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# Aye,
a pound for a day pass on it, or £2 for the week. It just won't work in my opinion.

And as Beau Bo D'Or just said over on twitter, Alexander Lebedev 'It was a straightforward choice. One day's access to The Times or buy The Independent.'
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:01, archived)
# or buy a Coke and a Yorkie and then go to news.bbc.co.uk
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:03, archived)
# But he literally bought the whole company for a pound,
innit.
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:04, archived)
# I wonder if he'll make it free, as he did with the Standard
That'd be interesting.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:06, archived)
# Oh, right.
He's a smart cookie, that Beau Bo D'Or
(I helped save b3ta! Barbarossa is not my real name, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:06, archived)
# ^This
(Only substitute the coke for an oasis)
(I helped save b3ta! Whato_Jeeves Did your surgery require a vaginal mesh patch?, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:05, archived)
# Is the Times' website actually any good?
I just use the Beeb whenever I don't get my news from b3ta.
(I helped save b3ta! barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:04, archived)
# I don't really know to be honest with you.
I am one of these losers who actually buys a real paper every day :) I do like Caitlin Moran's articles though.

She writes good columns too.

Badum tish!
(I helped save b3ta! Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:05, archived)
# Bloody hell, I didn't think there were many of your sort left.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:08, archived)
# oh god, she's an awful self-important little troll
nothing's changed since she wrote for Melody Maker
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:13, archived)
# I have it bookmarked, but a cursory history check indicates I've been there twice. Ever.
And both of those were probably the result of poor mouse aim.
(I helped save b3ta! zoldergoose, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:06, archived)
# nah - it's shite
the FT is pretty good for proper news

it's an unholy alliance of the BBC, Private Eye, Tabloidwatch and occasionally the Guardian for me
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 11:09, archived)