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- January 3rd, 2010
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LET’S HOPE WOOTTON BASSETT HOUNDS THESE PROTESTORS OUT
The UK town of Wootton Bassett has become famous as the arrival point for dead British solders returning from Afghanistan, where their bodies are honoured by a solemn parade (example above) through…
- January 1st, 2010
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GORDON BROWN’S PROTECTING US – WE’RE ALL DOOMED
Britain will “move quickly” to enhance airport security after the “wake-up call” of the failed Christmas Day airliner attack over Detroit, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pict…
- December 31st, 2009
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IRAN TAKES THE PISS BECAUSE OUR POLITICIANS ARE COWARDS
Freed British hostage Peter Moore (pictured above) and his fellow Britons were taken in an operation reportedly led and masterminded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, it has been claimed. The 5…
- December 28th, 2009
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THE PLANE TRUTH – THE UK IS A SOFT TOUCH FOR TERRORISTS
Air travellers across the world face yet more tough restrictions after an Islamic nutcase of a passenger came within seconds of destroying a transatlantic plane and killing all 289 people on board. U…
- December 27th, 2009
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AN ALIEN THAT DOESN’T WANT US TO LIVE LONG AND PROSPER
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (pictured above), a 23-year-old Nigerian, has been charged with attempting to blow up a transatlantic airliner carrying 278 passengers on Christmas Day. The alleged bomber…
- December 26th, 2009
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THE PONTIFICAL POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK I THINK
Pictured above is the dramatic moment during Christmas Eve when a woman tried to attack former Hitler Youth and Nazi anti-aircraft gunner Pope Benedict XVI. A year ago she tried the same thing. T…
- December 23rd, 2009
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POPE PIUS CHRISTMAS FARCE REEKS OF VATICAN HYPOCRISY
The Vatican has defended its moves towards beatifying the late Nazi-loving Pope Pius XII (pictured above), saying that they reflected the piety of the wartime Pontiff and not his “historical import…
- December 20th, 2009
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CLIMATE FARCE WON’T STOP BROWN RAISING GREEN TAXES
The picture above sums the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit perfectly. An exhausted delegate sent to sleep listening to UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown droning on, making promises he can’t keep,…
- December 14th, 2009
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GORDON BROWN FACES A CLIMATE OF DISTRUST IN COPENHAGEN
The UN climate negotiations in Copenhagen (above) were suspended yesterday after developing countries staged a walk-out in protest over lack of progress on their key demand for legally binding emiss…
- December 8th, 2009
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CANCEL THIS COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CHANGE FARCE RIGHT NOW
The UN Copenhagen Climate Change summit was in disarray yesterday (above) after developing countries reacted furiously to leaked documents that show world leaders will next week be asked to sign an…
- December 7th, 2009
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GENIUS BROWN FINDS SPENDING CUTS AFTER ONLY 12 YEARS
In the UK highly paid chiefs in the public sector, like BBC chiefs and other fat cats on huge salaries, will be “named and shamed” under new Government proposals to cut spending unveil…
- December 6th, 2009
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IF AMERICA WANTS COMPASSION IT SHOULD ALSO SHOW SOME
Pictured above is Amanda Knox, the young American girl convicted over the weekend of murdering British student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. Since that verdict was handed down, there has been a…
- December 5th, 2009
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GORDON BROWN SAVING THE WORLD FROM CLIMATE DENIERS
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured above, in demented mood), yet again adopting his “save the planet” mode, has condemned “flat-earth climate change sceptics” and ̶…
- December 3rd, 2009
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THEY SEEK BIN LADEN HERE, THEY SEEK AL ZAWAHIRI THERE
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown was publicly rebuked over terrorism yesterday when the Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani (pair pictured above) denied his claims that Al Qaeda boss Osama Bin Laden i…
- November 29th, 2009
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SUFFER THE PARENTS SO AS TO PROTECT THE LITTLE CHILDREN?
In the UK parents who want to accompany their children to Christmas carol services (example above) and other festive activities are being officially vetted for criminal records in case they are paedo…
- November 26th, 2009
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TIME TO MUCK OUT THIS PERVERTED, FILTHY VATICAN STABLE
Some food for thought for former Hitler Youth and Nazi anti-aircraft gunner Pope Benedict XVI (pictured above) . The Roman Catholic church in Dublin, Ireland has for decades covered up child abuse…
- November 24th, 2009
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TIME FOR BILLIONS OF QUID PRO QUO’S FROM THE BANKS
The Bank of England, under the control of its Governor Mervyn King (pictured above) secretly loaned £61.6 billion to 2 banks at the height of the UK financial meltdown last year. Reportedly a R…
- November 22nd, 2009
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GOOD TO KNOW OUR LEADERS HAVE GOT THEIR PRIORITIES RIGHT
UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson (pictured above) reportedly “went behind Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s back” last week in a last-ditch attempt to snatch the job of EU foreign sup…
- November 21st, 2009
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SECURITY, LIKE CHARITY, SHOULD BEGIN AT HOME MR MILIBAND
According to the incompetent, out-of-his-depth UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband, The Afghan government headed up by recently “re-elected” President Hamid Karzai (pictured above) could…
- November 19th, 2009
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AFGHANISTAN AND KARZAI – WHAT A TRIUMPH FOR DEMOCRACY
Meet the President of Afghanistan. Elected for a second term by means of balloting irregularities that even George W Bush might have blushed over, Hamid Karzai (pictured above, centre) was sworn in y…
- November 18th, 2009
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GORDON CAUSES A RIGHT ROYAL WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY
Pictured above are the Queen and her long-serving consort Phil the Greek, as the Queen’s Speech was read out in the House of Lords yesterday setting out the expiring New Labour government’…
- November 17th, 2009
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MUNICH MILIBAND’S SOLUTION FOR THE AFGHAN PROBLEM
It seems that British government policy is to find a way to allow the “vast majority” of Taliban fighters who are not Islamic extremists to reintegrate into Afghan society. The inept, in…
- November 15th, 2009
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CAN WE BANK ON GORDON BROWN TO REGULATE TONY BLAIR?
In the UK, Government appointed City regulators are to be given new powers to tear up bankers’ contracts if they include excessive pay and bonus deals which might threaten the stability of the fina…
- November 14th, 2009
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WHY DON’T WE THROW THIS ISLAMIC BIGOT OUT OF BRITAIN?
The Iranian Supreme Leader’s representative in Britain has told UK Muslim servicemen and women to quit the British Armed Forces, saying that their involvement in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars is f…
- November 12th, 2009
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IT SEEMS RACISM IS OK IF YOU HAVE AN ELECTION TO FIGHT
Under-pressure UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured above) yesterday outlined plans to tighten Britain’s immigration rules by reducing the number of professions which can recruit from out…
- November 11th, 2009
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WE CAN’T BANK ON MERVYN KING TO CONTROL THE BANKS
Bank of England Governor Meryvn King (pictured above) yesterday gave a gloomy forecast, warning that the UK economy had “only just started along the road to recovery”. Presenting the Ban…
- November 10th, 2009
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A MAJOR BLUNDER CONTEMPLATED BY THE CONSERVATIVES
Former UK Prime Minister Sir John Major (pictured above) is reportedly considering a return to frontline politics if the Conservative opposition party wins the next general election. The former P…
- November 5th, 2009
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GREEDY BANKS RIP US OFF TO FEED THEIR BALANCE SHEETS
The Bank of England (above) rate-setting Monetary Policy Committe (MPC) voted yesterday to pump an extra £25 billion directly into the UK economy through its scheme of Quantitative Easing (QE) in a…
- November 4th, 2009
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SO KIND OF BANKERS TO DELAY THE BONUSES WE’RE PAYING
In the UK the beleagured Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS, above) and Lloyds have both agreed to defer senior staff bonuses in return for an additional £40 billion of taxpayers’ money as part of a…
- November 2nd, 2009
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PARODY OF DEMOCRACY ESTABLISHED IN KARZAI’S AFGHANISTAN
Officials in Afghanistan yesterday declared that Hamid Karzai (pictured above) was the winner of the country’s disputed presidential poll after cancelling a planned runoff election. The anno…
- October 29th, 2009
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BROWN THINKS BLAIR IS “EXCELLENT” – PROOF HE IS CRAZY
Tony Blair is “an excellent candidate” to become Europe’s first President, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said yesterday, ahead of an EU summit that is likely to be the first to c…
- October 28th, 2009
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MINISTERS “LEARNING LESSONS” AS OUR SERVICE PERSONNEL DIE
In the UK a damning report produced yesterday concluded that a “’systemic breach of the military covenant” led to the crash of a Nimrod spy plane (example above) in Afghanistan i…
- October 26th, 2009
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HIGH TIME BIG BROTHER WAS ARRESTED, NOT HIS VICTIMS
In the UK police are gathering information (above) about people attending protests for a national intelligence database, it was disclosed yesterday. Details of activists – including photograph…
- October 25th, 2009
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APPEASERS OF TERRORISM TRYING TO AIRBRUSH LOCKERBIE
Detectives have launched a fresh enquiry into the Lockerbie bombing (pictured above) following the decision by convicted terrorist murderer Abdel Baset Ali Al-Megrahi’s to drop his appeal ag…
- October 22nd, 2009
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UNITE AGAINST FASCISM – BURN YOUR POLITICAL OPPONENTS
In the UK “Unite Against Fascism” (UAF) protesters (pictured above) arrived at the BBC Television Centre yesterday afternoon and began a noisy demonstration about British National Pa…
- October 21st, 2009
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HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO LET THE BANKS RIP US OFF?
Mervyn King (pictured above) the Governor of the Bank of England, has launched a blistering attack on Britain’s banks, describing the £1 trillion plus taxpayer support given to them as “…
- October 20th, 2009
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DOES STOPPING FREEDOM OF SPEECH DEFEND DEMOCRACY?
The BBC’s governing body is to review its Director-General Mark Thompson’s decision to allow Nick Griffin, the leader of the right-wing British National Party (BNP), to appear on the politi…
- October 19th, 2009
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HOT AIR FROM GORDON BROWN WON’T STOP CLIMATE CHANGE
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured above, somewhat dwarfed by his surroundings) warned yesterday that the world is on the brink of a “catastrophic future” of killer heatwaves, flo…
- October 18th, 2009
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BANKERS AND THEIR ARROGANT GREED OVER BONUSES
In Britain the state-owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS, pictured above) is planning to pay annual bonuses of up to £5 million to each of some of its senior executives in an incredible snub to stru…
- October 16th, 2009
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- October 15th, 2009
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IN POLITICS SOMETIMES LOSERS ARE THE REAL WINNERS
In the UK a recently formed group of New Labour politicians warned yesterday that the party appeared to be “intellectually exhausted” and could be out of power for a generation, after it’s…
- October 14th, 2009
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HOW CAN BAD NEWS ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT BE GOOD NEWS?
In the UK unemployment (above) has increased by 88,000 to 2.47 million and the jobless rate has risen to 7.9%. But incredibly, some commentators are actually encouraged by the figures because the ri…
- October 13th, 2009
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MP’s STILL ARGUING OVER THEIR EXPENSES AT OUR EXPENSE
In the UK Members of Parliament (MP’s) from all political parties have been warned that they face being kicked out of Parliament (above) if they refuse to abide by a recent retrospective review…
- October 12th, 2009
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GORDON BROWN’S POLITICAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY POSITION
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured above, the forced grin as unconvincing and nauseating as ever despite the fact he’s just been told to pay back £12,000 he overclaimed in expenses and o…
- October 11th, 2009
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LYING WILL PROVE TO BE ONE IN THE EYE FOR GORDON
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown (pictured above) had his health being discussed again as an issue over the weekend after No.10 Downing Street announced that 2 retinal tears had been found in the Pri…
- October 8th, 2009
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CONSERVATIVES TO WALK A LONG ROAD WITH A SHORT MEMORY
In the UK Conservative opposition leader David Cameron (pictured above), addressing his party’s annual conference in Manchester, yesterday pledged to defend “family, community and country”…
- October 6th, 2009
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UK POLITICIANS OFFER VOTERS ONLY DEATH BY 1000 CUTS
In the UK the Conservative opposition finance spokesman, the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (pictured above – he’s not delivering his speech in the street, that’s…
- October 5th, 2009
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SUFFER THE LAZY DISABLED TO COME UNTO EMPLOYMENT
UK opposition leader David Cameron (pictured above) was yesterday accused of ”bogus accounting and penalising the sick” after he unveiled plans to impose a £25 a week benefit cut on as…
- October 4th, 2009
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WHY HAVE NUKES IF THEY’RE NOT A DETERRENT ?
The new head of the British Army has given a stark warning about what he sees as the “terrifying prospect” of the Western coalition losing the war in Afghanistan. General Sir David Richard…
- October 1st, 2009
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WHY ISN’T THE FRAUD SQUAD INVESTIGATING MP’s FRAUD?
In the UK the Serious Fraud Office (SFO, its Director Richard Alderman pictured above) announced yesterday that it will seek permission to pursue a prosecution against BAE, Britain’s biggest de…
