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Stephen Bannon, a conservative film-maker, has almost finished his two-hour documentary on Sarah Palin's tenure as governor of Alaska. The movie will open in Iowa in June. Mr. Bannon aired a "rough cut" of the movie for Mrs. Palin and her husband over the weekend in Arizona. They were reportedly very pleased with the (almost) final product. Real Clear Politics has the details on this somewhat startling development in the 2012 GOP presidential campaign. Most veteran GOP pols had sort of decided amongst themselves that Mrs. Palin would not be a factor in the 2012 campaign... News that this movie...

TELLY'S Jennifer Saunders has won a secret battle with breast cancer, The Sun can reveal. The Absolutely Fabulous star, 52, was diagnosed last October after she found a lump. Last night, pals revealed that she has remained strong and determined throughout her eight-month breast cancer battle - and is now back on form after doctors gave her the all-clear. After finding the lump, mum-of-three Jennifer immediately sought advice from her GP and was diagnosed with cancer in days. She began punishing courses of both chemotherapy and radiotherapy but kept her ordeal a closely-guarded secret. She ended up losing her hair....

mmmmmmmmmm....even sweeter than Dan Hannan's speech. Joanna Lumley senses Gordon Brown's government is back tracking on assurances given about the debt of honour owed to thousands of Nepalese Gurkhas who have fought and died for Britain over two hundred years. She then proceeds in a polite but deadly way to stitch him up and spit him out until all he can do is nod fearfully as she issues her orders....