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Monthly Archives: December 2014

Sneak look at tomorrow’s Daily Express shocking front page story:

December 30, 2014

(satire?) . I’m told the Daily Mail has a similar story. . Please feel free to share. And comment. . …

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Iain Duncan Smith’s portrait made from photos of people who died for being poor

December 29, 2014

(satire?)  Click on the image to enlarge and for a high resolution copy: Some of his victims: Edward Jacques: Graham …

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Snow storms hit UK after Nigel Farage given ‘Briton of the Year’ award

December 27, 2014

(satire?) Snow storms have caused travel chaos across the country leaving many people stranded after The Times newspaper announced it was awarding …

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Hapless Mail journalist hoaxed over ISIS photo gets taken down by Twitter user

December 27, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Mail!) Ted Thornhill – the hopelessly incompetent Mail Online senior reporter who was hoaxed by the false story about a …

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Did you know that 80% of rural Britain is AGAINST fox hunting?

December 27, 2014

(not satire) We’re constantly told the debate about hunting is a matter of rural opinion vs urban opinion. Well not …

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Meet Ebenezer Scrooge 2014: sacking people is “great fun”

December 26, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today) Over a hundred and seventy years after Dickens published a Christmas Carol, meet Ebenezer Scrooge …

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UKIP supporter and fat city cat Jon Moulton sacks 2,727 of his staff on Xmas Day

December 26, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UKIP!) City Financier and prominent UKIP supporter Jon Moulton sacked 2,727 of his staff on Christmas …

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BBC presenter Andrew Neil censors Green Party from BBC reports

December 24, 2014

(not satire – it’s the BBC!) (UPDATE: BBC had to eventually apologise for their ‘error’) The BBC’s Andrew Neil is a …

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God stresses his commitment to David Cameron’s values in Christmas message

December 24, 2014

(satire?) God has stressed his commitment to David Cameron’s “Tory values” as he delivered his Christmas message to the country. In …

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Who should Surrey patients blame for dawn queues to see a GP? How about this guy?

December 24, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today) The Daily Mail obviously didn’t manage to put two and two together when …

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Proof that Labour in Scotland will have to move to the left to win back SNP voters

December 23, 2014

(not satire) There’s some pretty convincing statistical evidence in this study by Professor Phil Cowley at the British Election Study that …

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BREAKING! Nigel Farage not real – parody created by sixth formers

December 23, 2014

(satire?) In a surprise announcement, a group of sixth formers in Canterbury have admitted UKIP leader Nigel Farage is not actually real …

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The Daily Mail lied again: 4 in 5 NHS nurses are British not foreign

December 22, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail) Here’s the front page of the Daily Mail 3 days ago: It’s a …

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Scientists link axial tilt of Earth at winter solstice to dramatic increases in executive pay

December 21, 2014

(satire?) Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a direct link between the hitherto unexplained increases in salaries of fuel company executives at the winter solstice and …

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Anger as teachers at Ribblesdale Infant School get £8bn in pay and bonuses

December 21, 2014

(satire?) Anti-poverty campaigners are renewing their call for a new tax on the state education sector after the head of Ribblesdale Primary School in Clitheroe …

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Hilarious mistake on UKIP ad: “SAY NO TO THE UK”

December 20, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UKIP!) Oops! Rotherham UKIP have (presumably) made a bit of a mistake on their advertisement …

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UKIP suspend Winston McKenzie after accusations he may be black

December 19, 2014

(satire?) UKIP has suspended Winston McKenzie as chairman of its Lambeth and Croydon North branch after members expressed suspicions that he may be …

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UKIP MEP attacks “feckless families” despite owing £2,000 in child support

December 19, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UKIP!) UKIP MEP Janice Atkinson likes to go on (and on) a lot about people she frequently …

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How we’re all paying for Osborne’s tax cuts to bankers with our ambulance service

December 18, 2014

(not satire – it’s the coalition government) I’m not sure why so many people are surprised by the news that …

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Big-hearted stars join together to bring snow to Africa this Christmas time

December 18, 2014

(satire?) What does Christmas mean to you? Perhaps it’s mistletoe and Cockney rhyme on the Eastenders Christmas Day special, or children drinking …

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Lib Dems supported the bedroom tax. Then opposed it. And now they support it again.

December 17, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) Today the Lib Dems voted to support the bedroom tax: Betrayal as Lib …

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Proof that high street bookmakers are ignoring gambling regulations

December 17, 2014

 (not satire – it’s the UK today) Here’s proof that high street bookmakers are allowing gamblers to spend massive amounts of …

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Shameful Britain: terminal cancer patient told to attend work interviews or lose benefits

December 16, 2014

(not satire) UPDATE: Charlotte has now sadly passed away. She has left a beautiful message on Facebook which can be …

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Sick Murdoch ‘celebrates’ end of bloody siege by congratulating his own newspaper

December 16, 2014

(not satire – it’s Rupert Murdoch!) Rupert Murdoch was clearly so overcome with emotion when he heard that two hostages had died as …

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Government already stopping unemployment benefit to women for being pregnant

December 15, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Iain Duncan Smith yesterday flagged up the possibility of refusing child benefit to …

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Please stop attacking a UKIP candidate for being racist while on sedatives

December 14, 2014

(satire?) We’ve managed to dig out the sedatives UKIP candidate Kerry Smith was using at the time he made his …

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Shock after Sunday Express accuses Prince George of being a tyrant

December 14, 2014

(satire?) There was shock and outrage today after the Sunday Express apparently changed its long-standing pro-monarchy stance towards the royal …

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UK libel laws protect psychotherapist branded “risk to female patients”

December 13, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today) A psychotherapist who was struck off by the UK Council for Psychotherapy for serious …

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Climate change denier Matt Ridley is a failed banker, not a climate scientist

December 13, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!)  Rupert Murdoch’s favourite climate change denier, Times columnist Matt Ridley, is not a climate scientist. …

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BBC QT audience member who attacked Russell Brand is UKIP MEP’s brother

December 12, 2014

(not satire – it’s the BBC!) I’ve written before about how the BBC seems to be encouraging UKIP activists to pretend …

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