Article: Not the resolutions of the rich and famous; After the New Year's Day festivities, hangovers and rejoicing it is time to put those resolutions for the coming 12 months into practice. Jason Beattie suggests what the great, good and not so good should have pledged.(News)

Tony Blair

Gee, what an exciting year. I promise not to say the word "beacon" in any of my speeches. To refrain from smirking when a camera is near. Also to answer questions in the Commons without saying the word "actually" and to make no political capital out of the birth of our new child.

Sir Richard Branson

Did I tell you I was now a Sir? Never mind, my New Year's resolution is to keep a low profile, to travel by Virgin trains and not to publicise the fact in anyway whatsoever that I have been knighted.

Jeremy Paxman

Come on, ...

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