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Monthly Archives: January 2014

Man loses benefits because he had heart attack during work capability assessment

January 31, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) A man with heart problems who couldn’t complete a work capability assessment because …

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Tories drop from 1st place to last in council by-election

January 31, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) A by-election was held for the Chadsmead ward of Lichfield District Council yesterday following …

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BBC paedophile denies ‘disgusting’ allegations he is Jim Davidson

January 30, 2014

(satire?) A well-known BBC paedophile has vowed to clear his name and fight allegations – some stretching back as far …

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Tesco announces plans to open 40 new skips across country

January 30, 2014

(satire?) Tesco has announced plans to open 40 new skips across the UK in a bid to break Iceland’s lead …

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Twitter parody account critical of government closed down on same day gagging law passes

January 29, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) UPDATE: Twitter has finally succumbed to the criticism and reinstated @UKJCP – but you can see …

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Reducing immigration and undermining the NHS. Have you spotted Cameron’s trick yet?

January 27, 2014

(not satire – it’s the coalition government!) It’s a clever trick. First of all you refuse to renew the visas …

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Anti-EU Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre secretly trousering EU subsidies

January 26, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!) Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre – whose newspaper really likes to rant a …

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A correction and apology to the United Kingdom Independence Party from Tom Pride

January 25, 2014

A correction and apology to UKIP from Tom Pride . In several articles published on Pride’s Purge over the last …

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RAINBOW: new series with Nick as Bungle, Mike as Zippy and Rennard as George

January 25, 2014

(satire?) STARTING MONDAY! Don’t miss the brand new series of RAINBOW – a new production of tall tales, stories and …

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Now local Lib Dems defy Nick Clegg and vote for Hancock to keep lucrative position

January 25, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) The civil war in the Liberal Democratic Party over sexual harassment allegations against …

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Lib Dem councillor refers to deadly Ukraine clashes as ‘a Jolly’

January 24, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) A Liberal Democrat councillor has accused a Welsh National Assembly member who got caught …

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Nigel Farage calls for boost in gun crime as statistics reveal UK lags world in gun deaths

January 24, 2014

(satire?) UKIP leader Nigel Farage has called for a lifting of the ban on handguns in the UK after shocking …

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Shocking extracts from the leaked report into sexual harassment by Lib Dem MP

January 23, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems) A few days ago I wrote about a report into a second shocking …

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Tory MP threatens to call police if more than 10 people turn up at his surgery (not satire!)

January 22, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Tory MP for Croydon South Richard Ottaway called the police when a group of 11 …

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Daily Mail story about sunrises being shown on big screens in Beijing was made up

January 21, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!) I’m well aware a blogpost about the Daily Mail making up a story is …

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REVEALED! Massive 20-year conspiracy to deprive Lib Dem peer of party membership

January 21, 2014

(satire?) Pride’s Purge can exclusively reveal we have uncovered a MASSIVE decades-long conspiracy by security services and establishment figures to …

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Irrefutable statistical proof that bovine TB is caused by UKIP support and not badgers

January 21, 2014

(satire?) Here is a graph showing general election voting intention for UKIP compared with the actual number of cattle in …

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Lord Rennard on Cyril Smith: “a personal inspiration to me”

January 20, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) . Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard once said Liberal MP Cyril Smith – …

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Entire UKIP membership expelled for bringing party into disrepute

January 19, 2014

(satire?) The entire membership of UKIP, including party leader Nigel Farage, has been expelled following accusations that he and the other …

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Best of Twitter reaction to UKIP councillor’s rant about gay marriage causing floods

January 18, 2014

(it’s not satire – it’s the UKIP!) Here are some of the best of the Twitter reactions I picked up …

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UKIP councillor blames recent flooding on gay marriage

January 18, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UKIP!) UPDATE – Oh dear. The infamous Westboro Baptist Church have tweeted that they endorse …

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Lib Dems use taxpayers’ money to suppress report into second sex harassment case

January 18, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) Hot on the heels of allegations that Lib Dem peer Lord Rennard sexually …

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Anti-Polish Attacks Part of Orchestrated Hate Campaign Against Furniture Wax

January 17, 2014

(satire?) Seven anti-polish attacks in 10 days in Belfast are part of an orchestrated campaign against furniture waxes by a small …

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Photo of Mark Duggan at daughter’s funeral cropped to paint him as a gangster

January 16, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK gutter press!) The Mark Duggan photograph used by most of the tabloid newspapers – …

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Is this the most jaw-dropping example of hypocrisy from the Lib Dems yet?

January 15, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) Lib Dem peer attacks ‘secret justice’ for fellow peer Lord Rennard but backs …

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UK inflation of George Osborne’s economic competence hits 4-year low

January 14, 2014

(satire?) By our Chief Economic Editor Official inflation of the Chancellor George Osborne’s ability to run the economy unexpectedly fell to …

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History ‘student’ who wrote in support of Michael Gove is really a Tory PR executive

January 13, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Daily Telegraph!) 21-year-old graduate of History and Politics Jago Pearson – who wrote in the …

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Michael Gove: too much thinking still prevails in UK schools

January 13, 2014

(satire?) The educational elite is indoctrinating the young into thinking about things – and Education Secretary Michael Gove must be …

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Doctors – watching too much poverty porn can make you blind

January 12, 2014

(satire?) According to new research, medical experts are warning that watching too much poverty pornography such as Channel 4’s Benefits …

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Don’t laugh! Tories allegedly miscount votes and announce wrong parliamentary candidate

January 11, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Tory Party!) In an extraordinary and farcical sequence of events, it is alleged that a Conservative …

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