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Will Gordon Brown prove Tory Ken wrong?
8:18pm Thursday 15th May 2008
AN amusing email arrived from legendary Bucks Tory Ken Ross who told me he mistook my column in our South Bucks Star newspaper last week for an April Fool's joke.

The middle-class mules are made to pay
8:06pm Thursday 1st May 2008
A CANADIAN relative visited last weekend, and virtually his first words were: "I can't believe how you guys can afford to live in this country."
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Bring the Bombay Duck back to Bucks
1:35pm Friday 25th April 2008
I AM well known for campaigning on various serious issues, but perhaps it's time to give our readers food for thought on a matter of culinary importance for Bucks.

Don't the banks owe us a break when times are tough?
7:19pm Thursday 17th April 2008
THIS column is not noted for its economic incisiveness, so forgive me if I am being naive - but aren't the banks really letting down the public over mortgages?

Editor's internet roadshow continuesEditor's internet roadshow continues
8:03pm Thu 17 Apr 08
BUCKS Free Press editor Steve Cohen continued his series of internet roadshow demonstrations tonight when he gave a talk to the Flackwell Ladies Club.

A&E name change is a good move
11:32am Friday 11th April 2008
I'VE probably campaigned more than anyone about cuts to hospital services in south Bucks over the last few years, but I have no particular gripe about the change of name of Wycombe's A&E department.
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Drink-drive changes will force pubs to close
4:49pm Friday 4th April 2008
WHEN I was a young sports reporter, I became an expert at hiding pints of bitter behind plant pots.

Why not give Eden the benefit of the doubt?
7:25pm Friday 21st March 2008
I BECAME very depressed as I edited the Bucks Free Press' letters pages this week.
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Eden - it’s genuinely fabulousEden - it’s genuinely fabulous
9:55am Thu 13 Mar 08
BEWILDERED readers must have thought I'd turned into Bob the Builder or a member of the Village People pop group when they saw me walking through town on Monday.
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What superpower would you choose to have?
7:07pm Thursday 6th March 2008
IF YOU could have one teeny weeny superpower, what would you choose?
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It's better to talk than criticise
12:36pm Friday 29th February 2008
I RISKED my credibility on Monday night when I chaired a high-powered meeting - to discuss forming another council.
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Editor uploads story live during talk to groupEditor uploads story live during talk to group
2:36pm Tue 26 Feb 08
BUCKS Free Press editor Steve Cohen gave a live demonstration today to the Parkinson's Disease Society on how to upload stories to this website.

And then I showed my son Elvis
12:19pm Friday 22nd February 2008
A LOT of older readers dismiss the internet as a new-fangled invention' that has no relevance to their lives, and they say it's something they don't need to learn or to know about.

Crack down on this before more deaths are caused
7:57pm Thursday 14th February 2008
I HAVE a plan that would increase conviction rates for the police, boost law enforcement revenues and massively improve road safety at a stroke.
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The bone idle have inherited the earth
12:00pm Thursday 7th February 2008
I BROKE a new personal record this week - £51 for a tank of petrol.
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Normally, I’d be upset by Wycombe losing, but I was strangely calmNormally, I’d be upset by Wycombe losing, but I was strangely calm
9:38am Fri 1 Feb 08
THIS banal picture from my television set is proof my obsession with pointless technology has finally driven me over the edge.

Why I hate being like a John Cleese character
5:32pm Friday 25th January 2008
THE film I most loathe in all the world is Clockwise starring John Cleese.
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Was she desperate - or just trying to con me?
6:22pm Friday 18th January 2008
IT WAS Saturday evening and I was walking alone through High Wycombe town centre when two teenage girls came up to me.

Make a stand against chaps
3:20pm Friday 11th January 2008
IS IT me, or has a frightening new term of greeting crept into our language?
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Readers are on song for my topical contest
3:50pm Thursday 10th January 2008
WELL, I went away on my Christmas holidays and quite forgot that I'd launched a topical song contest for readers.
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