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Monthly Archives: July 2013

Government tries to quietly drop Lord ‘desolate north-east’ Howell as adviser

July 31, 2013

(It’s not satire – it’s the Tories!) Up until just yesterday afternoon, Lord Howell – the Tory peer who said …

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SERCO wins bid to run UK as Victorian theme park

July 30, 2013

(satire?) In the face of fierce competition from Virgin, G4S and Disney, British outsourcing company Serco has won a multi-million …

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Twitter’s manager of news – @marksluckie – gets a bad case of hypocrisy over rape threats

July 28, 2013

(not satire – it’s Twitter!) This is what Mark S Luckie – Twitter’s manager of news and journalism and author of a book which …

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Top Murdoch hack Isabel Oakeshott sells out a friend? Again.

July 28, 2013

(not satire!) Looks like Sunday Times political editor Isabel Oakeshott not only likes to sell out her friends – not to …

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State of civil liberties in the UK – call an MP a coward and face jail

July 27, 2013

(not satire – it’s the UK today) I’ve written before about how woeful the state of civil liberties is in …

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George Osborne ‘honoured’ to have royal baby named after him

July 25, 2013

(satire?) The Chancellor George Osborne has issued a statement saying he is ‘honoured’ by the decision of the Duke and …

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How Cameron’s plans to block on-line porn could also block political sites

July 24, 2013

(not satire) Back in January I wrote a blogpost about how Internet Service Providers such as 3UK and O2 were …

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Throat cancer victim – “this is not the England they fought and died for!”

July 23, 2013

(not satire unfortunately – it’s the UK Today!) This real-life account by a throat cancer victim of the misery caused by ATOS …

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Shock turns to anger as doctors confirm royal baby just exactly like any other little boy

July 22, 2013

(satire?) Shock as medical experts confirm baby’s blood is red not blue Specialists called in after no silver eating implements …

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Country celebrates as Cameron gives birth to popular baby

July 22, 2013

(satire?) Fountains and key landmarks are to be illuminated and the news broadcast on a giant screen above central London after the …

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Google reveals what it really thinks about David Cameron

July 21, 2013

(not exactly satire in fact) Today the Prime Minister David Cameron said search engines like Google should blacklist ‘sick and malevolent’ …

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8 government policies which look like satire but aren’t

July 21, 2013

(not satire – no really it’s not) 1. Michael Gove Abolishes Summer 2. National Blood Supply Sold Off To US …

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Wolverhampton bomb deliberately targeted by suspected Muslim victims

July 19, 2013

(satire?) A suspected Muslim mosque has been found near a Wolverhampton bomb, making it the third explosive device to be targeted by …

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Plans to test 4-year-olds is not the coalition’s worst policy – but it’s their stupidest

July 17, 2013

(not satire – it’s UK education today) Have any government ministers ever actually spoken to a 4-year-old child? Because formally …

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Met Office warns record-breaking hot air from Lib Dems to continue

July 16, 2013

(satire?) The Met Office has warned the record-breaking amount of hot air emanating from the Liberal Democrats will last well into …

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Who could Tory MP Sarah Wollaston be referring to when she named a toad ‘Textor’?

July 15, 2013

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) All credit to her, Tory MP Sarah Wollaston has decided to put public health before …

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Call for ban on sidewalks after Trayvon Martin found guilty of attempted murder with one

July 14, 2013

(satire?) The guilty verdict by a jury in Florida of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin for attempted murder of neighbourhood watch leader George Zimmerman …

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The Tories think you’re stupid enough to believe there’s no link between these 3 facts. Are you?

July 13, 2013

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) If there’s one thing more annoying than politicians openly pandering to big business interests …

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Tory MP Paul Maynard claimed over £10k in expenses for items like biscuits, soap and coasters

July 11, 2013

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Tory MP Paul Maynard has been in the news recently for labelling as extremists …

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Shocking report reveals MP poverty in UK at record levels – recommends payrise for hard-hit MPs

July 11, 2013

  Britain’s Breadline Parliament A shocking report by anti-parliamentary poverty organisation The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority  – which campaigns to …

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Was it MI6 – not the Blair government – that drove Dr David Kelly to suicide?

July 10, 2013

(not satire – it’s British ‘intelligence’) I’ve just been reading the excellent new biography of Dr David Kelly by Robert …

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Gove – children to start learning to hate school from age of 5

July 8, 2013

(satire?) Education secretary Michael Gove’s efforts to revolutionise learning in England’s schools will see five-year-olds learning in their first year that going to school …

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UKIP losing votes to Labour

July 8, 2013

(not satire – it’s the UKIP!) There was a minor council by-election last Thursday – the Silverdale and Parksite ward of …

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Blair backs Egypt coup saying too few Arabs dying to secure democracy there

July 7, 2013

(Satire. Probably.) In an article for the Observer newspaper, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has said there was no alternative to military intervention in …

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Now’s not the time to mention that Cameron took 8 arms dealers with him to Egypt. OK?

July 6, 2013

(not satire – it’s the UK government) Sssh! Whatever you do, don’t mention the fact that when David Cameron was the first …

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Theresa May Announces Critical Thinking To Become Class C Drug

July 4, 2013

(satire?) Possession and use of free will – already banned in the US and most European countries – set to …

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Third-World Britain – over 25% of parents struggling to feed kids during school holidays

July 3, 2013

(not satire – it’s the UK today) Here’s a remarkable statistic which seems to have largely gone unnoticed. A few …

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How The Gove Stole Summer (with apologies to Dr. Suess)

July 3, 2013

How The Gove Stole Summer In which Dr. Suess posthumously questions Michael Gove’s decision to abolish summer holidays for school children  Every schoolchild …

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UKIP supporters desecrate graves with swastikas

July 2, 2013

(not satire unfortunately – it’s the UKIP) Unfortunately in these intolerant times, there’s nothing new about graves being desecrated by …

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Breaking – Edward Snowden to seek refuge from US justice in Wall St

July 1, 2013

(satire?) In a new development, Wall St – which is notorious for giving safe haven from US justice to hundreds …

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