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Bolton voters show Theresa May in no uncertain terms what they think of her

April 19, 2017

Theresa May has had a disastrous start to her election campaign. Her first stop today in Bolton left locals somewhat …

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Revealed: how US Trump supporters helped Tories fight marginal seats during election

October 14, 2016

Unsurprisingly, the Tories have been trying desperately to distance themselves from their sister party in the US since allegations of sexual …

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Labour Party purges grandmother for saying MPs like to look after number 1 !!!

September 15, 2016

The Labour Party has suspended a terminally ill grandmother for a supposedly offensive tweet she wrote on 16/09/2015. A quick look at …

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Are you a Trotskyist? Take this short quiz and find out:

August 15, 2016

Worried you might be a Trotskyite entryist without knowing it? Worry no more! Take this quiz and find out: ARE …

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The Brexit vote wasn’t democracy in action. It was populist manipulation on a grand scale.

August 3, 2016

No-one else seems to be saying this, so I will. Way back in 1988 – when the Thatcher government passed the …

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The racist thugs who are Andrea Leadsom’s fox hunting friends

July 6, 2016

UPDATE: Leadsom is now trying to hide her support of fox hunting and the racist thugs at the Grafton Hunt …

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10 things more likely to happen to you than winning the Vote Leave Euro 2016 competition

June 7, 2016

The Vote Leave campaign is running a competition offering £50 million in prize money to anyone who can correctly guess the result of every …

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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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Brexit campaign appoints tinfoil hat climate change denier who wants to scrap NHS as director

March 19, 2016

The two main Brexit campaigns seem to have a talent for attracting some extremely dodgy people. Now the Grassroots Out campaign …

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Crisis for Tories as Conservative Party now seen as more divided than Labour

March 8, 2016

The latest YouGov opinion poll shows voters now think the Tories are more divided than Labour: It’s one of the …

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London Mayor Boris Johnson personally blamed for death of man in fire

March 4, 2016

London Mayor Boris Johnson has been blamed for the death of a man who jumped to his death from his third …

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Croydon Tory MPs vote to cut cash from own constituents and send it to leafy Surrey’s

February 13, 2016

Last November, Croydon’s two Tory MPs – Gavin Barwell and Chris Philp – voted to support cuts to local authority funding which will see …

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Punches thrown at Tory Party meeting: candidate “put in a headlock”

January 6, 2016

Anybody who thinks local political party meetings are boring – especially ones involving Conservatives – will need to reassess their …

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UKIP announces its annual conference in Wales … gets its Welsh all wrong

January 4, 2016

UKIP has announced (oh they’ve deleted it now) it is to hold the party’s first ever UK annual conference in Wales. But …

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Extraordinary attack on Cameron by Tory newspaper over floods

January 1, 2016

The Yorkshire Post is a staunchly Tory supporting newspaper. Its owners even used to be called the Yorkshire Conservative Newspapers Limited. But …

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Tory MP – accused of faking death threat – releases and then deletes patronising video

December 14, 2015

UPDATE: Allan has now been accused of bullying a sick staff member Tory MP Lucy Allan – who is accused …

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The Thatcherite pressure group at the heart of the Tory bullying scandal

December 1, 2015

With all the pages of copy that have been filed in the media about the Tory bullying scandal, it’s surprising …

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Letter from Tory activist urging Tories to vote Lib Dem

May 7, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tory/Lib Dems!) As a reminder of just how close to each other the Tory Party …

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7-year-old on politicians: “they spend money on big fancy holidays instead of hospitals”

May 6, 2015

(not satire!) Amelia is 7 – but she has some pretty strong views about politics. Here’s what she had to …

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Why the surprise? Here’s why the Independent supports the Tories:

May 4, 2015

(not satire – it’s the UK press!) A lot of people have expressed surprise that the so-called Independent newspaper has …

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Nick Clegg’s Advanced Driving Skills and Tips

May 4, 2015

(satire?) Advanced Driving Skills & Tips by Nick Clegg Hi! I’m Nick and I’m going to be giving you some expert …

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Henchman drags female candidate trying to debate Boris Johnson away from him

May 2, 2015

(not satire – it’s the Tories!) A Tory henchman intimidated and manhandled a female Labour candidate who was attempting to debate with …

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Supposedly ‘undecided’ BBCQT audience member set up company with Tory MP

May 1, 2015

(not satire – it’s the BBC!) A supposedly undecided businesswoman in the BBCQT audience – who strongly attacked Ed Miliband …

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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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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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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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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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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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