Today's Republican Party, the lowest-held political party in the history of modern polling, should be in agony.

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And they were followed by Cole's band mate Kimberley Walsh, singer Ronan Keating and Take That star Gary Barlow - all three of whom were said to be "in agony".

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"None of us expect to go out of this world singing and dancing, but you do not expect to be left in what I suspect was agony, " said Ms Penston, who lives in Sutton.

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Baritone Peter Mattei seemed to be living the agony of Amfortas, both in the fierceness of his singing and his halting, excruciating attempts to walk.

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In February this year it was announced she was signing up to be an agony aunt for Aura magazine under former Sunday Express editor Eve Pollard.

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