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  • Liz plans to turn the lights out, maybe wear the same outfit more than once and hit the hay early with a mug of horlicks as a nod to the spirit of the Blitz credit crunch.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Another Outspoken Female 2008

  • Liz plans to turn the lights out, maybe wear the same outfit more than once and hit the hay early with a mug of horlicks as a nod to the spirit of the Blitz credit crunch.

    shock horror - HRH Liz wears same outfit twice Another Outspoken Female 2008

  • He gets angry when his enormous ego is punctured so Cameron needs to keep reminding him what a lousy PM he is and what a horlicks he has made of the economy.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • But irresolute confusion certainly abounds at the Speccie - a horlicks of inanity.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • He gets angry when his enormous ego is punctured so Cameron needs to keep reminding him what a lousy PM he is and what a horlicks he has made of the economy.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • What's more, Salmond has made enough of a horlicks of Scotland to deter people from giving him greater powers.

    The odds on independence 2009

  • This is, presumably, for his own protection given the absolute horlicks of the job he has made and how badly he has been run ragged by his Tory shadow, Michael Gove.

    Mandy on the move? 2009

  • If I were home, I would also make a few trays of crispy golden daikon/radish cake, my beloved pineapple tarts and horlicks animal cookies.

    Happy Lunar New Year! Mandy 2009

  • This is, presumably, for his own protection given the absolute horlicks of the job he has made and how badly he has been run ragged by his Tory shadow, Michael Gove.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • What's more, Salmond has made enough of a horlicks of Scotland to deter people from giving him greater powers.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

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