the Fort Lauderdale killer calmly pulled out a handgun and started firing inside the airport's baggage claim
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