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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Carnival Cruises – Death But No Taxes!

April 29, 2012

(Not satire – it’s Carnival Cruises!) UPDATE – Yet another disaster for Carnival cruise passengers as a sewage filled Carnival …

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Public backs plans to remove branding from party candidates

April 29, 2012

Almost two thirds of people support moves for politicians campaigning in public to be put into plain packaging, suggesting political parties …

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Jeremy Hunt Denies Being Secretary of State

April 29, 2012

The culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has defended himself against accusations that he secretly backed News Corporation’s bid to take over BSkyB …

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Jeremy Hunt ready to hand over all his emails, texts and staff to clear his name

April 27, 2012

Beleaguered Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt today pledged to hand over all relevant emails and texts as well as any of his employees in order …

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Murdoch – staff hid from me that NOTW was a tabloid newspaper.

April 27, 2012

LONDON: Rupert Murdoch has blamed his underlings for keeping him in the dark about the fact the News of The …

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Here’s a list of all the people Rupert Murdoch has blamed for NI’s problems. So far….

April 26, 2012

In his testimony to the Leveson Inquiry today, Rupert Murdoch again tried to pin the blame firmly on his staff for the …

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Cameron – I didn’t speak to Murdoch about anything over dinner. Not even sticky toffee pudding.

April 25, 2012

The Prime Minister David Cameron has defended himself against accusations that he has been too close to the Murdoch family …

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Private Security Guards Prevent Dangerous Photograph From Being Taken of Olympic Venue

April 23, 2012

Security guards from private security firm G4S have been praised for narrowly averting a potentially dangerous photograph from being taken …

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LibDem Concerns as Cameron Promises to Take Coalition Pledges as Seriously as They Do.

April 23, 2012

Senior Liberal Democrats expressed serious concern about the future of the coalition today after the Prime Minister sought to reassure …

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Oops! The Daily Mail accidentally supports a fascist party. Again.

April 20, 2012

Oh dear. The Daily Mail has decided to come out in support of Marine Le Pen’s bid to win the …

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Will Power: new poll finds 66% in favour of government using it

April 20, 2012

Two-thirds of the UK public are in favour of the government relying more on will power rather than continuing their …

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Controversial urine extraction method given go-ahead by government.

April 17, 2012

A controversial method used by the government to extract urine out of the public should be extended, a government-named panel of …

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Wildlife and farming disaster warning as incompetence spreads across England

April 16, 2012

Most of England is now in a severe competence drought and the dry spell could last beyond the next election, the Environment …

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Hunting of Carlos The Great White Elephant Arouses Anger in Recession-Hit Spain

April 16, 2012

Spanish government under fire over costly great white elephant hunting trip While ordinary Spaniards cope with harsh austerity, recession and …

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Get yourself born rich: Donald Trump’s guide to financial success.

April 15, 2012

(It’s not satire – it’s Donald Trump!) Some people are just too easy to satirise, because they do it all …

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Aung San Suu Kyi – Democracy can flourish in Britain

April 14, 2012

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi called on the British leader David Cameron to embrace democracy and reject extremism this week …

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Here’s an excellent Facebook page which uses humour to good effect to make a good point:

April 14, 2012

I love this Facebook page. It’s just been set up and uses humour to good effect to make a good …

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Local police twitter account promotes political blog by LibDem councillor

April 13, 2012

Is an official police twitter account providing links to a political blog by a LibDem councillor an indication of political …

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Cameron is destroying one of the UK’s biggest exports to win a few more votes from UKIP

April 13, 2012

(not satire – it’s UK today) UPDATE – 9 months after I wrote this article, people are starting to wake up …

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Not Tory! Post-Tory, ex-Tory and proud. Get over it!

April 12, 2012

A Christian group’s ‘Tory Therapy’ campaign is to appear on the sides of buses in London aimed at changing the political orientation …

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George Osborne ‘shocked’ at level of his own tax avoidance

April 12, 2012

(satire – sort of) George Osborne has said he was “shocked” to discover that the Chancellor of the Exchequer pays “virtually no” income tax at …

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Boris Johnson can’t distance himself from Cameron. He’s family.

April 10, 2012

(It’s not satire – it’s Boris Johnson!) You’ve got to hand it to Boris. So far, he’s very successfully managed …

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Lib Dems – a few candidates short of a full deck

April 9, 2012

The Liberal Democrats could well be perceived by the public in future elections as being ‘a few candidates short of a full …

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Britain in Crisis – Gov’ agrees help for hard-hit rowers

April 8, 2012

The army has been put on standby and the government has convened a meeting of its Cobra crisis committee after …

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Public displays of poverty and disability to be banned

April 7, 2012

(satire) A ban on public displays of poverty is coming into force in England – with ministers promising it will …

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Police – we won’t stand for racism. We’ll probably stay sitting.

April 6, 2012

There was confusion in the Metropolitan Police after the Commissioner, Bernard Hogan-Howe, ordered all officers not to stand for racism in its …

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Pissed Off UK Citizens Protest Government Plans to Bug Them Even More

April 4, 2012

UK citizens, already fed up with recent government moves to piss them off with a raft of annoying policy announcements, …

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Ken Uses 4-Letter Word and Accuses Boris Of Being a T**y

April 3, 2012

BORIS Johnson called Ken Livingstone a “fucking liar” as they travelled in a lift together after the former Mayor used …

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Cameron To Befriend Everyone on Facebook and Twitter

April 2, 2012

The Prime Minister David Cameron has denied accusations his party are getting desperate to win back voter support after he …

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Government To Tax Pasties and Grannies

April 1, 2012

. April Fool’s! Oh wait a second……. . . Related articles by Tom Pride: Shortage of Competence Causes Panic Across Country …

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