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• Award for prank call DJ is in bad taste

  by Carol Driver June 7
  Nope, this isn’t another stupid joke: DJ Michael Christian has been handed the national radio award for being the Next Top Jock. Just to jog your memory, Aussies Christian and his then 2Day FM radio co-host Mel Greig were behind the prank call to London’s Edward VII hospital back in Dec...

• Visa issues? Seems it's not what you know but who you are...

  by Carol Driver June 5
  Visa application being held up? Take a leaf out of former Downing Street spin doctor Alastair Campbell’s book.  Sod waiting around for months on end to hear whether or not it’s been approved – jump on to Twitter and start making a noise.  Campbell tweeted Australia...

• Time for Oz to catch up as New Zealand legalises gay marriage

  by Carol Driver April 17
  Not many things can the Kiwis can claim as firsts against Australia. Until now. The New Zealand parliament has today legalised same-sex marriages, making it the first country in the Asia-Pacific region to do so. Not only was the bill passed, but it was with a wide majority of 77 votes in favour a...
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• Improving UKBA visa times will boost ailing economy

  by Carol Driver April 15
  The shambolic UK Border Agency is a kick in the teeth for the government.   At a time when the UK credit rating has been downgraded (embarrassing!) and the economy’s struggling to draw breath, encouraging spending and employment should be a priority.   What TNT has discovere...

• Opening Ceremony: fantastic start to ‘The People’s Games'

  by Carol Driver July 28, 2012
  By Monday morning, the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics will seem like a dream, such was the fantasy-meets-reality wonderland created by Danny Boyle.   Kicking off with the most extravagant history lesson ever, using an epic Lord Of The Rings-style stage, he took us on a journey from pre-indu...

• Jimmy Carr's not the worst tax-dodging offender

  by Carol Driver June 21, 2012
  Raise your hand if, offered a legal way to do so, you would opt to pay less tax. Pretty much most people reading this, right?   After all, who wouldn’t want to pay less of their earnings to a government which (as far as we’re concerned) whittles it away on such things as a duck ho...

• Shut up! Of course TOWIE girls are good role models

  by Carol Driver May 11, 2012
  Apparently, The Only Way Is Essex girls aren’t good role models.   According to the results of a survey released last week, the ‘reality’ TV show is encouraging young girls to follow a glitzy champagne lifestyle. And, along with shows such as Skins and Geordie Shore, it&rsqu...

• The REAL Olympics tour

  by Carol Driver March 30, 2012
  There are loads of new walking tours springing up in London, getting ready for the Olympics this summer.   I'm thinking of jumping on the bandwagon and starting my own. I'd like to give those who are in the UK for the Games a chance to witness the real city.   All these tourists will b...

• Why so blue over Team GB's new Olympics kit?

  by Carol Driver March 23, 2012
  So the new Team GB Olympics kit has been unveiled and in true British style  there’s been more people voicing their disapproval than anything else. “Did someone forget to order the red dye,” @donaldjdonald hilariously tweeted, referring to the predominance of blue in the desi...

• Tulisa sex-tape leak backfires on Ultra arsehole Edwards

  by Carol Driver March 23, 2012
  Whatever Justin Edwards was trying to achieve when he leaked a video of his ex-girlfriend Tulisa Contostavlos giving him a blowjob, it backfired royally.   Instead of ruining her career or making him a stash of money, the MC has ended up looking like a wanker – shitty boyfriend material...

• Sean Penn, YOU get out of the Falklands

  by Carol Driver February 22, 2012
  Stop the cavalry! The British mission has been scuppered! Retreat! Or so goes the action-film scene playing in Sean Penn’s imagination in which he plays the dashing-but-thoughtful hero. Back in the real world, however, this translates into Penn letting his ego get in the way of the facts. The...

• Ryanair ad IS sexist - towards men

  by Carol Driver February 22, 2012
  Well done, Michael O-I’ve-done-it-again-Leary. You’ve once again succeeded in getting Ryanair into the headlines.   This time, the stiff-upper-lip that is the Advertising Standards Agency has stamped its foot and banned your budget airline’s latest promotional campaign, whic...

• No, Gary Glitter, we don't want to be in your gang

  by Carol Driver January 20, 2012
  “#stillshining” 'Gary Glitter' writes on his 'official' Twitter page.   Firstly, let's assume the account is real. No one knows whether it is or not anyway.   For those who don't know, Gary Glitter was an Eighties glam-rock star, with I'm The Leader Of The Gang (lyrics 'do ...
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• Why Stephen Lawrence murderers were tried as juveniles

  by Carol Driver January 4, 2012
  I started to write this blog outraged that the murderers of Stephen Lawrence had been tried as juveniles.   Just like many of the posters of comments I've read on websites and on TNT's Facebook page, we all thought it was unfair - why should Gary Dobson and David Norris be seemingly 'let off ...

• Tube drivers – shove strike demands up your subways

  by Carol Driver December 16, 2011
  Here we bloody well go again. Summoning about as much festive spirit as Scrooge, greedy London Tube drivers are threatening strike action at Christmas. How very bah humbug.   There is, however, a stench of déjà vu in the air: only a few weeks ago, Underground bosses caved to the...

• Name and shame the ignorant racists

  by Carol Driver November 30, 2011
  If you weren't sickened to the core by the YouTube video of a woman spitting racist abuse to her fellow passengers, there is something wrong with you. Everything about her manner, her words, her facial expressions, screamed bitterness. Sitting with a young child on her knee, she was beyond unre...

• I'm A Viewer ... Get Me Out Of Here

  by Carol Driver November 22, 2011
  Last night I tuned into I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here for the first time this series. Big mistake. Huge.   I've never really been a fan of the reality TV show - there are much more exciting things I could be doing with my time. Watching paint dry springs to mind.   And last night'...

• Police too busy to help track ‘stolen phone’? Good job too!

  by Carol Driver November 15, 2011
  Oh boo hoo. Poor Yasmin Saadi. The advertising executive has been moaning about the police after she was a victim of 'crime' but the Met was too busy to help her.   No, I'm not being heartless - the nature of said offence was that her mobile phone had been 'taking from her bag'. Big deal. &n...

• Ricky Gervais went too far with 'mong' comments

  by Carol Driver November 2, 2011
  Oh shut up Ricky Gervais. Just admit you cocked up by using the word ‘mong’ in an attempt to be funny that resulted in you falling flat on your fat face.   The comedian – that guy from The Office, remember him? – has pissed off disability charities (because it’s ...