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It's fair to say that honours and, more so, peerages have always been used by politicians to favour their own cronies. Never was this more blatant than under Tony Blair's Labour administration where begging party fund raisers would actually offer honours and peerages at set prices. The more you gave the greater the honour. If you gave enough you would be able to seat your generous arse on the

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They say we evolved from the apes. Well after today's feasting I'm not sure there's much difference between me and this fellow... Merry Christmas!

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The proposal to give Margaret Thatcher a state funeral deserves more public debate than it's been given, as Peter Oborne points out. But of course the debate will inevitable give voice to the usual left wing Thatcher haters who take every opportunity to share with us their feelings about the ex-Prime Minister. Peter Oborne correctly points to sections of society that have reason to regret the

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 It seems the public have made their minds up about Ed... Screen grab from BBC's Newsnight

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I've been a big fan of Henning Wehn since I saw him supporting Stewart Lee during his If You Prefer a Milder Comedian Please Ask For One tour. I was just enjoying some YouTube clips of "The Germam Comedy Ambassador" when I was reminded of his take on the British attitude to debt. The clip below was posted in 2008. It was and is very apt at the time as we as a country, were already running up

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I was going to blog about what I felt was motivating the massive over reaction on Twitter to Jeremy Clarkson's One Show comments on the strikers, but felt I'd rather added to the whole over reaction myself by spouting out several tweets, one of which was re-tweeted over 70 times (although thanks for those that did RT - much appreciated). However, the main point I wanted to make has been made

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I see the "Charlie Bit My Finger... Again" YouTube video has earned his parents loads of money. So that's it. I will be filming every second of my children's lives from now on and publishing it on the interweb. I published this video while back but it has earned me nothing. Come on kids! TRY HARDER! Charlie's got over 11 million views. Thomas, you've got just 70 odd. Perhaps you should bite your

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Awkward Ed Miliband has expressed his support for the campers, sorry, protesters outside St Paul's Cathedral. And why not? They present themselves in the media as a broad collective that are against a lot of things (most of which most people would also be against, such as greed, irresponsible banking, MPs on the take, big bonuses for poor performing executive etc etc). But they have nothing

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Alice Thomson writes in The Times today about the problems the Tories have with attracting female voters. I have no reason to doubt that every word she writes about how current Tory promises to women are wide of the mark. She writes convincingly... "But new curbs on internet sleaze won’t make women vote Tory, nor will having more females in the boardroom or outlawing girls’ T-shirts saying

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If there's one thing LibDems like to think of themselves it is that they are the most rational and open minded of the 3 main parties. Drawing up evidence based policy, not overly ideological but eminently pragmatic. Tim FarronSwivel eyed ambition: The next leader of the LibDemsoffering a strategy for another 90 years of oppositionWell, that self belief may be justified in some areas of policy but

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There is news of a sperm bank that is so awash with the stuff, that it has decided to be selective in who can and can't donate their gentleman's relish. In this process they are declining to take further donations from red-heads. Apparently, there isn't as much demand for theirs as there is supply. I'm not sure if this means red-head sperm is unpopular or just that red-heads are prolific and very

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Tonight's Comedy Proms on BBC2 was very enjoyable. Tim Minchin was brilliant, as always. But I was pleased to see Beardyman, an act I've not seen since stumbling across this excellent YouTube clip...Beardyman with Nathan "Flukebox" Lee...It's worth a watch all the way through. There's some great moments later on in the clip.

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As the hunt for Colonel Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi continues a debate rages... how do you actually spell the bastard's name? Delusional and mentally unstable. Ghadaffi went the same way shortly after this picture was taken Gaddafi himself has been unavailable to comment. The spelling of foreign names is, of course, a matter of personal taste for us British. Captain Mumma Gadaffi may have

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David Starkey yesterday Following his outburst on Newsnight last week, David Starkey, the flamboyant and not at all racist historian, has turned his sights on comedy culture in an attempt to further explain what makes young people destroy and steal when there's no sign of police enforcing the law or any authority in their lives. "Some people simplistically blame the lack of a robust police

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Guest post from @j0n0p... Lots of you will have seen this brave woman’s speech before, but I wanted to share it because I’ve just noticed that someone has sprayed graffiti on the wall behind her with the words FUCK CAMEROON, which, you know, seems a bit harsh. I wonder what the football-loving residents of that particular West African country have done to upset the twat that sprayed the

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Evidence emerged today, in The Times, that Jeremy Clarkson may have been involved in this week's rioting...

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Ed Miliband has recently proven he is more wily than he's been given credit for in the past. His opportunistic harrying of Cameron over Hackgate was politically very effective. He correctly assessed the mood of the public and demanded decisions and action faster than a Prime Minister burdened with actual responsibility could deliver. It made him look like he was leading the debate. He was lucky

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Wow, the proliferation of excuses for the mindless violence over the past couple of nights has been impressive even by our media's standards. So far I've read or heard the London riots being blamed on the Coalition's "cuts", the state of the British economy, too few police on the streets, the local Chief Superintendent being on holiday, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and George Osborne being on

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Labour claims that a small change in the way Primary Care Trusts are allocated funds is designed to transfer money from "Labour" to "Conservative" areas of the country. Labour point to a report by Public Health Manchester. Unsurprisingly, Manchester comes out as a victim of this evil Tory conspiracy. Of course, their conclusions are totally unbiased and deserving of the weight Labour have

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Another classic via Cassetteboy

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The Guardian continues its fair and balanced coverage of Hackgate with this picture of Rupert Murdoch leaving the enquiry with James Murdoch and other News Corp Execs behind him...

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This is already going viral. Very funny...

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Is this another blow for Cameron? Jeremy Clarkson, who was at a party attended by the evil James Murdoch, Rebekah Brooks and the Camerons (yes, even the fragrant SamCam is involved in this tawdry affair), reveals all that happened in today's Sunday Times... We began with a cocktail made from crushed socialists and after we’d discussed how the trade union movement could be smashed and how News

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So, the News International flagellation continues unabated. There's no sign that their competitors or politicians want to focus on other media organisations that we know have been at least equally guilty of using dubious information gathering methods, so it's not going to move on any time soon. But I note that the anti-News International lobby have a new bit of spin. It's a cunning line, based

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Now we've had the politicians express their, rather hypocritical, disgust at the behaviour of News International, perhaps we can move on to the real, broader issue of press ethics generally? The Mirror, Mail, People, in fact almost all of them, have been involved in questionable activities. If anything good can come of this epiphenominal imbroglio it will be a shift in the taste of tabloid

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Tonight Gordon Brown claims he has stood up against the evils of News International. He's made various claims against The Sun and The Sunday Times and, obediently, the broadcast media has been reporting it as fact all day long. Unfortunately, for once, the case the papers have quickly put forward in defence, is looking credible and calling into question Brown's version of the truth. Gordo "

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When the serious allegations regarding the News of the World phone hacking scandal emerged last week it was clear that this "scandal" had finally produced some real substance. Previously, the faux outrage being exhibited by left leaning papers, politicians and celebs was transparently in their own self-interest. Bitter at News International for turning their back on Labour after so long, their

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When you next hear Ed Miliband call for the News Corp/BSkyB deal to be halted due to the phone hacking scandal, bear in mind the details of a memo he circulated to the shadow cabinet via Tom Baldwin, Miliband’s media chief and ex-News International journo: “Any frontbench spokespeople should use the following line when questioned on phone hacking, BSkyB bid and phone tapping ... these issues

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All but one of the groups that top the public's love to hate league have accommodatingly behaved appallingly over the past few years. MPs, investment bankers and now journalists have all disgraced themselves royally and confirmed themselves in the collective public mind as the greedy, grubby shits that they generally are. But, one remaining group have not been keeping up in the race to plumb

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I interviewed Guido Fawkes yesterday on the Johann Hari scandal and the revelation of Dylan Jones, editor of GQ magazine. "What's all this about a magazine editor with an angle of Hari", I asked. Guido leaned forwards over the table laden with 2 Americanos and a poppy and lemon seed muffin and whispered: "Dylan Jones, editor of GQ, is telling people that Johann Hari was dropped from writing

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More renowned for his eyebrows than economic competence Alistair Darling writes in today's Times... "Can the eurozone survive in its present form? Not if its members carry on the way they have over the past year. Hoping that something will turn up won’t do. If we have learnt anything from the economic crisis for the past three years, it’s that if you have a problem, you need to fix it now."

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It gets 2 million hits a month but I've only just heard of Salman Khan's Online Academy, and it's very impressive. The free resource, provided through the effort and commitment of Khan himself with philanthropic backing from the likes of Bill Gates, has gone from strength to strength since he started tutoring his niece in maths (or math as our American friends insist on calling it). The 2

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After all the threats and brouhaha that the Lib Dems put up over NHS reforms following their poor local election results, they must be disappointed with this finding in today's YouGov poll for the Sunday Times. Who do you think is most responsible for influencing the change in the Government's policy regarding the NHS? (%)Mind you, not as disappointed as Labour must be. They are clearly seen as

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On one level I sympathise with the consultants anger at journalists not following the correct hygiene regime but mostly I find the arrogance and rudeness sadly typical of the self important, jumped up little hitlers that are all too evident in our health service, especially at consultant level. If you listen to what he's actually complaining about, it's not that the hygiene of the ward is at

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Good summary of the NHS reform changes, from The Times...

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I always vowed never to subscribe to The Times when it disappeared behind a pay wall. But then I began to miss some of my favourite columnists such as Giles Coren, Hugo Rifkind, Daniel Finkelstein, David , Rod Liddle and Matthew Parris. But Saturday's column by Matthew Parris hits the nail on the head on the subject of NHS reform. He imagines a Britain where our agricultural system is run

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Williams: "You're unpopular because you don't believe in my God, you know that don't you?" Dr Rowan Williams today slammed the coalition government for having no democratic mandate. The God Doc (as he likes to be known) was elected as Archbishop of Canterbury (although not Westminster as he sometimes thinks) by an overwhelming majority of deities (well one, there is only one - and it's his one

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I'm was thinking of ordering a Shame Kebab. But I'm not sure what it's made of. Could be either ignominy or disappointment. Either way, I feel I may regret my decision.UPDATE I decided against the Shame Kebab in the end. Had a Melancholy Curry instead, with a side order of Disgust.

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From The Economist The recent stories in the press, and on TV last night, exposing abuse in care homes for the mentally ill and elderly along with the news that Britain's largest care home provider, Southern Cross, is in financial difficulty, have caused much concern about the role of the private sector in the provision of social care. My last blog post extolled the virtues of the market in

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There is no doubt that the government's proposed NHS reforms have proven to be controversial. Originally backed by Lib Dems, Andrew Lansley has now lost their backing as the party descends into panic mode after the poor local election results. Without the support of the Lib Dems the reforms stand little chance of getting on the statute book. It seems the main sticking point for the Lib Dems is

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I was going to write a post on the growing need for a cabinet reshuffle where I planned to list the cabinet ministers in the frame to be dropped or moved. However, the excellent Fraser Nelson has done just that in his Coffee House blog. Have a read here: Cameron should cleanse his Cabinet of the undeadFraser lists includes the same names I has in mind. Here's the list with my reasons for

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In an extraordinary development in the Chris Huhne/Vicky Pryce divorce wrangle over whether Huhne got Pryce, his then wife, to accept his penalty points for a speeding offence, I read in The Sunday Times (£) that Huhne is to admit to police that "he can’t say he definitely wasn’t driving. He doesn’t remember what he did that day. He hasn’t got a diary about whether he drove or not".This is fair

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I read the The Times (£) that Liam Fox has been opposing Cameron's commitment to enshrine in law the maintenance of a foreign aid budget at 0.7% of Gross National Income. The defence minister's thoughts on the subject were exposed via the familiar (to him anyway) medium of the leaked letter. Yes, surprise, surprise, this isn't the first time a letter has been leaked that relates to a subject in

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A report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) tomorrow will expose the true extent of the Coalition's cuts. It will point out that analysis of figures from the OECD reveal that the UK is cutting public spending LESS than the European average over the next 2 years. And this despite the fact that public spending increased far more sharply in this country than other major

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They are threatening the NHS reforms and last night they teamed up with Labour and cross bench peers to reject the central plank of the Government's police reform bill in the Lords. The Liberal Democrats have interpreted their poor results in last Thursday's elections as a message from the voters to distance themselves from the Tories and return to opposing policy rather than providing leadership

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PoliticalBetting.com highlights analysis of the parties national share of the vote during Thursday's elections by Rallings & Thrasher. It confirms that the Tories actually had a (slightly) higher vote share than Labour. Given recent opinion polls that regularly gave Labour 6 to 10 point leads, the Tories have got to be pleased with that. Considering the controversies over the spending cuts, tax

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It's been a bad night for the LibDems but it's also been a bad night for Labour who, despite having probably the most favourable climate possible to gain seats against their opponents given the difficult decisions the government has had to make, failed to make the kinds of gains expected. They should have gained well over 1000 seats and that would just have put them back to where they were

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The nation votes on Tomorrow to decide if it wants to switch to the Alternative Vote (AV) electoral system for choosing future governments. Our current First Past The Post system (FPTP) is definitely creaking under the strain of changing voting habits and many of our politicians look out of touch and, in extreme cases, downright corrupt. So a vote for change is a no-brainer, surely? I don't

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TotalPolitics.com With the referendum a mere two days away many people are writing off the chances of Yes winning. Polls published on Sunday show No have a healthy lead over Yes. There's clearly no appetite in the country for this change but these polls and the constant talk of the no hope Yes campaign is probably the biggest threat that the No campaign faces. The Yes campaign can easily

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NHS reform is not the only unlikely subject to have been addressed via the medium of rap music [does that make me sound enough like an out of touch Dad Yes? Good]. Before the MC NxtGen/Unison internet hit was accusing Andrew Lansley of being a "tosser" or a "grey haired manky codger" or having a face that looks like a "shrivelled up ball sack", an altogether more sophisticated attempt had been

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Flushed with their success at nailing lying Labour MP and Ed Miliband front bencher Phil Woolas, Chris Huhne and Simon Hughes are now threatening legal action over the No campaign's claim that AV will cost more than FPTP.Before their success against Woolas, the Lib Dems had seen the successful prosecution of another Labour liar, Miranda Grell, who accused her Lib Dem opponent of being a

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Another TV star has gained a court super injunction to stop his extra marital activities being exposed. However, in a typically fearless act, I will risk prison and publish a picture identifying the sex cheat to allow the truth to be known. Oh Pat, you dirty postie. CBeebies refused to comment on their star's behaviour. But Mattel referred me to Max Clifford of Slapper PR Ltd. He provided reams

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Who says tits sell newspapers? Despite having more baps per page than any other tabloid newspaper, or even any other broadsheet newspaper for that matter AND that's including The Telegraph, The Daily and Sunday Sport is being wound up. As if there weren't enough massive tits in the paper already, they had employed Lembit Opik, the ex-boyfriend of one for the cheeky girls, irregular TV

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This, from Guido Fawkes' blog, made me giggle...Of course Little Ed couldn't have known the violence would kick off at the same time as his speech (although he must have known violence was inevitable that day). And of course, given his lack of oratory skills, he is as likely to rouse such passion in people as he is to win brother of the year. But that's what makes Guido's video even funnier.On

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One of the most moving sights I've seen in all the coverage of the disaster unfolding in Japan has been the stoical way its people cope with unimaginable adversity. Of course you can't generalise about the people of a whole nation but it is telling that western journalists are struggling to get the "human angle" they so covert during such disasters - weeping crowds, chaotic scenes of looting and

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On The Hour, Chris Morris' spoof radio news series and forerunner to the excellent The Day Today included a story about how a fictitious Labour council was evicting old people from their homes and making them sleep on the streets in boxes to prove a point to central government... Listen! That was back in 1992. Now the Conservatives are back in government, we see Labour councils living up to

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It will be interesting to see how the media, especially the broadcast media, handle today's revelations that Tory MP, Paul Maynard, who suffers from cerebral palsy, was mocked by some Labour MPs whilst he spoke in the House of Commons. Rest assured, had it been Tories mocking a disabled Labour MP it would be the top news story for over a week. The best we can hope for is that the Labour MPs in

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Just saw this on the excellent Awkward Ed Miliband Moments website. Thought I'd add my own caption... Hatty Harperson: "Oof! Breath that in, sinusitis boy! Actually, I may have followed through. Follow me to the toilet, now! And bring a sponge"

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Back on 19th December, The Observer reported that Ed Miliband had instructed his shady, sorry, shadow cabinet not to refer to the government as a coalition but as "Conservative-led". The idea is that left leaning LibDems would hear this description and immediately believe their party had no influence on government policy and that they were merely being used by the evil Tories to cling unto power

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May Robert Murdoch forgive me for providing a peek into the wondrous world behind The Times' Firewall but here the section of Rod Liddle's column on the "Omnipresnet" Debbie Abrahams... Well done to omnipresent Debbie Congratulations to Labour’s Debbie Abrahams for her fine victory in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by-election. But let’s keep an eye on her second homes allowance. This is the

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Some say it was Gordon Brown's reform of the financial regulatory system that led to the excesses in the financial sector that contributed to the banking crisis. However, here is proof that Gordon's multi-agency system (FSA/BoE/The Dragons' Den) would have worked had the Dragons done their duty. Peter "Nick Clegg" Jones, Theo Thefoetus, Duncan Genocide, James Yes We Caan and The Grumpy Woman

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One of the funniest things about by-elections is the sight of the defeated parties' members and supporters attempting to spin the result positively. So, given the Tories finished in 3rd place with their share of the vote plummeting to just 12.8%, it is beholden on me to pronounce the result a success for Cameron & Co. Of course, it wasn't a success for the Tories, although, arguably, you can

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It's good to hear that reason hasn't reared it's sensible head in the continuing mistrustful relationship between Israel and the Arab states. This week's story of the Saudi Arabian authorities arresting a vulture on suspicion of it being a Mossad agent sums the extent to which reason has been banished from that region, but we have a similar example of hysterical mistrust involving one of our near

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The ugly truth of Kenneth Tong Controversial nut job Kenneth Tong has announced plans for a new reality TV show called Thin Brother, to show case his theory of "managed anorexia". "It'll be much better than Big Brother (the show I would have bothered to win had it not been utterly below me) because there'll be no arguing over the food budget or cooking.", said the bespectacled twat. The

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"Watch my nose grow out to here when I talk about the deficit" Ed Miliband writes in Thursday's Times newspaper that the deficit that the Government (or Conservative-led government as he insists on spinning it, in a pathetic and transparent attempt to alienate Lib Dems) is grappling with, is not the fault of the last Labour mis-led government. In continuing his attempts to convince voters,

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The moment when Gordon Brown realised his true personality accidentally got broadcast live via a Sky News microphone. A bullying control freak, he accused a Labour supporting voter (for no other type were allowed near him) of being a bigot for expressing concern about immigration in the local area. He then looks to blame someone. "Who put me with that woman?" he demands to know. What kind of

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Vince Cable's outburst to undercover Telegraph journalists posing as constituents shows him up as the self regarding pompous egotist he is. He thinks so much of himself that he considers his resignation from the government would amount to a fatal blow. He really believes that the coalition couldn't survive without his glorious presence, his wise council, faultless economic insights etc. etc.

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The inglorious bastard in this picture, whose exact sex has been much debated, has been identified as the privileged son of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour - Charlie Gilmour. The poor mite, who must be seriously considering whether he can afford to continue his education, is currently in his 2nd year at Cambridge University, where he is reading history at Girton College. Apparently he didn't

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After David Cameron's drubbing of Little Ed at this weeks PMQs, this (slightly altered) image of a sign is my suggestion for outside the House of Commons...

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An interesting illustration from the BBC of where our soldiers have made the ultimate sacrifice since 1914...

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It's a massive shame it's hidden behind a pay wall, but there's a great piece in The Sunday Times by Rod Liddle about Jon "Poppygate" Snow. Here's a link if you have access. My favourite quote comes near the start: It is very difficult to know whose side to take in the great Poppygate dispute — Channel 4’s brilliant left-wing broadcaster Jon Snow, or the million or so British soldiers who died

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From Friday's Times... Ken Clarke simulates his cum face at the Tory party conference after describing how he's going to "release thousands of prisoners like spermatozoa over the face of society" - It didn't go down at all well.

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During PMQs David Cameron faced critical questioning about the tuition fee and housing benefit reforms. The PM seized on the fact that the tuition fee reforms were less severe than the recommendation from Lord Browne's report (a report Labour had initiated) and a quote from Ed Miliband suggesting he used to be in favour of cutting housing benefit: "The level of opportunism is so great that even

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I never know what you are supposed to say on Hallowe'en. "Happy Hallowe'en" doesn't seem right. "Have a scary Hallowe'en" seems more apt. But, to be honest, I don't really care. I've never got into all the hullabaloo that surrounds the event, especially nowadays. Without wishing to sound like a grumpy old man but then going on to do exactly that; I see the whole affair as an over hyped

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As they continue to lose the main political arguments facing the country today, the leftists' bitterness grows and grows. You have to feel for them. They are desperately trying to deny their complete and utter irrelevance to the needs of a country their statist ideology has brought to its knees. So, instead of engaging in a sensible debate about the way forward for Britain, which would require

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Cameron is right to resist the European parliament's demand for a 6% hike in European funding. He clearly wanted a freeze or cut, but it seems that is not a possibility. Some suggest he should refuse to pay but, sadly and especially since the Labour government ratification of the Lisbon treaty, this is not a realistic position to take. We are reduced to fighting for the least worst outcome.

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It seems that there is an upsurge in white segregation in South Africa. As depressing as the story is the picture they used to illustrate it was amusing...Big guns for men with big hands and their disinterested sons.

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The reaction to the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) has been nothing if not wholly predictable. Leftists popping up all over the shop to denounce the cuts as savage, regressive and unfair. But what does constitute fairness? Matthew Parris writes on the subject in The Times yesterday (behind a pay wall). He makes the point that fairness is more than some arithmetic calculation of who loses

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While the coalition starts taking an axe to universal benefits that go to the needy and well off alike, it's good to see Lord Scandelson making sure he gets what's rightfully his, albeit from the EU this time. Ex EU commissioners can claim a "transition allowance" that is intended to make up for the sudden loss of earnings once they leave post. Fair enough, you probably aren't thinking, but

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I've just read that the Government is close announcing they've agreed on one of the most contentious policies between the Tory and LibDem coalition partners - student tuition fees and student loans. It seems likely that they have settled on a "progressive graduate contribution" - a loan repayment scheme that increases in proportion if the graduate succeeds in earning more than average. The idea

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...Harmless fun from the chaps (I imagine they were all chaps) at Diesel Jeans with a little help, it seems, from Disney.

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William Hague on the first day of the Tory party conference:The last Labour government was "a government that raised taxes 178 times, raided the pension funds, sold the gold, and borrowed more than all previous governments put together, but still managed to leave more people on welfare, school and health inequalities wider, severe poverty growing and poor communities suffering most from crime"

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It's not really a new story but the Sunday Times is reporting on Ed Miliband's utter hypocrisy in his exploitation of property tax loopholes. The article is hidden behind a pay wall, of course, but here's a link if you have access: Ed Miliband nets fortune with tax ruses. Personally, I've not got a problem with him limiting the amount of money the state taxes his father's estate. The issue is "

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You have to wonder about the how tuned into the real world some green activists are. I'm not a climate change sceptic, I believe there's a real problem out there and if there's any chance my actions are making matters worse and threatening the quality of life of my children and (future, I hope) grandchildren, then I'm keen to do what I can. However, recently the case for global warming has

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David Miliband standing down from front line politics is a massive blow to his brother. For Labour it's bad enough the more electable Miliband isn't leader, to lose him from the team completely is a disaster. Yes he's a ditherer, yes he was cowardly for not challenging Brown when he had the chance, but the elder Miliband looks head and shoulders above all the other shadow cabinet candidates. And

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The IMF has issued a report praising the coalition government's economic strategy to reduce the deficit, calling it "strong and credible" and "essential to ensure debt sustainability".“The plan greatly reduces the risk of a costly loss of confidence in public finances and supports a balanced recovery. Fiscal tightening will dampen short-term growth but not stop it as other sectors of the economy

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As Ed Miliband gets his first day as Labour leader out of the way, there are many questions that he'll need to answer to start to build his credibility in his new role. But the most pressing question for many commentators, especially on Twitter, seems to be - who does Ed Miliband look like. Suggestions I've seen have included Forrest Gump, Mr Bean and Bert from Bert and Ernie. For me, I can't

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It's not long now until one of the Milibands gets elected to the position of leader of the Labour Party. The world waits with disinterested breath (what do you mean that doesn't make any sense?) for the result announcement at 4 sometime or other, later today. Will Labour veer to the left with David or lurch to the left with Ed? For both candidates served under New Labour but have played to

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The definitive list of trite slogans guaranteed to stop you using condoms...• Cover your stump before you hump• Before you attack her, wrap your whacker• Don’t be silly, protect your Willie• When in doubt shroud you spout• Don’t be a loner, cover your boner• You can’t go wrong, if you shield your dong• If your not going to sack it, go home and whack it• If you think she’s spunky, cover your

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I see the, now infamous, cat dumper Mary Bale has been charged with animal cruelty. Good. However, if she ever saw a cat doing this, perhaps she's stupid enough to think she was helping her feline victim out...

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Charlie Kennedy's unreliability at this weeks LibDem conference is inevitably generating rumours that his drink problem has flared up again. A rumour they are more than happy to add to with this picture...Prime material for a caption competition??"Are you ok Charlie?""Where's me cabinet post ya posh BASTARD? I love you, you know."Seriously though. Let's hope he's put those demons behind him and

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The Labour leadership race was thrown into turmoil today by the revelation that Edward "Ed" Miliband and David "David" Miliband have, in the past, shared a room together. The allegations (made by this blog) are reminiscent of the intrigue surrounding William Hague after a similar rumour, on Guido Fawkes (much better) blog, involving Hague (or the "the bummer Hague" as Guido calls him) and a young

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The Wife of The Speaker This William Hague story seems to be forcing the media to scrape the barrel to find vaguely political personalities to offer their mostly irrelevant and always vacuous opinions. I was subjected to the-bloody-Hamiltons on the TV news, yesterday. I guess the subconscious message they wanted to put across was "a return to Tory sleaze". All very silly. I-Mu speaker.

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Looks great, doesn't it...? ...This chap didn't realise until he'd dipped a marshmallow, that this was the output from the filtering process at the colostomy bag recycling plant upstairs. PS Sorry. 

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After Gary Liniker blamed his son's school for his failure to get good enough results to get into university, research in America has shown that it may be the exams themselves that are discriminating against lazy kids... In The Know: Are Exams Designed to Discriminate Against The Motivationally Challenged?

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Ian Dunt writes on politics.co.uk that the use of the phrase "deficit denier" is unacceptable. Of course, we're used to being told what words we can and can't use by those on the left. But it's worth looking at this argument as there is, at least partial, truth in what he says. Dunt gives two main reasons for not using the "deficit deniers" phrase, the first of which we can dismiss out of hand.

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As seen on http://www.passiveaggressivenotes.com/2010/08/23/service-with-a-snarl/

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I read that Ed Balls is now suggesting that George Osborne is "removing the foundations of the house, just as the hurricane is about to hit". A house, it should be noted, that the previous tenants conspired to leave with a criminally neglected roof, despite ample clement weather during which repairs could have been made. To stretch the analogy much further than should be legal under the

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I've often thought David Miliband looked sinister, but never as much as in this picture from The Guardian. It was said that Michael Howard had "something of the night" about him. But what with Miliband's record of cowardice in standing up to the disastrous premiership of Gordon Brown (he could have brought him down), his aimless and intellectually bankrupt leadership campaign and his (and

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I love this picture (from The Sunday Times) of comrade Ed Miliband.He's putting on his best Khrushchev style "The party know best" glare as he applauds, what I can only imagine are, a procession of uniformly dressed young people who have just graduated from Labour's Institute of Correct Thought and Propaganda. The very institute Ms Ellie Gellard graduated from. Only she is supporting his

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