18 Jan
So, I suppose it’s about time I blogged about the Scottish independence referendum as it’s been in the news for a week or so. Basically, this is the story so far: Alex Salmond has been dicking about for a few years saying they’re going to hold a referendum on Scottish independence but keeps putting it [...]
Posted in Britishness, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales by: wonkotsane
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13 Jan
You’d have thought the de-facto leader of a failing political party crippled with debt and haemorrhaging members would have better things to do with his time than Google my name every day to see what I’ve been doing and researching my past but apparently not. Steve Uncles’ latest “exposé” on me is the startling revelation [...]
Posted in EDP, WTF? by: wonkotsane
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12 Jan
An out-of-work university graduate was forced last year by her local Jobcentre to stop volunteering at a museum and do a voluntary work placement at Poundland to keep her unemployment benefits. When challenged about this, the DWP which administers unemployment benefits said: Working in retail is perfectly good experience for a career in a museum. [...]
Posted in WTF? by: wonkotsane
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07 Jan
Shropshire Council is spending a million pounds on 22 new pitches for travellers. A million quid! For 22 pitches! That’s 45 and a half grand per pitch! Multiple exclamation marks! They’re a sign of a diseased mind! Let’s see how much value for money Shropshire Council are getting … How much would a 56 acre caravan [...]
Posted in WTF? by: wonkotsane
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06 Jan
I don’t know whether to despise Diane Abbott just that little bit more or whether to pity her for her evident stupidity. Not content with insulting one fifth of the world’s population, she’s also said that taxi drivers are racist! A spokesman for the Licensed Taxi Drivers Association, Steve McNamara, said: We find it amazing [...]
Posted in Labour, Racism by: wonkotsane
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05 Jan
Diane Abbott MP, well known for her snide racist remarks, has finally stepped over the line saying that “white people love playing divide and rule”. Abbott has tried backtracking after being outed as a racist, saying the comments were taken out of context but if you read the exchange of tweets that the comment is [...]
Posted in Labour, Racism by: wonkotsane
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05 Jan
Three weeks ago we submitted a Freedom of Information Request for a copy of the EU treaty that David Cameron was supposed to have vetoed. The Foreign & Commonwealth Office have responded today with the following: Dear Mr Parr, Thank-you for your email. I apologise for the short delay in getting back to you. We are not [...]
Posted in Federal Europe, UKIP by: wonkotsane
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04 Jan
The latest Stephen Lawrence case has finished and his murderers are going to be sentenced shortly. Great, let’s get this over and done with and get it out of the news. It is because of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry that an accusation of racism when committing a crime automatically makes that crime worse than if [...]
Posted in Political Correctness, Racism by: wonkotsane
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02 Jan
The British government’s Christmas gift to the English this year was minimum pricing on alcohol, a tax that will penalise the millions of occasional drinkers who cause absolutely no problems whatsoever and the off-licences who are already struggling to make a living in the face of stuff competition from supermarkets. The Calais booze cruise is [...]
Posted in Economy by: wonkotsane
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