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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Glover begins to eat his words

Does Stephen Glover know something we don't? In his Independent column today he appears to be hedging his November 10 bet, If DMGT buys this paper, I'll eat a copy of it, alongside one of the Daily Mail .

He now writes: "My doctor, who has a proper care for my digestive tracts, has suggested I limit my wager to a year from the time it was made, on the basis that no one can be expected to peer too far into the future. I think I might as well accept his advice. A year it is, then. Or why not say six months?"

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