Jimmy is spying on our first opponents and I am filiming a preview of what Berti's boys and the tartan army face in what claims to be a country but is in fact 45, 000 fishermen clinging to a rock.

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"These have been turbulent years, but the fact that the BBC has come through them in good shape to face the future is evidence of its fundamental resilience, " he added.

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Awkward you might think for the prime minister, but today he was putting on a brave face, claiming that Lord Lawson had in fact helped highlight his pledge of an EU referendum if he is re-elected.

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What amuses me about the story is that it is in fact true that the coins are worth higher than face value: but for very different reasons than those that are floating around.

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Romney sounds more hawkish on Iran and nuclear weapons, but the fact is, regardless of who wins in November, an American president will face a nervous Israel with a choice: Bomb or accept that Iran has bombs.

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King, who admits she struggles with technology, said that she prefers face to face interaction but she appreciates the fact that Skype lets her talk to her son who is living in Asia.

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For a publication that prides itself on originality and contrarian insight, there is nothing more humbling than getting smacked in the face with the fact that your latest project is not only not particularly new or original, but that it had been done almost to the letter seventy-eight years ago.

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