Surreal post-Brexit Britain: UK trade negotiators with Australia and NZ to be … erm, Aussies and Kiwis!
Amazingly – New Zealanders and Australians are to negotiate with themselves over post-Brexit trade deals with UK In a desperate …
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Please support my application for Young Banker of the Year 2016
Every year the Chartered Banker Institute holds a competition to find the Young* Banker of the Year. So I’ve just sent …
Campaign launch to boost UK exports failed because Cameron was “too busy attacking Corbyn”
On the same day a government campaign was launched to boost UK exports, Cameron and his ministers were too busy attacking Jeremy …
Osborne to rake in millions from flooding after refusing to cut VAT on flood repairs
Why has George Osborne cut millions from flood defences over the last few years? When he knew it could result** in the …
Cameron in tax clampdown on self-employed: while letting big business (and himself) off the hook
The Tories are clamping down on struggling small businesses and the self-employed … Scrap plans forcing self employed & small …
Company demands Tories remove director’s signature from business letter
(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Oh dear. Looks like the Tories’ letter supposedly from small business owners is already unravelling: …
Tories the party of business? Nope. More business owners support Labour
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Here’s some very interesting research that just about every part of the mainstream press …
UK makes £463 every second in revenues from EU migrants
(not satire – it’s the UK today) According to a new report – compiled by company formation agents Rapid Formations …
Russell Brand doorsteps Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere to ask him about his tax arrangements
(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail) I’m not normally one to plug films, but I have to admit Russell …
Osborne’s car crash interview: asked 18 times where money for NHS will come from
(not satire – it’s George Osborne!) Video posted by Labour List: Osborne managed to beat Michael Howard’s infamous car crash …
5 years of coalition government smash hopes of home ownership for young
Figures out today show 79% of 20 to 45-year-olds in the UK have now given up on owning …
CEO accuses Tories of using his name in business letter without his permission
(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Oops! Looks like the Tories forgot to ask the permission of at least one of the …
The Tory Party is not the party of business – it’s the party of BIG business
(not satire – it’s the Tory Party!) Small and medium-sized businesses account for 99.9% of private sector activity in the UK …
Senior Lib Dem in bizarre attack in parliament on his own budget
(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) I’m afraid the Lib Dems really are starting to lose the plot. Senior …
Treasury to unveil new 12-sided Vince Cable to replace old two-faced one
(satire?) A new 12-sided Vince Cable will be unveiled ahead of the budget today by the Treasury to replace the famously two-faced …
Foot-in-mouth Tory Chairman Grant Shapps says recession is like “an amusement ride”
(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Tory Party chairman Grant Shapps thinks the recession we’ve been experiencing for the last 7 years …
Surprising polls show British public considerably more left-wing than main parties
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Polling shows the British public is considerably more left-wing than most of our mainstream parties. …
Cameron is clamping down on tax fraud. But by the working poor not the idle rich.
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) It’s not true at all that the Cameron government isn’t tackling tax fraud. …
Daily Telegraph dramatically accused of “fraud” over HSBC bank coverage
(not satire – it’s the Daily Telegraph!) The highly respected chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph has caused an earthquake …
Everyone threatens to sue Lord Fink after he accuses them of avoiding taxes
(satire?) Everyone has threatened to sue former Conservative Party treasurer Lord Fink after he claimed yesterday that everyone avoids tax. Lord Fink was accused …
Outrage and anger at HSBC over bank’s “patronising” pink logo
(satire?) MPs and newspapers are expressing outrage at the HSBC bank after the bank was accused of being patronising when leaks …
Treasury forced to sharply revise down economic reality to match GDP projections
(satire?) The Treasury has announced it will revise down economic reality to a range of between 0.3% and 0.5%, after it …
Labour on back foot as Osborne boosts UK economy by including Monopoly money in GDP figures
(satire?) BREAKING – boost to UK economy as George Osborne announces Monopoly money to be included in GDP figures From …
Cameron announces Britain ready to launch airstrikes against Syriza in Greece
(satire?) Government sources have said that Prime Minister David Cameron is seeking parliament’s approval for Britain’s readiness to launch airstrikes against the new …
Breathtaking German hypocrisy: Germany owes Greece 11 billion euros in unpaid loans
(not satire – it’s Germany!) This little fact changes everything. In 1943, Germany forced the Bank of Greece to lend …
11-year old criminal tells court that bankers are his role model (not satire!)
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) An 11-year-old boy in Shepton Mallet – found guilty on numerous charges including violence, …
Scientists link axial tilt of Earth at winter solstice to dramatic increases in executive pay
(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 …
Anger as teachers at Ribblesdale Infant School get £8bn in pay and bonuses
(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 …
Tory MP calls anyone earning less than £150,000 “dog-end” voters
(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Let’s hope – for Tory MP Mark Garnier’s sake – that his constituency of Wyre …
Scientists hopeful global warming set to improve after Gordon Brown quits
(satire?) Scientists are hopeful there will be a significant slowdown in global warming after one of its main causes – …
