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Lifelong Tory activist quits party over Osborne budget and sabotages website

March 16, 2016

The official website of the Conservative Disability Group has been sabotaged by a disabled Tory activist who has quit the …

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The shocking scale of Osborne’s fat-cat Academy School CEOs’ pay exposed

March 16, 2016

How much do bosses at YOUR children’s school earn? An investigation by Schools Week and Watchsted reveals huge pay deals for George …

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Shocking new academic study shows Osborne’s austerity measures killing “vulnerable” elderly in England

March 16, 2016

A truly shocking new academic paper shows there is a clear link between rising old-age mortality rates in England and George Osborne’s austerity …

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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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George Osborne rejects free Christmas gift of solar panels – calls police

December 9, 2015

So much for Cameron’s “greenest government ever“. George Osborne’s staff at his constituency office in Tatton this morning called the police …

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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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Tories deny desperation: pledge large increases in penis sizes if they win election

April 11, 2015

(satire?) The Conservative Party has denied accusations it is getting desperate to win votes after the Prime Minister David Cameron made an ‘absolute …

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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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Oops! Blundering Osborne forgot to consult GPs on Manchester NHS devolution plans

March 2, 2015

(not satire – it’s George Osborne!) George Osborne announced last week he was going to devolve responsibilities and funding for NHS …

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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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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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Where’s Nick? Clegg hides during Osborne’s Autumn Statement

December 3, 2014

(not satire – it’s Nick Clegg!) Where was Nick Clegg during George Osborne’s Autumn Statement today? Because he was there in …

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George Osborne keeps Danny Alexander ‘locked in Treasury fridge’

November 19, 2014

(satire?) George Osborne has been accused of being so tight-fisted that he keeps his Lib Dem deputy Danny Alexander shut inside the …

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George Osborne promises “proper naughty” economy after hiring Dapper Laughs

November 11, 2014

(satire?) Economic experts have praised George Osborne’s “brave” decision to hire Dapper Laughs as an economic adviser, in what one …

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Never mind the EU bill. Here’s something George Osborne really has halved:

November 10, 2014

(not satire – it’s George Osborne!) George Osborne claims he’s halved the UK’s EU bill. Which is a bit like …

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The huge personal sacrifices top politicians are making to reduce the national deficit:

November 2, 2014

(satire?) . . Please feel free to comment.      

The graph you won’t see in the Mail. Or the Times. Or the Sun

October 21, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today) Here’s a graph which shows the genius of George Osborne. Despite cutting money …

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Dominatrix posts new photo of George Osborne dancing to Spandau Ballet in her flat

July 30, 2014

(not satire – it’s George Osborne!) Former escort agency owner and Dominatrix Natalie Rowe has posted a new photograph of …

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Woman arrested after posting photo of George Osborne at Dominatrix’s flat

July 30, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today!) A woman was arrested today after posting a photograph on Twitter of chancellor …

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Osborne to announce possible ‘HS3’ link between his arse and his elbow

June 24, 2014

(satire?) Chancellor George Osborne was expected to announce plans for a possible new ‘HS3’ line between his arse and his elbow today. The …

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Remember. At the peak of austerity, Osborne gave UK’s 300,000 richest households a tax cut

June 20, 2014

(not satire – it’s George Osborne and Nick Clegg!) It’s so easy to forget. It was so long ago. But …

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Government boosts GDP by adding sex and drugs to economy

May 30, 2014

(not satire – no really, it’s not!) The government’s thought of a sure-fire way to boost the economy. The Office …

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Cameron takes heart as polls show just 4 people want Maria Miller to go

April 8, 2014

(satire?) The PM David Cameron has brushed off claims that culture secretary Maria Miller should resign after he cited polls …

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George Osborne adviser to ‘independent’ think tank which claims no middle class squeeze

April 6, 2014

(not satire – it’s the UK today) A supposedly independent think tank called the Social Market Foundation has produced a …

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SURVEY – the Daily Mail thinks George Osborne is sexy. What do you think?

March 22, 2014

(not satire – it’s the Daily Mail!) Sometimes I fear for the sanity of Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre. In …

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Boost to north England economy as Osborne pledges to reduce duty on whippets

March 21, 2014

(satire?) In his budget announced yesterday, the Chancellor George Osborne has made a big step to improving low growth levels …

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Treasury to unveil new 12-sided Vince Cable

March 19, 2014

(satire?) A new 12-sided Vince Cable has been unveiled by the Chancellor George Osborne to replace the famously two-faced one …

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UK inflation of George Osborne’s economic competence hits 4-year low

January 14, 2014

(satire?) By our Chief Economic Editor Official inflation of the Chancellor George Osborne’s ability to run the economy unexpectedly fell to …

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Vulnerable Sheffield man kept as ‘slave’ by Westminster family

January 8, 2014

(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 …

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