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Monthly Archives: January 2013

Bedroom Tax – ministers agree exemption if spare room used to flog shit coffee on the high street

January 31, 2013

(satire – sort of) Coalition government ministers have agreed to back down on plans to introduce a bedroom tax in …

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It’s not the Left that believes in Magic Money Trees. It’s the Right.

January 31, 2013

(it’s not satire – it’s the surreal world of banking) Very often some people on the Right who are less …

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Daily Mail uses an actress for another story to demonise the working class

January 30, 2013

(it’s not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!) Yesterday, the Daily Mail published yet another of its endless dubious stories …

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Government ministers announce plan to deter immigrants to UK by making it shit

January 29, 2013

(satire – possibly) The coalition government has revealed detailed plans to curb immigration into the UK by making the country …

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See sample of new negative ads about UK for Romania and Bulgaria

January 28, 2013

A sample of an advertisement from the new negative advertising campaign in Bulgaria and Romania the government is thinking of running to persuade potential immigrants to …

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Oops! Daily Mail gets British immigration test wrong

January 27, 2013

(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!) The Mail got a really easy question wrong in a sample of the …

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Media Baron Rupert Murdoch in Talks to Buy Popular UK Tabloid Boris Johnson

January 27, 2013

(satire – sort of) Eighty-one year old Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch is reported to be attending talks in the …

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Tory Health Minister Anna Soubry suggests lack of money could be cause of poverty

January 26, 2013

(satire – possibly) Public Health Minister Anna Soubry has announced she has discovered a surprising link between people being poor …

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Ian Hislop comes out on BBC Question Time

January 26, 2013

(not satire – it’s the UK today) As the leading political satirist of a country whose present government’s idea of …

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Osborne blames too much ‘snow’ for his putting the UK at risk of a triple-dip recession

January 25, 2013

(satire) The chancellor George Osborne has blamed the large amounts of ‘snow’ and chilled champagne which blanketed his brain for …

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Government to clamp down on disabled benefit cheats flooding country from tour in Afghanistan

January 24, 2013

(satire) The government has announced it is to close a loophole in which thousands of able-bodied young military personnel are abusing …

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Philip Hensher whinges on (and bloody on) after being taken to task for writing harmful garbage

January 24, 2013

(not satire – it’s UK today) I’m getting sick of this. Yet another overpaid hack relentlessly moaning after getting strong …

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ATOS to reduce ‘fit for work’ test to one question: “Are you alive?”

January 23, 2013

(satire – barely) Sources inside the Department of Work and Pensions have revealed the French-owned company ATOS – who undertake …

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FSA – dangerous levels of unprocessed tripe and traces of chicken DNA found in Cameron speech

January 23, 2013

(satire – sort of) The Food Standards Agency is urgently investigating how excess amounts of artificial sweeteners – including significant …

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Secret terrorist plot to wipe out 5,300 British soldiers uncovered

January 22, 2013

(satire – probably) A secret plot to wipe out up to 5,300 British troops by a brutal Al Qaeda cell …

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How media hacks are desperately trying to keep up with social media – and failing

January 21, 2013

(not satire – it’s UK today) UPDATE: Willard Foxton and Hugh Muir have both now apologised for not sourcing their original …

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Is the Sun’s ‘immigrant benefit scrounger’ actually the wife of a Russian billionaire?

January 20, 2013

(not satire – it’s the Sun!@?#!) You may have already read about the Sun’s front-page story yesterday about a so-called …

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Prepare to stone me to death for saying this – but Charlie Brooker’s wrong about climate change deniers

January 20, 2013

I’m well aware that for anybody who regards him or herself as a progressive – criticising Charlie Brooker is rather …

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Norway braced for slump as UK economists confirm snow main cause of recession

January 20, 2013

(satire – I think) Countries such as Norway, Sweden and Switzerland whose economies have been laden for years with mountains …

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No link at all between police, paedophilia, plebs and politicians. Probably.

January 18, 2013

(not satire – it’s UK today) We all know the Tories and the police have fallen out. First of all, …

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Cameron delays EU speech till 2018

January 18, 2013

(satire – possibly) David Cameron has scrapped plans to deliver a long-awaited speech on Britain’s future in the European Union because of …

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Lib Dems pledge to paint Big Ben orange. Or red. Or blue. Or whatever.

January 17, 2013

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) Unbelievably, the Liberal Democrats are said to be considering making another pledge to …

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Shock as traces of meat discovered in supermarket burgers

January 16, 2013

(satire – probably) In a shocking admission, minute traces of animal meat have been detected in some beefburgers being sold …

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Coalition government releases official list of strivers and skivers:

January 15, 2013

(not really satire – it’s UK today) The government have released an official list of who they regard as strivers …

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Tory shock after Lib Dems carry out a pledge (to delay boundary review)

January 14, 2013

(might be satire – but I’m not all that sure any more) Conservative Party MPs were in shock tonight after …

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Julie Burchill condemned for condemning condemning of condemnation

January 14, 2013

(satire – I think!) Observer columnist Julie Burchill has been condemned by former equalities minister Lynne Featherstone for condemning the condemning of …

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Jimmy Savile, West Yorkshire Police and the Friday Morning Club

January 13, 2013

(not satire – it’s UK today) Some people still think the reason Jimmy Savile managed to abuse hundreds and hundreds …

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Ken Clarke and Peter Mandelson join forces to fight Eurovision Song Contest sceptics

January 13, 2013

(satire – possibly) Tory grandee Ken Clarke is joining forces with Labour peer Lord Mandelson in a historic cross-party bid …

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How Lord McAlpine is exploiting the same libel laws Savile used to cover up his crimes

January 12, 2013

(not satire – it’s UK today) Revealed – how Jimmy Savile used UK libel laws to cover his crimes There’s …

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Savile wasn’t ‘hiding in plain sight’. It was a cover-up.

January 11, 2013

(not satire – unfortunately) The bizarre phrase that’s being used now to explain how Jimmy Savile got away with abusing …

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