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Hung out to dry on the phone line

Where do you stand on the matter of coincidence?

God and Albert Einstein famously didn’t believe in it, the latter describing it as the former’s way of staying anonymous. But, much as I respect both chaps, I find myself horribly conflicted.

What provoked the confusion is a recent divorce from Virgin Media.

The economic vista having developed not necessarily to my advantage – and despite my relishing the kindly invitation to pay £165 per month for a broadband and cable TV package available to new customers for

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