Cameron takes heart as polls show just 4 people want Maria Miller to go
(satire?) The PM David Cameron has brushed off claims that culture secretary Maria Miller should resign after he cited polls …
Tag Archives: Osborne
George Osborne adviser to ‘independent’ think tank which claims no middle class squeeze
(not satire – it’s the UK today) A supposedly independent think tank called the Social Market Foundation has produced a …
SURVEY – the Daily Mail thinks George Osborne is sexy. What do you think?
(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!) Sometimes I fear for the sanity of Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre. In …
Boost to north England economy as Osborne pledges to reduce duty on whippets
(satire?) In his budget announced yesterday, the Chancellor George Osborne has made a big step to improving low growth levels …
Treasury to unveil new 12-sided Vince Cable
(satire?) A new 12-sided Vince Cable has been unveiled by the Chancellor George Osborne to replace the famously two-faced one …
UK inflation of George Osborne’s economic competence hits 4-year low
(satire?) By our Chief Economic Editor Official inflation of the Chancellor George Osborne’s ability to run the economy unexpectedly fell to …
Vulnerable Sheffield man kept as ‘slave’ by Westminster family
(satire?) A Prime Minister has been jailed for six-and-a-half years for imprisoning a vulnerable Sheffield man with learning difficulties and treating him …
Shocking new survey – Conservatives have biggest cocks in House of Commons
(satire?) According to an exclusive new survey conducted by Pride’s Purge, we can reveal that the Conservatives have the biggest …
Tory MP attacks George Osborne as ‘corporatist’
(not satire – it’s the Tory Party!) A tweet by Tory MP Zac Goldsmith attacking George Osborne as a ‘corporatist’ …
Autumn Statement: Britain can no longer afford workshy grannies, warns Osborne
(satire?) In a speech to the House of Commons on Thursday, the Chancellor George Osborne set out more details of a …
Osborne’s Autumn Statement in a nutshell: old people are too expensive.
(not satire – it’s Gideon!) Here’s George Osborne’s Autumn Statement in a nutshell so you don’t have to read all the …
Chancellor announces extra cold weather payments for MPs’ horses at risk of cold
(satire?) The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne this week set out an increased range of financial support and help …
The remarkable short poem which sums up Osborne’s austerity Britain so well
Is this a holy thing to see In a rich and fruitful land, Babes reduced to misery, Fed with cold …
This graph shows the UK economic recovery is just a dangerous London bubble
(not satire – it’s George Osborne!) Here is a graph of house prices by Neal Hudson from Savills estate agents which illustrates very well …
Osborne claims public sector net borrowing targets missed as a result of badgers moving them
(satire?) Chancellor George Osborne’s deficit-busting plans will come under more pressure on Friday as figures show Government borrowing is on …
Housing development where Osborne gave his speech will have separate entrances for rich and poor
(not satire – it’s George Osborne!) George Osborne chose a new housing development in London yesterday to give his speech …
Police – desperate mothers now turning to prostitution to feed and clothe children
(not satire – it’s the UK today!) Humberside Police have said they are seeing an increase in prostitution – with …
Ornithologists baffled by pair of Great Tits taking up residence in Downing St
(satire?) Scientists and ornithology experts are saying they are baffled as to how a pair of great tits – known …
Bank of England – interest rates in boring economic matters by the general public to remain low
(satire?) The new governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, has signalled that Britain’s ultra-low rates of interest by its citizens in what …
Fracking – go-ahead given for extraction of foot from Lord Howell’s mouth
(satire?) A controversial operation to extract a well-heeled foot from controversial Tory peer Lord Howell’s mouth has been given the go-ahead by the government. …
George Osborne ‘honoured’ to have royal baby named after him
(satire?) The Chancellor George Osborne has issued a statement saying he is ‘honoured’ by the decision of the Duke and …
BBC apologises for Osborne’s shocking budget address before watershed
(satire?) The BBC apologised today after more than 100 viewers contacted the corporation to voice their disapproval about George Osborne’s revealing …
EDL members main losers after Osborne tells jobseekers to learn English or lose benefits
(satire?) Thousands of English Defence League supporters will be forced to learn English to the standard of a nine-year –old …
Obama gets George Osborne’s name wrong
(not satire) Apparently US President Barack Obama mistakenly called George Osborne Jeffrey at the G8 summit. Rather a strange mistake to …
IMF warn George Osborne’s idiocy still acting as drag on the economy
(satire – I think) In its concluding statement on its mission to the UK, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned …
UK narrowly avoids triple-dipstick chancellor
(satire) The chancellor George Osborne has defied his critics by narrowly managing to avoid being called a dipstick for a …
Scientists artificially inseminate George Osborne after his reluctance to produce plan B
(satire – probably) Scientists have intervened at Westminster zoo after scrutinising the chancellor George Osborne’s behaviour and deciding he was exhibiting signs …
Erm, the IMF ‘changed its mind’ about Osborne’s failing strategy? No. It f***ed up.
(It’s not satire – it’s the IMF!) On Thursday, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, said the fund had …
Osborne claims Thatcher “over the worst” and well on way to “full recovery”
(satire – I think) Flying in the face of expert opinion that former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was showing absolutely …
ATOS declare George Osborne unfit for work as Chancellor
(satire – sort of) ATOS – the private contractor paid by the government to carry out work capability assessments of disabled …
