Posts Tagged ‘clubs’
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Apparently publicity-shy businessman David Abrahams was thrust into the limelight this week when it was revealed he was making substantial donations to the Labour party through intermediaries, conveniently side-stepping party-funding regulations and bringing the sleaze spotlight onto Labour party fundraising.
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Week 44, and this week Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Sir Ian Blair faced calls to resign following the Met being found guilty of breaking Health and Safety laws (?) when anti-terrorist officers shot dead Charles de Menezes in 2005 at Stockwell Green tube station, believing him (wrongly) to be a suicide bomber.
Week 35, and perennial loser and great hope of English tennis, Tim Henman, this week announced his retirement from top-class tennis.
No court cards for clubs, then two in a row, with multi-millionaire author JK Rowling appearing as the Queen of Clubs for the week ending 28th July. In this week the last Harry Potter book – Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows* was released, along with the release of the latest film in the franchise Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
*and no, I haven’t read it. Nor do I intend to…**
**no, really. I read the first one, and wasn’t terribly impressed.
…and for the week ending 21st July we have Alastair Campbell, former Spin-Doctor-in-Chief, who published his diary from the Blair years this week.
(and yes, I probably should have put this under Hearts as he is somewhat of a political figure. My deck, my rules…)
