.. to bribe or twist,
\nthank God, the British journalist.
\nBut, seeing what the man will do
\nUnbribed, there’s no occasion to.<\/p>\n\n
Or so I have always thought. However, I got rung this morning by the Daily Express,<\/em> owned by Britain’s most famous pornographer, Richard Desmond. At one stage, there was quite a gang of ex-Indie people there, and I used to write a lot for them. The nice woman on the features desk wanted a piece denouncing human cloning. I can’t do that, I said: I’m under contract with the Guardian,<\/em> and I can’t even suggest anyone who could, since everyone I know is in favour of therapeutic cloning. Oh, she said. But you wrote a piece denouncing cloning for us once. Well, yes. That was about the crazed Italian doctor. I don’t believe in growing babies<\/em> that way. Embryos are different.<\/p>\n\n I don’t think she knew what I was talking about.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" .. to bribe or twist, thank God, the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do Unbribed, there’s no occasion to. Or so I have always thought. However, I got rung this morning by the Daily Express, owned by … Continue reading