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To Boris Johnson, it may be money and resources “spaffed up the wall”. To the survivors, the 710 pages of the Sheldon report released today are a necessary but very incomplete insight into a time and a culture that devastated the lives of hundreds of young boys, and their families. It was hard to know what to expect after more than four...To Boris Johnson, it may be money and resources “spaffed up the wall”. To the survivors, the 710 pages of the Sheldon report released today are a necessary but very incomplete insight into a time and a culture that devastated the lives of hundreds of young boys, and their families. It was hard to know what to expect after more than four...To Boris Johnson, it may be money and resources “spaffed up the wall”. To the survivors, the 710 pages of the Sheldon report...
The famous Irish   has died aged 68. Known as the ''Sit-down comedian,'' Allen was among the first to base his dry wit humour around the comic practices of large organisations and institutions such as the . 

Born in Dublin in 1936, he later moved to England to pursue his career. He initially  was a , but later entered comedy. His fame peaked in the 1970s and 1980s with the ''BBC'' TV shows ''The Dave Allen Show'' and ''Dave Allen at Large.''

He is survived by his wife Karin, and their three children.