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That the last general election didn’t take place later. We might have got rid of the Tories with a couple more weeks.
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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Citizens around the world blaming others for their personal disappointments, othering them, labelling them, terrorising them with hate-filled rhetoric and shutting the doors of their hearts.
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To go out of Strictly Come Dancing as early as I did.
Simon Bird
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That they stopped making Toffos.
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When I was in my 30s and taped myself singing. I always thought I had quite a sweet voice – my voice is terrible, I can’t hold a note.
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To all those whose fleeting interaction with me has fallen short of what they’d hoped; the unwitting recipients of my occasional grumpiness.
I cleaned for a very posh lady in Knightsbridge who made me handwash her knickers. I’d advertised myself in The Lady as a dog walker, so I’m not sure how I ended up there.
Every time I got drunk and out of order. Especially in my teens and 20s.
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