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Monthly Archives: April 2015

Charity Commission tells charities that signed pro-Tory letter to “remedy the situation swiftly”

April 29, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) A spokesman for the Charity Commission has given a strong statement concerning four …

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UKIP candidate calls Gurkhas “parasites” and “mercenaries”

April 28, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UKIP!) UPDATE: Walker seems to have deleted his Twitter account – obviously hoping he got away …

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Tory candidate calls rural voters “straw-sucking yokels”

April 28, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Perhaps not quite the level of pleb – but referring to your predominantly rural electorate as …

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Company demands Tories remove director’s signature from business letter

April 27, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Oh dear. Looks like the Tories’ letter supposedly from small business owners is already unravelling: …

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Hedge fund manager donates to Lib Dem schools minister hoping for further privatisation of schools

April 27, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) A leading hedge fund manager has donated substantial amounts of money to the general …

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Tory candidate: I will never support ‘the Jew’ Miliband

April 26, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) A Tory council candidate has said on Facebook that she would never support “The Jew” Ed …

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Tories the party of business? Nope. More business owners support Labour

April 24, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Here’s some very interesting research that just about every part of the mainstream press …

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UK makes £463 every second in revenues from EU migrants

April 23, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today) According to a new report – compiled by company formation agents Rapid Formations …

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‘Mini-brains’ grown by scientists in lab give valuable insight into UKIP voters

April 23, 2015

(satire?) Scientists have grown a miniature “human brain” the size of a pea, in a feat they hope will transform …

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Confidential email shows Tories secretly holding off hospital closures until after election

April 22, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) UPDATE: Peter Bone has now denied he wrote the email. Here’s his press release: …

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Scientists: no link between MMR vaccination and higher risk of Toryism in children

April 22, 2015

(satire?) A major study published in one of the world’s leading medical journals has concluded that there is no link …

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Local Tories in Wellingborough turn on their Tory candidate Peter Bone

April 21, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) There seems to be a bit of a meltdown in the true blue constituency …

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Victorian Tory education policy: no disabled, no redheads and young children in forced isolation

April 19, 2015

(not satire – it’s Tory Britain!) The Tories are rapidly taking us back to Victorian times in many ways – not …

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Police release extraordinary statement on Lord Janner: “this animal is still being protected”

April 18, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today) Well I think this may be unprecedented. After the extraordinary decision by the …

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Outrage as leading Lib Dem uses offensive ‘N’ word in interview: N**k C***g

April 17, 2015

(satire?) There has been shock and outrage after leading Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander openly used the highly offensive ‘N’ word in an …

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Local Lib Dem chairman “longstanding personal friend” of controversial incinerator CEO

April 16, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) Some people have been a bit surprised as to why local Lib Dems …

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Russell Brand doorsteps Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere to ask him about his tax arrangements

April 14, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail) I’m not normally one to plug films, but I have to admit Russell …

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Right-To-Buy policy shows David Cameron is just a pound shop Margaret Thatcher

April 14, 2015

(not satire – it’s David Cameron!) David Cameron has today announced his supposedly big policy idea which is supposed to …

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Son of Thatcher’s ‘right-to-buy’ housing minister now owns 40 ex-council homes

April 14, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Multi-millionaire Charles Gow is a buy-to-let landlord who owns over 40 former council flats. Which is interesting, …

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Police arrest parliamentary candidate for putting up campaign poster

April 13, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today) The police have arrested an election candidate for allegedly putting up an election poster. No, …

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Daily Mail describes Tory campaign as ‘floundering’ – then hurriedly deletes article

April 12, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!) The Daily Mail last night published a highly critical article describing the Tories’ election …

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Police follow and intimidate election candidate handing out leaflets

April 12, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today) Whatever you may think of Class War‘s politics – they have candidates standing …

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Osborne’s car crash interview: asked 18 times where money for NHS will come from

April 12, 2015

(not satire – it’s George Osborne!) Video posted by Labour List: Osborne managed to beat Michael Howard’s infamous car crash …

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‘Backstabber’ is an historical antisemitic insult: Tory campaign turns nasty

April 12, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) I hope I’m wrong, but there seems to be an extremely disturbing undercurrent of antisemitism …

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Polish Prince challenges Nigel Farage to a duel in Hyde Park!

April 11, 2015

(not satire – it’s Nigel Farage!) A Polish aristocrat – Prince Jan Żyliński – has challenged Nigel Farage to a …

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Unthinkable? Could Lord Rothermere’s vitriolic attacks on Ed Miliband be because he’s Jewish?

April 11, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!) Of course, the Daily Mail never likes Labour leaders. But in all the …

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Tories deny desperation: pledge large increases in penis sizes if they win election

April 11, 2015

(satire?) The Conservative Party has denied accusations it is getting desperate to win votes after the Prime Minister David Cameron made an ‘absolute …

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Letter from 140 doctors: NHS “withering away” under Cameron government

April 8, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today) Here’s the full letter signed by 140 doctors on the destruction of the NHS over …

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Read the original US court statement which names Prince Andrew in sex allegations

April 7, 2015

(warning – these statements are disturbing) Read the original court statement here. A judge in the US has ordered sex allegations …

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Posh boy David Cameron caught on camera eating a hot dog with a knife and fork

April 7, 2015

(satire?) Of course, it would be extremely immature – with so many important issues at stake – to concentrate on how …

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