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The bag carrier 431

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A cordial invitation 156

Posted on July 13, 2018 by

Dear Mr. Trump,

I’m a big fan of your work.

Especially your later stuff. You are the obvious natural successor to those other great leaders, Richard Nixon and George W. Bush – the perfect combination of dodgy and thick. You’ve got it all.

Since the first day of your tangeroid slithering into Barack’s old gaff, you’ve gone from strength to strength. I thought building a thousand mile wall to stop people escaping would be your greatest triumph. But putting kids in cages? Genius.

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This might as well be the news 112

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

Too Wee Too 28

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

Second in a series.

And then there were fewer 297

Posted on July 09, 2018 by

In the light of David Davis’ resignation last night and the continuing shambolic chaos that is UK politics, it seemed a pertinent time for these findings from our latest poll.

Readers probably won’t be too shocked that it’s Scotland Vs The Tories again.

Dark news 1

Posted on July 05, 2018 by

If you don’t want to know the TRUTH 16

Posted on June 27, 2018 by

…look away now.

The Day Before Tomorrow Today 31

Posted on June 20, 2018 by

They’re back to save us all.

Wait, correction, that should read: they’re back – God save us all.

Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough 74

Posted on June 05, 2018 by

We’ll shortly round up the last pieces of data from our Panelbase poll of English voters last month, but this one merits singling out, we think.

Wait, what?

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The turncoat 42

Posted on June 02, 2018 by

The Too Wee Club Redux 157

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

Returning to a theme.

(Original series here.)

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    • TURABDIN on The Modern Politician: “WHILE SCOTLAND SLEEPS, the British state yet again falls out of its comfy bed and is in freefall. https://archive.is/7iNGuFeb 13, 13:05
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    • James Cheyne on The Modern Politician: “Willie, Who owns them now, Scotland did then and does now, The union between Scotland and England was not completed…Feb 13, 10:17
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    • James Cheyne on The Modern Politician: “Willie, But who owns them now? Good point, Because Scotland and its parliament were dissolved out of a political parliamentary…Feb 13, 10:03
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