Psycho farmer kills gypo!. (The Mail)

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Product:	The Mail
Date:	01/11/01 (69 review reads)
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Advantages: Daily rant, Neatly set out

Disadvantages: Right wing

The guy who im renting off has the Daily Mail through the box everyday. So i just can’t resist a read of the worlds most right wing paper. One headline that caught my attention this week was the Norfolk weirdo Tony Martin.
Most pundits and media types have been whipping up a frenzy over this case that he was right to pop the burglars that raided his property.

I was one of the ones that were not so sure that he was as innocent, and after reading an excellent article and coverage post trial in this paper. Most broadsheets haven’t really dug into this bizarre trial and it’s only since now that I think this guy should rot a little longer in the can.
Apparently he had 56 teddy bears in his bed and slept fully clothed by his illegally held pump action.

He was so hateful and paranoid of burglars and travelling folk that he threatened to villagers that he would “blow one away”before the end of the year.
The plot thickens as we read he took up most of the floorboards and unscrewed the light bulbs. Placed old badger traps in the garden and removed window frames.
He lay in weight for three weeks until he heard intruders who he shot at and killed one who was cowering under a bush. Doesn’t sound like self defense to me.

He seems to do the opposite of protecting his property by setting a lair for moronic gypsy types to break into his trap. Apparently he was known around the village as a whacko and shot someone’s windows out in a rage.
H e was known to the police and was a real trouble causer in the village and beyond. One of those fuddy duddies who hates just about everyone. Definitely the write paper to get some sympathy.
Anyhow it was nice to read up on that story and to know im not a minority thinking this guy is a major loon and why all the support.

Imagine if two posh kids from the local private school had been stealing his apples when they got the full double barrel.

I think you should be able to defend your property and family with force, and instinctively I would probably do the same. But a couple of halogen lamps and the TV on would have deterred most MR Martin.

The paper is of course full of anti asylum rhetoric, which I think we all agree with anyway. It also has a less biased coverage of the war and has gone more in to the reasons why the UK and America would like to run Afghanistan.
Oil of course is the underlying reason we need to be there and the paper delved deeply into the facts of previous battles there. Russia didn’t lose half a million men over ten years for a few sand dunes.

The sports coverage is excellent with Sunday and Mondays footy superb. I like the updated league tables a lot and they always keep you straight. Theres something nice about a fresh printed paper with all the tables up to date. They even give you all the teams on Monday three days after the games.
Their cricket coverage is about the best of the tabloids for domestic stuff, although they could do better.

The Mail is great for offers and competitions. They have just done a good cheap rail offer and various tokens for cash prizes and Christmas stuff are on the go now. They are always giving something away.
The business stuff is concise and they grab the women punters with their award winning femail (get it!) section.

The presentation is so professional and dignified and should really be granted broadsheet status. Its in no way a blue collar rag and should really upgrade. Although the tabloids size is great for carry.

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