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All things are possible 119

Posted on July 18, 2015 by

devotory

The UK’s most popular party 114

Posted on July 17, 2015 by

…has for the last 14 years been the None Of The Above Party.

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Come and get it 129

Posted on July 15, 2015 by

hamishfox

Revised figures released 86

Posted on July 15, 2015 by

David Cameron, 16 September 2014 and 8 May 2015 respectively:

You get how it works now, right?

One nation united 125

Posted on July 15, 2015 by

Last night we highlighted the reaction from various right-wing columnists to the SNP’s torpedoing yesterday of Tory attempts to relax the laws on foxhunting in England and Wales. Today the same commentariat has turned its rage to thoughts of revenge, in the form of “English votes for English laws”.

unionjills

And we’re confused, because we don’t know what this “England” they speak of is.

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The filth and the fury 167

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

It seems safe to say that the SNP’s de facto defeat of the fox-torturing lobby today has riled the right-wing commentariat beyond their endurance. Unable to get their way and inflict a prolonged, agonising death on small animals for “sport”, Tory columnists have instead descended howling and bloodthirsty at pack strength on their readers.

foxhead

Here’s just a small sample.

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What a champion of Scotland looks like 204

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

This:

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Friendly help for the Daily Mail 119

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

As part of their tireless campaign against abuse and threats on the internet, the Mail’s ever-alert reporters will doubtless be wanting to run a major piece on the deputy leader of UKIP calling today on a widely-read website for Nicola Sturgeon to be killed.

huffnutt

No need to thank us for the tip-off, guys. All part of the service.

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Fox Force 56 248

Posted on July 13, 2015 by

There’s little to gladden the heart of a left-wing Scot like a Tory squealing in outrage that he won’t be allowed to torture woodland creatures to death for “sport” any more.

So this site is thrilled by the announcement from the SNP that they will, after much speculation in the media, vote against (and therefore likely condemn to defeat) the UK government’s plans to relax England’s fox-hunting ban to a point at which it would be de facto repealed entirely.

fox4

And not just because foxes are a lot cuter than Tories.

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There goes another one 116

Posted on July 13, 2015 by

Yesterday we listed some of the nastier items from George Osborne’s horrifying 2015 budget that Labour had said they wouldn’t be opposing, including the public-sector payrise freeze, the reduction in the benefit cap and the slashing of child tax credit for families with more than two children.

On a BBC hustings debate today, Yvette Cooper extended the list.

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They think we forget 56

Posted on July 12, 2015 by

The insulting thing is that they think it so soon.

burnhammug

Her Majesty’s Opposition 107

Posted on July 12, 2015 by

There’s a key aspect of their job they seem to have forgotten.

ge1

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