Archive for the 'Come the revolution' Category
23 Dec
On Wednesday the British government finally announced the West Lothian Question commission that they promised over a year ago, yesterday they gave a practical demonstration of why it’s so desperately needed. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have negotiated a £30.2m bonus from the British government because the British government have spent money in London for [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Sport, Wales by: wonkotsane
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01 Dec
Jeremy Clarkson has caved in and apologised for making a joke about the anti-government strikes. During an interview on the One Show, Clarkson was asked what he thought of the strikes to which he replied that they were brilliant, he could dart around London and there was no traffic and it reminded him of the [...]
Posted in BBC, Bullshit, Come the revolution, Unions by: wonkotsane
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28 Nov
The head of Unison says there is no way a public sector strike on Wednesday can be avoided, even if the British government wanted to do a deal. This is hardly a shock announcement – the strikes would have gone ahead whether they caved in to every unreasonable demand the unions issued because this isn’t [...]
Posted in Bullshit, Come the revolution, Unions by: wonkotsane
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20 Nov
I’ve written about Northern Rock quite a few times since they were brought down by Saint Robert of Peston in 2007 and looking back at what I wrote and what others said is quite interesting. When Saint Robert of Peston whipped up a frenzy of consumer panic with his misleading reports on Northern Rock’s request [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Economy by: wonkotsane
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11 Oct
Four ISPs have agreed to censor the internet on behalf of the British government. Sky, BT, TalkTalk and Virgin have all signed up to the agreement to automatically block “adult content”, requiring customers to specifically ask for the block to be removed. The agreement has come about following a report from the religious pressure group, [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Technology by: wonkotsane
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06 Aug
The English Defence League are coming to Telford next weekend to protest in Wellington, motivated by the (alleged) muslim paedophile gang currently standing trail for grooming teenage girls. Labour councillors have come out in opposition to the march and are getting behind Councillor Mike Ion’s campaign to deny the EDL their right to peaceful protest [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Protests by: wonkotsane
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04 Aug
The British government’s ePetitions site has gone live today and failed spectacularly. Even this late in the day it’s still crashing more often than not as it’s not been scaled adequately for the feeding frenzy that was inevitable for its launch. Should have hosted it in a cloud with some other online services that have [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Geekery by: wonkotsane
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02 Aug
Former Labour MP and convicted fraudster, Jim Devine, has been released from prison after serving just a quarter of his sentence. Devine stole over £8k of taxpayers money by submitting fake invoices and was banged up for 16 months ago for it. Releasing him after only 4 months and tagging him is a disgrace but [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Corruption by: wonkotsane
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30 Jun
Once again I have to defend myself against the de facto leader of the English Democrats, Steve Uncles. Some time ago Uncles wrote a letter to Sinn Féin offering to change English Democrats policy (that’s how policies are made in the EDP – Steve Uncles comes up with some batshit idea and hey presto it’s [...]
Posted in Bullshit, Come the revolution, EDP by: wonkotsane
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23 Apr
St Andrew’s Day … St David’s Day … St George’s Day … Now I can guess what the excuse will be – St George’s Day has been postponed until the 2nd of May by the church because it clashes with Easter and Easter is more important in the religious calendar than a saint’s day – [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, St George, Technology by: wonkotsane
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28 Mar
201 people were arrested during the TUC’s protest in London on Saturday. All 201 of them were still in custody today according to the BBC. The protest was meant to be about opposing public sector cuts but as usually the case whenever you get more than a handful of left wingers, it descended into a [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Protests, Terrorism by: wonkotsane
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08 Mar
Today isn’t just Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday as it’s occasionally known), more importantly it’s International Women’s Day. To celebrate International Women’s Day, the British government’s two Ministers for Women & Equality (both women of course, the position isn’t open to men to ensure equality) have announced a number of official events involving British government [...]
Posted in Come the revolution by: wonkotsane
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05 Mar
The British government is planning to steal money out of “dormant” bank accounts in England to fund the Big Society Bank which will then distribute funds throughout the whole of the UK. If you’re not sitting at your keyboard with a confused look on your face saying “what the fuck?” then read that first paragraph [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Traitors, WTF? by: wonkotsane
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30 Jan
Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, will be spending what is quite possibly his last night in the presidential palace in Cairo after the British and American governments called for “an orderly transition”. The stability of Egypt is of great importance to most of the world for two reasons: the Suez Canal and Islam. The Suez Canal [...]
Posted in Come the revolution by: wonkotsane
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17 Dec
Warm Front, the British government’s quango to give “poor” people in England grants to pay for things like loft insulation, cavity wall insulation, central heating, etc., has run out of money and won’t be helping anyone else until April next year. While people are at home freezing their wotsits off in the coldest winter in [...]
Posted in Climate Change, Come the revolution, Traitors by: wonkotsane
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08 Sep
A church in Florida plans to hold a “Burn the Quran Day” on September the 11th, despite universal condemnation both at home and abroad. The church preaches that “Islam is of the devil”. Back in 2005, the Danish newspaper, Jyllands Posten, published cartoons depicting the muslim prophet, Mohammed. The newspaper was threatened with bombings and [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Free Speech, Terrorism by: wonkotsane
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29 Aug
The English Defence League (EDL) held a “static protest” in Bradford yesterday which was typically marred by violence. The original plan was for the EDL to hold a march through Bradford but the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police, Sir Norman Bettison, successfully got the Home Secretary, Theresa May, to ban any protest marches in [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, England, Free Speech, Police State, Propaganda by: wonkotsane
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10 Aug
The BBC News website has a non-story about speeding statistics at the site of two switched-off speed cameras in Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire County Council couldn’t afford to keep the speed cameras going after the British government withdrew central funding for speed cameras in England so they turned them off but Thames Valley Safer Road Partnership – [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Propaganda, Transport by: wonkotsane
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14 Jul
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has produced an 11-page Ramadan guide for schools which advises them to cancel swimming lessons and sex education for all pupils during the month. The council suggests swimming lessons should be cancelled in case muslim children accidentally swallow water when they’re supposed to be fasting rather than the more reasonable suggestion that [...]
Posted in Come the revolution, Religion, WTF? by: wonkotsane
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07 Jul
The cost of the Pope’s visit to England and Scotland is going up to £12m, not including the as-yet unspecified cost of policing. Some of the cost is being paid by the Catholic church but the rest is being stumped up by the British government out of English taxes. The country is broke, England is [...]
Posted in Come the revolution by: wonkotsane
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