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Nigel Farage, as the catalyst, will probably sit glumly on the opposition benches, despised by all parties and finally realising that he has simply been used, should one suggest hoaxed, as a pawn.

As Labour ministers look on glumly from their plush offices, hard-working frontline NHS staff are left to prop up our national treasure and keep it afloat.

However, the supermodel isn't taking the split glumly; if anything, she's ebullient about her newfound freedom--and ladies, trust me, this is a good thing for us.

Felix Magath, right, sits glumly in the Fulham dug-out at Cardiff

One recent press release was like a throwback to the bad old days: an out-of-focus, grimy photo of a grimy man in blue overalls in a dirty workshop, standing glumly at a machine.

She opted to let her originally tied-back hair down, kick back in her seat and yawn while an equally bored-looking West stared glumly ahead.

Into their life comes poet Percy Shelley, like Mary an unbending Godwinian disciple (more unbending than his teacher who opines glumly "one learns to live with compromise"), and turns all their lives upside down, eloping with Mary and setting in motion the circumstances that would lead her to pen her radical novel.

After winning some acclaim for his 2007 bigscreen debut "Darling," writer-director Johan Kling experiences a sophomore slump with "Trust Me." Still trawling the fest circuit more than a year past its home-turf theatrical release, this glumly misanthropic backstage ensembler is the kind of enterprise one suspects amused its makers a whole lot more than it ever will any paying customers.

"The first 20 to 25 minutes were good from Paraguay -- we could have made the difference there," said Martino glumly.

Over the festive period we've become glumly resigned to municipalities bringing seasonal 'cheer' to public spaces, usually involving execrable lighting displays and/or piped muzak.

Orlando Man City 20 CARLOS TEVEZ and Roque Santa Cruz looked on glumly from the stands as South Africa's Orlando Pirates sank City hopes of a winning start to the Vodacom Challenge.

Each one glumly thinking "How long will we be here?"

"Blatant noncompliance increased from eight percent to 14 percent; the authors observe glumly. Gainesville-based ThreadPit sells a T-shirt that may encapsulate the boaters' attitude: "The Manatee--Natures Speed Bump:"

I can't see the boards of directors of the aforementioned Welsh dairies glumly looking at their sales figures and saying: "If only we could lavish millions on TV adverts and nab the slots in children's hour, they'd be pestering their mum to slip half a kilo of our traditional farmhouse-matured cheddar in with the crisps and cola.