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Scandal as NHS plasma supplies sold off by Tories for £230 million sold on to Chinese for £820 million

May 1, 2017

In 2013 the Tories sold off the state owned NHS blood plasma supplier, Plasma Resources UK (PRUK) to US private …

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How Theresa May’s preferred US system to replace the NHS featured in the Nixon Watergate scandal

April 25, 2017

  Theresa May’s secretive plans to replace the NHS in England with private US healthcare system Kaiser Permanente have been revealed …

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Some of the best #brexitopportunity tweets at winding up humourless brexiters

December 16, 2016

Twitter has been doing its thing under the #brexitopportunity hashtag today – nicely winding up uptight brexit supporters. Here – …

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How a US PR company conned UK voters into voting for Brexit

November 21, 2016

Sorry Brexiters – but you’ve been conned. By an American. And he’s not even hiding the fact. PR executive Gerry …

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Outrage as UKIP leader claims British ISIS hostage is a “mouthpiece” for Islamic State

November 21, 2016

ISIS hostage British journalist John Cantlie – who was kidnapped by ISIS along with murdered US journalist James Foley – …

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The etymology of the name ‘Donald Trump’ means ‘The Great Deceiver’ in old English

November 12, 2016

Apparently evangelical Christians in the US voted en masse for Donald Trump because they believe it is “God’s will” that …

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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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Brexit leadership wants to attack the poorest – not reduce immigration. An open letter to Leavers …

October 11, 2016

Dear Leavers, Polling shows us most of you voted to leave the EU for two main reasons. Firstly, you wanted …

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Australia’s decision to back away from trade deal shows why the UK NEEDS our nuclear deterrent

September 7, 2016

It’s dog-eat-dog in the brutal post-Brexit world outside fortress Europe. Britain needs to feel it is able to stand up for …

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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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Lily-livered Brexiters too timid and too scared to stand up to their own leaders’ lies

September 2, 2016

I’ve already said Remainers should get their balls back, but now it’s time for Brexiters to do the same. As we all know, …

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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 Trump-style border wall Theresa May will have to build – if she’s serious about Brexit

July 30, 2016

The UK makes well over a billion pounds a month from EU migrant workers …. … and trade with the EU …

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Why is UK press ignoring fact that Tory plans to scrap Human Rights Act would endanger Good Friday Agreement?

May 4, 2016

Why has nobody in the UK mainstream press reported the fact that Tory plans to scrap the Human Rights Act would …

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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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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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Tory Party breaks out in open civil war within hours of Cameron announcing deal

February 20, 2016

There are so many Tory Party members openly arguing on various media about Cameron’s EU deal, it’s impossible to show all of it. Here are …

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Yet more dodgy people supporting Brexit: now it’s a tax-dodging fat cat hedge fund

February 15, 2016

Last week it was the utterly odious Philip Davies MP along with right-wing nutcakes the Freedom Association supporting Brexit … … …

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Not just Jeremy Corbyn – senior Tories also think ditching Trident might be a good idea

January 18, 2016

Perhaps the Cameron government should be more careful before labelling Jeremy Corbyn a national security ‘threat’ just for saying Trident should be scrapped. …

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Paris attacks not designated as terrorism by UK government – to save money?

January 15, 2016

A letter has been posted on Facebook revealing the UK Foreign Office has not designated the recent Paris attacks as terrorism …

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French magazine proves Farage lied about the so-called assassination attempt

January 6, 2016

Nigel Farage claims that he was the victim of an assassination attempt. But now French magazine Libération has interviewed the mechanics …

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Proof Cameron’s much vaunted Syria airstrikes are even worse than a failure

January 4, 2016

  So it seems Jeremy Corbyn – and the other minority of MPs who voted against airstrikes in Syria – …

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UK government doesn’t exactly slam Saudi Arabia for mass beheadings: says it’s “disappointed”

January 3, 2016

The UK government has given its official reaction to the news that Saudi Arabia has executed 47 people – including …

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Lib Dems condemn Saudi for executions – while Lib Dem councillor represents constituency from … Saudi Arabia!

January 2, 2016

Councillor Paul Whittle is a Lib Dem councillor and former Lib Dem opposition leader on Fareham Borough Council: But surprisingly Whittle also …

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It’s that season of the year again: It’s bombing time!

December 18, 2015

. Given the choice between listening to X Factor winner Louisa Johnson belting out a mawkish Bob Dylan cover and …

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Gun used in Paris terrorist attack was supplied by US arms dealer

December 13, 2015

A gun used by one of the terrorists in the recent Paris attacks was supplied by a US arms dealer. …

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Shameful UK Conservative party support of brutal fanatic who burnt opponents alive

December 12, 2015

Never mind ISIS. Political prisoners of brutal Chilean dictator Pinochet (a devout Catholic) were also burnt alive: Chilean dictator Pinochet …

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Wounded British soldier shuts up anti-Muslim racists with epic message

December 8, 2015

Chris Herbert was serving in Iraq when his right leg was blown off by a roadside bomb. Here’s what he …

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UK flood defences cut – while millions spent on bombing Syria and Iraq

December 6, 2015

Consider these three facts: Cameron has consistently cut UK flood defences since he came to power: England’s flood defence funding …

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See how people react when they are read Bible passages they think are from the Quran

December 5, 2015

Here’s an interesting video: Feel free to make comments below …

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