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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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Nominations for BIGGEST POLITICAL HYPOCRITE OF THE YEAR awards 2016

December 23, 2016

It’s here! The opportunity to cast your vote for the person or persons most responsible for the brutal death of …

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Tory minister on what Brexit means … British workers on £6.95 an hour and living in tents

October 3, 2016

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) So we’ve finally found out know what Tories mean when they say “Brexit means Brexit”. …

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UK press ignore shocking survey showing 76% of UK CEOs mulling moving HQs abroad after Brexit

September 26, 2016

As another example of how the Brexit result was not a vote against the establishment but actually a vote organised …

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Surreal post-Brexit Britain: UK trade negotiators with Australia and NZ to be … erm, Aussies and Kiwis!

September 7, 2016

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

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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Campaign launch to boost UK exports failed because Cameron was “too busy attacking Corbyn”

March 7, 2016

On the same day a government campaign was launched to boost UK exports, Cameron and his ministers were too busy attacking Jeremy …

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Osborne to rake in millions from flooding after refusing to cut VAT on flood repairs

December 27, 2015

Why has George Osborne cut millions from flood defences over the last few years? When he knew it could result** in the …

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Cameron in tax clampdown on self-employed: while letting big business (and himself) off the hook

December 19, 2015

The Tories are clamping down on struggling small businesses and the self-employed … Scrap plans forcing self employed & small …

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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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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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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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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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5 years of coalition government smash hopes of home ownership for young

April 7, 2015

    Figures out today show 79% of 20 to 45-year-olds in the UK have now given up on owning …

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CEO accuses Tories of using his name in business letter without his permission

April 2, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Oops! Looks like the Tories forgot to ask the permission of at least one of the …

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The Tory Party is not the party of business – it’s the party of BIG business

April 1, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tory Party!) Small and medium-sized businesses account for 99.9% of private sector activity in the UK …

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Senior Lib Dem in bizarre attack in parliament on his own budget

March 20, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Lib Dems!) I’m afraid the Lib Dems really are starting to lose the plot. Senior …

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Treasury to unveil new 12-sided Vince Cable to replace old two-faced one

March 18, 2015

(satire?) A new 12-sided Vince Cable will be unveiled ahead of the budget today by the Treasury to replace the famously two-faced …

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Foot-in-mouth Tory Chairman Grant Shapps says recession is like “an amusement ride”

March 16, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) Tory Party chairman Grant Shapps thinks the recession we’ve been experiencing for the last 7 years …

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Surprising polls show British public considerably more left-wing than main parties

March 14, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Polling shows the British public is considerably more left-wing than most of our mainstream parties. …

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Cameron is clamping down on tax fraud. But by the working poor not the idle rich.

February 24, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) It’s not true at all that the Cameron government isn’t tackling tax fraud. …

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Daily Telegraph dramatically accused of “fraud” over HSBC bank coverage

February 17, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Daily Telegraph!) The highly respected chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph has caused an earthquake …

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Everyone threatens to sue Lord Fink after he accuses them of avoiding taxes

February 12, 2015

(satire?) Everyone has threatened to sue former Conservative Party treasurer Lord Fink after he claimed yesterday that everyone avoids tax. Lord Fink was accused …

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Outrage and anger at HSBC over bank’s “patronising” pink logo

February 11, 2015

(satire?) MPs and newspapers are expressing outrage at the HSBC bank after the bank was accused of being patronising when leaks …

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Treasury forced to sharply revise down economic reality to match GDP projections

February 7, 2015

(satire?) The Treasury has announced it will revise down economic reality to a range of between 0.3% and 0.5%, after it …

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Labour on back foot as Osborne boosts UK economy by including Monopoly money in GDP figures

February 3, 2015

(satire?) BREAKING – boost to UK economy as George Osborne announces Monopoly money to be included in GDP figures From …

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Cameron announces Britain ready to launch airstrikes against Syriza in Greece

January 29, 2015

(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 …

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Breathtaking German hypocrisy: Germany owes Greece 11 billion euros in unpaid loans

January 26, 2015

(not satire – it’s Germany!) This little fact changes everything. In 1943, Germany forced the Bank of Greece to lend …

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11-year old criminal tells court that bankers are his role model (not satire!)

January 16, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) An 11-year-old boy in Shepton Mallet – found guilty on numerous charges including violence, …

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