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Monthly Archives: April 2016

Homeless charity blocks money donated by the public to homeless hero

April 29, 2016

Remember the story a couple of months ago about a homeless man – Mark Collins – who helped a desperate young …

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The Daily Mail Timeline of Shame – a history of antisemitism and extremism

April 28, 2016

Institutionalised anti-semitism in the UK? Oh yes … . It needs rooting out … “Decent German people” – Daily Mail …

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Labour is not anti-semitic – it is more Jewish than the Tory Party

April 28, 2016

Despite a concerted smear campaign in the right-wing press, pro-Israeli Tory MP Andrew Percy reckons Labour MP Naz Shah is not antisemitic: …

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Please support my application for Young Banker of the Year 2016

April 27, 2016

Every year the Chartered Banker Institute holds a competition to find the Young* Banker of the Year. So I’ve just sent …

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Americans don’t use the word ‘queue’? Oh yes they do …

April 24, 2016

This has been bugging me for a few days now. So many headlines and articles have been mentioning as a ‘fact’ that …

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African advocacy group quits Brexit campaign over “very alarming” comments by Boris Johnson

April 24, 2016

The Africans For Britain group has dramatically quit the anti-EU Vote Leave campaign after what it called the “very alarming” comments …

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Focus group member tells Tories: After what Gove did to education I could hang him up by his b*ll*cks

April 23, 2016

Tory peer Lord Ashcroft has decided to spend some of his money on focus groups around the UK to find …

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Cameron’s Britain: unemployed lose benefits for having a beard (not satire!)

April 23, 2016

The new Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Stephen Crabb has a beard. So it’s strange that the DWP seems …

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White House hits back: Farage and Johnson claims on Winston Churchill bust “100% false”

April 23, 2016

In a desperate attempt to smear the US president, Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson are both claiming that on Barack Obama’s …

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Cameron’s so-called extremist Imam campaigned for TORIES at last election

April 20, 2016

UPDATE:  The BBC has had to apologise for the lie: At prime minister’s questions today, David Cameron accused Labour’s candidate …

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Press freedom: UK ranked below Tonga, Lithuania and Ghana in new report

April 20, 2016

This is shameful. The new 2016 rankings – compiled every year by Reporters Without Borders – show the UK is …

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Brexit ‘Business for Britain’ campaign website secretly advertising illegal drugs from China

April 18, 2016

Oh dear. The Brexit campaign’s Business for Britain website is secretly advertising the sale of illicit drugs from China. A quick look …

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Scottish Tory inflames dangerous sectarian tensions with unprofessional tweets

April 17, 2016

While the majority of Rangers and Celtic supporters do not get involved in sectarianism, serious events have occurred over the years. …

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UK TODAY: beggar jailed while Tory cllr escapes jail for child porn

April 17, 2016

Two recent stories from the same local newspaper: . . Says it all. Former Milton Keynes councillor escapes jail after …

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Terminal cancer diagnosis turns lifelong Tory activist against party

April 17, 2016

After the Tory government took away her car and slashed her sickness benefits by half, a gran with terminal cancer has turned her back …

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Try going to the Vote Leave Brexit campaign web address to see how incompetent they really are

April 15, 2016

Oh dear. You’d have thought with all those experienced senior Thatcherite professional politicians in charge of it, the Vote Leave campaign …

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Leading members of Brexit campaign call for privatisation of the NHS (and much worse)

April 15, 2016

For the record, here are just a few of the views on the NHS – and other things – of leading members …

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‘Shambolic’ privatised ambulance service run by billionaire given ‘good behaviour’ payment

April 13, 2016

UPDATE: Unbelievably, despite its disastrous performance and despite having its contract terminated after just 7 months – Coperforma still trousered …

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Zac Goldsmith campaign in meltdown as Tory activist labels it disgraceful, patronising, ugly, divisive

April 7, 2016

A former Tory parliamentary candidate has turned on her own party’s London mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith, calling his campaign “disgraceful”, …

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Zac Goldsmith launches campaign at thinktank which wants to privatise the NHS and sell off social housing

April 6, 2016

Tory candidate for Mayor of London Zac Goldsmith launched a campaign today at an event hosted by an infamous political think-tank called …

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The undeclared war being waged on Britain’s wildlife by wealthy landowners

April 4, 2016

Britain’s wealthy elite think they own the country – the people, the land, the public services, the money – even the …

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Tory cabinet minister John Whittingdale accused in prostitution scandal – UK press accused of cover-up

April 2, 2016

Tory Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has been accused of being involved in a sex scandal. Any sex scandal involving a …

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