"If Ian Duncan Smith had been a chief executive or the manager of a sports team, he would have been sacked by now," wrote Bruce Anderson, a Conservative-supporting columnist at The Independent.
That disappointment at only winning 4-0, was momentarily shared by some culés, and that one Madrid-supporting columnist even gloated "next time, sunshine", ultimately only deepened the humiliation.
During the same period, an analysis of coverage in the newspaper's online archives showed, the paper published five editorial-page endorsements in favor of sit/lie and two columns by Andrew S. Ross, the paper's business page columnist, supporting the ordinance.
"Thanks Tamudo!" cheered AS's cover, while inside Espanyol-supporting columnist Tomás Guash, thankfully reporting from the safety of his own home, raved: "that was the fuck of the century - an orgasm screamed out with all your might".
In a character witness statement supporting Mr Mitchell, newspaper columnist Matthew d'Ancona said class had been an issue for the coalition government, which had been criticised for the number of private school and Oxbridge-educated people it contained.
Mo should make his prize global".For what it's worth, your columnist supports Mr Ibrahim's effort to stress the need for good government in Africa.
And when a columnist supported Hain in the Guardian he was inundated with mail from people - many willing to give their name - who defended sex with children.
One Mexico City columnist proclaimed this week, without supporting evidence, that Al Qaeda was operating in Mexico.
For the record, this paper backed the Lib Dems in 2010, though its political columnists – myself included – wrote supporting Labour.
She was a scourge of the regime of Hosni Mubarak as a columnist and op-ed writer, supporting the movement that eventually coalesced and ousted Mr. Mubarak last year.
"The Americans think that supporting democracy should create positive reactions," said Nicola Nassif, a columnist with the left-leaning Lebanese daily Al Akhbar.
