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10 reasons why right-wingers must be thick …

February 23, 2017

Ten facts that prove right-wingers are not the sharpest tools in the box. Imagine how thick you’d have to be …

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Cameron’s Britain: MP officially criticised for showing humanity to constituent

March 31, 2016

A Labour MP – Jess Phillips – has written to the Justice Secretary Michael Gove to complain about a DWP tribunal …

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Amputee who lost leg at age of 9 told by DWP she is no longer disabled!

March 23, 2016

Tory U-turn on disability cuts? Nope. Posted on Facebook (may need a friend request to view) yesterday by a desperate mother: I …

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Lifelong Tory activist quits party over Osborne budget and sabotages website

March 16, 2016

The official website of the Conservative Disability Group has been sabotaged by a disabled Tory activist who has quit the …

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Hypocritical Zac Goldsmith lambasted by own charity after voting for nasty disability cuts

March 9, 2016

UPDATE: Victory! Zac’s now been forced to resign.  London disability charity Richmond AID has issued a strongly worded statement criticising local MPs …

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How the Tories are changing the “lives of the poorest and most vulnerable in society“

February 23, 2016

NASA spent around £0.5 billion to send its New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan …

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The nasty party: Tories on rape, disabled children, homosexuality, maternity leave and race

May 1, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) The nasty party isn’t all in the past I’m afraid. Here are 14 opinions from leading …

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Farage ally: disability an “epidemic” and the public “should not see the disabled on television”

April 4, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UKIP!) UKIP’s new friends in Europe – members of the Polish KNP party – think disability is …

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Proof it’s NOT benefit fraudsters being targeted by Cameron, but the genuinely sick and even dying

March 19, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) DWP tells grieving mum her sick son must attend work interview – on …

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Tory Minister for Disabled Esther McVey set to lose her seat at election

March 17, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Controversial hardline Tory Minister for the Disabled Esther McVey is set to lose her …

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Tory Britain: 7-year old cancer patients on foodbank handouts

February 6, 2015

(not satire – it’s Cameron’s Britain!) There was good news today after bad local publicity pushed the DWP to reinstate …

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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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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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Tory council tried to ‘auction off’ disabled man online to private care companies

December 6, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Emma Knight found her local Tory-run council was inviting companies to bid online to look …

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Benefits scrounging bear rakes in millions while pretending to be disabled on national TV

November 15, 2014

(satire?) The Department for Work and Pensions has announced it is launching a campaign to clamp down on benefit fraud …

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Lib Dem voice of the year: “Lord Freud was right” and “motivated by compassion”

October 15, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) Lib Dems love Sam Bowman. In fact, Liberal Democrat members are so fond of …

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Meet MAXIMUS (the new ATOS) and its list of scandals in the US

September 13, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) UPDATE: There will be a day of action across the UK against Maximus …

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89% of public say Foot-in-Mouth syndrome scientists should be aborted at birth

August 22, 2014

(satire?) A controversial survey has revealed that as many as 89% of the UK public think that scientists such as …

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Tory Party declares war on British servicemen and women

July 27, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) The Tories seem to have declared war on British servicemen and women. Here’s some evidence: …

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How the IDS ‘Iron Dome’ defence system shoots down incoming facts

July 20, 2014

(satire?) Iron Dome is a mobile all-weather defence system deployed around Iain Duncan Smith’s head, designed to intercept and destroy short-range and …

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Telegraph columnist Toby Young reckons he was accepted into Oxford ‘by mistake’.

July 16, 2014

(not satire – it’s Toby Young!) Rabid Tory supporter, Free School advocate and Telegraph columnist Toby Young likes to boast about how he …

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DWP declares dead man “unfit for work” (not actually satire)

July 4, 2014

(not satire – it’s the coalition government!) In early 2013, I wrote this satirical blogpost which went a bit viral: ATOS declare …

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As Home Secretary, Theresa May cut pay of police officers injured in line of duty

June 16, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) When she was Home Secretary, Theresa May decided that police officers who are …

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British Paralympian: “I’ve been tossed on the scrap heap”

June 2, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Paralympian wheelchair basketball player Jon Pollock says he has been “tossed on the scrap …

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Tory councillor calls disabled children a ‘burden’

April 25, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Tory councillor Les Ford –  deputy leader of Cheshire West and Chester Council – …

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Modern Tories on rape, Down syndrome, Pakistani children and black people

April 12, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) The nasty party isn’t all in the past I’m afraid. Here are ten recent opinions from …

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ATOS denies being ATOS (not satire!)

March 3, 2014

(not satire – it’s ATOS!) Government statistics reveal that between January 2011 and November of the same year, 10,600 sick …

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A new low for the UK: disabled man starves to death

February 28, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) A severely disabled and sick man – who had his benefits stopped after …

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ATOS declare themselves fit to declare themselves unfit for work

February 22, 2014

(satire?) In a surprise move, ATOS have declared themselves unfit to declare whether people declared unfit for work are fit for …

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DWP blames cancer patient for her illness

January 10, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) This letter from the Department for Work and Pensions was posted by Chris …

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