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When I read that the expression 'back in the day' was now considered beyond the pale, I thought: About time, too. It's an Americanism that has wormed its way into our version of English.
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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Even now, after he has been forced to resign not just as Prime Minister but also as an MP, they're still not satisfied. Hanging's too good for him? Not nearly enough.
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: When just shy of 14 million of us handed PM Boris Johnson an 80-seat majority, did anyone seriously suggest what we really wanted was Jeremy Hunt running the country?
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Mrs Thatcher was steeling herself for her gruelling battles against the enemy within, which culminated with her crushing Arthur Scargill's year-long coal strike three years later.