Andy West
Andy West is a very handsome journalist and radio producer with an utterly average background. He was born in Northampton, raised in Milton Keynes, not very comprehensively schooled in a comprehensive school, trained in a mediocre university and nurtured and subsequently sacked by a string of commercial radio stations. Nonetheless, he is now an excellent writor. Like Andy on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Andy-West-Thinks/175613099212351?ref=hlFollow
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Welcome, baby George. And don't mind the millions of eyes watching your every move
25 July 2013 10:36 AM
The royal baby's name has been decided. It had to be something simple, English and firm, didn’t it?
A pill that does the exercise for you? Let's hope lazy, overweight people don't take advantage
18 July 2013 11:36 AM
The problem is that it won't just be used by disabled people. It will also be used by fat people who cannot be bothered to jog. And that bothers me.
Those Sex And The City girls have sent pubic lice to the land of extinction
05 July 2013 02:01 PM
Thanks to hair removal, the world pubic lice population is dwindling fast and the insects are in danger of disappearing forever
Bridezillas, I now pronounce you the bane of my life
23 June 2013 11:27 AM
The very worst example of wedding greed comes in the form of the wedding gift list, which is a smart name for begging
Cake pushers, begone! We don't want your calories
07 June 2013 11:49 AM
If the Government wishes to curb the obesity epidemic, it should forget chip shops and focus on kind, maternal women in offices who equate sweet foods with happiness
Rate your shag: It's good to see student sex is as bad as ever
30 May 2013 12:18 PM
Why would any self-respecting person want to go on a website and detail their sexual conquests?
Woolwich Attack: In the wake of horror like this, social media brings out our worst instincts
23 May 2013 03:43 PM
These tweets and retweets are not analysis or democracy in action - this is just the 21st century equivalent of scuttling to the gallows to watch a thief be hanged
Thank you sexy, mystery drummer of Ireland. You have revealed the true point of Eurovision
15 May 2013 03:32 PM
The joy of Eurovision – in the UK at least - has never been derived from the deplorable music. The heady emotion-potion it offers is something altogether different
Can't come out? Yes, you can.
30 April 2013 02:13 PM
NBA player Jason Collins has come out as gay - the first active male athlete in a major American professional team sport to do so
You last-minute dropouts are causing a flakiness epidemic
30 April 2013 09:30 AM
It seems the current social trend is to rack-up a number of options for one’s Saturday night and then decide, last minute, which is the most appealing
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