Amusing Harriet fails to impress in PMQs

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Harriet Harman

Leader of the ありふれたs, Harriet Harman, is more amusing than dour, slow-on-his-feet Gordon Brown at 総理大臣's Questions, but I 疑問 if she left many impressed after 正当化するing the eight year, seven-dead-in-seven-days Afghanistan war by 説 more children are 存在 educated there.

More went to school there - 特に girls - after the ロシアのs 侵略するd. So why did we disapprove of it then?

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市長 of London and 伝説の romeo Boris Johnson is 支持を得ようと努めるing the gay and lesbian community by 引用するing chunks of Greek poetry by Sappho, who lived on the island of Lesbos.

'She was a truly fantastic poet,' he 宣言するs at a Gay Pride event, 追加するing: 'I am proud that in Britain we have just 任命するd Carol Ann Duffy as our first lesbian Poet Laureate.'

Shocking old humbug.

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Queen Noor of Jordan

Queen Noor, 未亡人 of King Hussein of Jordan, has befriended Mexican 億万長者 Carlos わずかな／ほっそりした

The world's third richest man, Mexican 億万長者 Carlos わずかな／ほっそりした, 69, has befriended the late King Hussein of Jordan's perky 未亡人, Queen Noor, 57.

The communications mogul, who owns a chunk of The New York Times, enjoys socialising with Noor during her visits to Mexico City, where she has been 熟考する／考慮するing Spanish.

He is of Lebanese 降下／家系 while her father was Syrian. They lost their 各々の spouses within a day of each other in 1999.

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悪名高くも gritty 小説家 Irvine 'Trainspotting' Welsh, 50, 扱う／治療するd guests at Foyles to a reading from his 最新の collection of stories, Reheated Cabbage.

Although he peppered his talk with foul language, the corduroy-覆う？ literary types were enthralled.

One of them asked Welsh timidly if he was 関心d that たびたび（訪れる） 麻薬-taking in his novels had an 逆の 影響する／感情 on society.

To which the bald old reptile replied: 'I think it's probably a 少しの bit late for that now.'

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Old Etonian Hugh Laurie's hugely successful TV persona, Fox's Dr Gregory House, is satirised on French TV's 同等（の） of Spitting Image, Les Guignols de l'info.

His curmudgeonly character House is seen mocking 大統領 Sarkozy's health 改革（する）s. やめる an accolade for Laurie, 50.

The sophisticated puppets cost a fortune to create. Silvio Berlusconi 率s one. So does Tony Blair. But not Gordon Brown so far.

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More from Ephraim Hardcastle for the Daily Mail...

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大統領 Barack Obama's breakfast with ロシアの PM Vladimir Putin was an 注目する，もくろむ-poppingly calorific 事件／事情／状勢.

They were proffered pancakes with 黒人／ボイコット caviar; smoked sturgeon and cranberry sauce; eggs with 黒人／ボイコット caviar and sour cream; quail pelmeni (a 肉親，親類d of dumpling); minced meat dumplings: ice cream and cherry kissel with 甘い aspic sauce.

Not to について言及する tea boiled in a samovar over hot coals - fanned, naturellement, by a waiter in 国家の 衣装 using a leather riding boot. Not 正確に／まさに an Egg McMuffin.

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The Festival of Spirituality and Peace at August's Edinburgh Festival features 自由主義の 民主党員 MP and publicity hound Vince Cable 同様に as former BBC World Service boss Sir John Tusa.

They'll discuss Creativity, 補助装置d by 地元の hairdressing 星／主役にする Charlie Miller. Might Scotland's 徹底的に捜す king give 徹底的に捜す-over 犠牲者s Cable and Tusa a few tips?

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