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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Local elections turn nasty as Tories and UKIP swipe each other’s election boards

April 30, 2013

(not it’s not satire – honestly) Oooh it’s starting to get nasty in the shires and villages of rural England. …

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Scientists Succeed in Growing Balls on Liberal Democrats in Laboratory

April 30, 2013

(satire – probably) Liberal Democrats may in future be able to have their missing balls or backbones replaced with ones grown from …

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Cock-up, cover-up or conspiracy in the North Wales child abuse scandal? You decide.

April 29, 2013

(not satire) I’m usually more of a cock-up and cover-up man than a conspiracy theorist but when it comes to the North …

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Cameron woos Right by encouraging loveless marriage with tax breaks

April 28, 2013

(satire – barely) David Cameron has reached out to the Tory right by promising to table a Commons vote on encouraging …

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UKIP candidate – physical exercise prevents homosexuality (no – not satire)

April 27, 2013

(not satire – it’s UKIP!) It’s getting even more difficult than usual to be satirical now that UKIP have got …

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UK narrowly avoids triple-dipstick chancellor

April 26, 2013

(satire) The chancellor George Osborne has defied his critics by narrowly managing to avoid being called a dipstick for a …

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Open Letter To Mark Zuckerberg – You Can’t Have Power Without Responsibility

April 25, 2013

(Satire? I’m not really sure anymore) Dear Mr Zuckerberg, I hope you don’t mind me writing to you like this. …

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Facebook censors political satire after complaint from JobCentre Plus

April 25, 2013

UPDATE – here’s an open letter I’ve written to Mark Zuckerberg about this: Open Letter To Mark Zuckerberg – You …

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Fraudster ATOS fined for supplying fake crip detectors for use in fitness for work tests

April 24, 2013

(satire) French company, ATOS – which was found guilty yesterday of deploying useless crip detectors on behalf of the British …

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Why Lord Warner really supports NHS reform. He’ll make loads of money from it.

April 23, 2013

(not satire – it’s UK today) (UPDATE – Warner is now calling for a £10 a month ‘fee’ to use …

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Cancer patient protests NHS privatisation by pushing a toy pig to Number 10 with his nose!

April 23, 2013

(not satire!) The cancer sufferer in question is actually activist and performance artist Mark McGowan – AKA @ChunkyMark or The …

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Top bankers aren’t sorry for their reckless behaviour. They’re openly laughing at us.

April 23, 2013

(not satire – it’s fatcat bankers) What’s sadder than a kid at school who’s being bullied? A kid at school …

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MPs ‘running around with no sense of purpose’ in unruly parliament says outspoken Tory minister

April 22, 2013

(satire – I think) Tory childcare minister Elizabeth Truss has criticised what she called our “chaotic” parliament for breeding what …

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Scientists artificially inseminate George Osborne after his reluctance to produce plan B

April 22, 2013

(satire – probably) Scientists have intervened at Westminster zoo after scrutinising the chancellor George Osborne’s behaviour and deciding he was exhibiting signs …

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Relief at success of operation to prevent any mention of Jimmy Savile at Thatcher funeral and London Marathon

April 21, 2013

(satire – possibly) Authorities have expressed relief at the success of a multi-million pound operation to prevent any references to …

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Gove – UK to emulate Asian success with increased school suicides and shorter pupil lifespans

April 20, 2013

(satire – possibly) Pupils in England should spend more hours at school each day and have shorter holidays in order …

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Erm, the IMF ‘changed its mind’ about Osborne’s failing strategy? No. It f***ed up.

April 20, 2013

(It’s not satire – it’s the IMF!) On Thursday, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the fund had …

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Tories finally force Gove to bring his out-of-control advisers to heel

April 18, 2013

(not satire – it’s Michael Gove!) Education Secretary Michael Gove likes to make out he’s a placid, well-mannered, affable kind …

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Unemployment pays tribute to Margaret Thatcher by going up

April 17, 2013

(satire – barely) Unemployment in the UK has honoured the memory of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership today by rising to 2.56 …

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In memory of Clement Attlee RIP – the greatest British Prime Minister of all time

April 17, 2013

Clement Richard Attlee was Deputy British Prime Minister during the war years and British Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951. During that time he …

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Innocent victims caught in the conflict between the mainstream press and social media

April 16, 2013

(not satire – it’s the UK media today) You probably won’t have noticed it, but there’s what the military would …

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UK unemployment benefit less generous than Romania, Albania and the US

April 15, 2013

(not satire – it’s the UK today) Well now. Here’s an interesting ranking of countries according to how generous their …

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Thatcher Funeral – Big Ben To Be Silenced After Being Accused Of Going Ding Dong

April 15, 2013

John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, has announced that the bells of Big Ben and the Great Clock at Westminster are to be silenced as …

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Legal challenge over decision to grant planning permission to Donald Trump’s hair

April 14, 2013

(satire – possibly) A legal challenge will be launched “fairly soon” over the Scottish government’s decision to grant planning permission …

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Opinion poll – more bad news for fans of Thatcher

April 14, 2013

(not satire) Oh dear. Looks like more bad news for fans of Margaret Thatcher. According to a ComRes poll for …

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Miners agree to be beaten up today in honour of Margaret Thatcher

April 13, 2013

(satire – probably) In a touching tribute to Margaret Thatcher, groups of former miners have decided to honour her memory …

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Thatcher funeral guest Bernard Ingham accuses Hillsborough relatives of being ‘contemptible’

April 12, 2013

(not satire) One of the invited guests at Margaret Thatcher’s funeral in London next Wednesday will be her former close colleague …

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UPDATE – Meena’s family issue a statement for privacy

April 11, 2013

MEENA’S FAMILY HAVE ISSUED A STATEMENT ASKING EVERYONE TO NOW RESPECT THEIR PRIVACY: . Meena’s family are asking for their …

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Right-wing press ‘accuse’ anti-Thatcher activist of having a boob job! (not satire)

April 11, 2013

(Not satire. Or is it? I don’t know any more.) The right-wing press has been getting its collective knickers in …

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Witches outraged at being compared to former prime minister Margaret Thatcher

April 11, 2013

(satire – probably) Witches across the country are expressing their outrage after left-wing critics of Baroness Thatcher – who died of …

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