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Monthly Archives: February 2013

Nick Clegg pledges clampdown on harassment of hot Lib Dem peers by women

February 28, 2013

(satire) The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has pledged the party will clamp down hard on sexual harassment of the …

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Eastleigh by-election – government candidate expected to beat government candidate in close contest with government candidate

February 28, 2013

(It’s not satire – is it?) In a bitter and closely fought by-election, voters in Eastleigh were expected today to …

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Naughty naughty! Tory MPs desperate to delete their old tweets praising the UK’s AAA status

February 26, 2013

(It’s not satire – it’s our MPs!) Try not to laugh but Tory MPs seem to be desperately trawling their …

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ATOS assessor found blind woman fit for work after “wiggling his fingers” in front of her eyes

February 25, 2013

(It’s not satire – it’s ATOS!) Yet more proof of the unprofessionalism of the so-called medical experts at ATOS – …

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Victory as online campaign forces Sue Ryder off Workfare scheme

February 25, 2013

(not satire – it’s Sue Ryder) Well now. Sue Ryder has just announced it’s going to be pulling out of …

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Osborne on the loss of UK’s AAA rating – “Heads I win, tails you lose!”

February 25, 2013

(It’s not satire – it’s George Osborne!) It’s not at all true that George Osborne doesn’t have any plan B …

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Nick Clegg scoops best actor Oscar for performance in sci-fi fantasy Total Lack of Recall

February 25, 2013

(satire – probably) Nick Clegg has won the Oscar for best actor for his exactingly unbelievable portrayal of a man …

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Vince Cable’s opinion on loss of triple-A credit rating ‘largely symbolic’, says Vince Cable

February 24, 2013

(satire – probably) The largely symbolic business secretary Vince Cable, has dismissed his opinion about the loss of Britain’s triple-A credit …

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Osborne attacks Osborne’s failure to keep Osborne’s pledge to keep AAA rating broken by Osborne

February 24, 2013

(satire – I think) In a sign of serious disagreement inside the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne the chancellor …

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Liberal Democrat to stand for far-right English Democrats in Eastleigh by-election

February 23, 2013

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) Two years ago I would have been surprised to learn there could be …

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Sue Ryder executives looking to profit from the privatisation of NHS services

February 23, 2013

(not satire – it’s UK today) (Thanks to bobchewie for the digging) So the mystery of why the Sue Ryder …

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Missing Tory Eastleigh by-election candidate Maria Hutchings turns up at US auction

February 22, 2013

(satire – probably) A Tory candidate who vanished from a by-election hustings in Eastleigh has been found listed for sale …

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Outrage after Peter Hitchens says Daily Mail readers should be excluded from juries

February 22, 2013

(satire – I think) Mail on Sunday columnist Peter Hitchens sparked outrage yesterday after he called for ‘uneducated’ and ‘unintelligent’ …

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Channel 4 News – Lib Dem’s Big Society supporter Lord Rennard accused of ‘sexual impropriety’

February 21, 2013

(not satire) According to Channel 4 News, Lord Rennard – former Liberal Democrat Chief Executive and big fan of Cameron’s …

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Tesco voted UK’s worst pony club by Which magazine

February 21, 2013

(satire) Tesco has been voted the UK’s worst riding school and pony club in an annual poll of 11,000 consumers …

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The Sue Ryder charity and its sinister Orwellian doublethink

February 20, 2013

(it’s not satire – it’s the UK today!) Sue Ryder – volunteering is mandatory! I’ve written before about how we …

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4G Auction – Osborne goes one better and shows he knows neither the price NOR the value of anything

February 20, 2013

(It’s not satire – it’s George Osborne!) Oh dear. Looks like George Osborne has got his sums wrong again. He’s …

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Mannequin makers outraged after writer compares shop dummies to Kate Middleton

February 19, 2013

(satire – probably) British mannequin makers are in uproar after novelist Hilary Mantel controversially described Britain’s shop window dummies as “having …

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Safety concerns over lack of qualified Poundland shelf-stackers at nuclear reactor sites

February 19, 2013

(satire) The coalition government is seeking to allay safety fears over a string of new nuclear power plants it is …

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Revealed – owners of the building from which the Banksy art was torn off and sold for auction

February 18, 2013

(not satire – it’s sold-off Britain today) There’s been a great deal of justified anger over the Banksy piece of …

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Zoologists – Vince Cable and Ed Balls ready to mate soon

February 18, 2013

(satire – barely) Vince Cable and Ed Balls start to display courtship behaviour, raising hopes of a successful mating Two …

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Fresh outbreak of Foot-in-Mouth in Eastleigh as attempts to quarantine Tory candidate fail

February 17, 2013

(satire) The Prime Minister, David Cameron, is seeking to urgently end the outbreak of Foot-in-Mouth disease which has broken out …

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Tory MP tweets joke about Reeva Steenkamp’s death. Then desperately tries to delete it.

February 16, 2013

(not satire – it’s Jesse Norman MP!) Tory MP Jesse Norman – author of Cameron’s favourite book The Big Society …

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Warren Buffett admits overpaying for beans on toast after $28bn acquisition of Heinz and Hovis

February 16, 2013

(satire – maybe) US billionaire Warren Buffett has admitted he may have paid above the going market rate for a …

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Scientists – no link between destruction wrought by Osborne and Asteroid 2012 DA14

February 16, 2013

(satire) Experts say there is no evidence to suggest there is any connection between the closest known flyby of Earth …

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Outrage as MP claims Tory couples cannot provide warm, safe environment for children

February 15, 2013

(satire  – possibly) The Welsh secretary, David Jones, has been criticised for claiming that Tory couples “clearly” cannot provide a …

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Economists – surprise drop in government sanity fuels fears of triple-dip recession

February 15, 2013

(satire – sort of) ONS data shows volume of ministerial common sense fell by 0.6% in January – against economists’ …

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Government report: poverty not caused by being poor (this is not satire)

February 15, 2013

(not satire – it’s the coalition government!) The government has produced a report which has concluded that poverty is not …

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Revealed! Nick Clegg’s secret love going back to his student days

February 14, 2013

(not satire – it’s Nick Clegg!) . The following are all facts. At exactly the same time Nick Clegg was …

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UKIP candidate – UK dinners flooded by criminal gangs of eastern European horses

February 13, 2013

(satire – possibly) Ukip’s candidate in the Eastleigh by-election has called for a temporary halt to immigration of all foreign …

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