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Corporate sponsor ‘last thing Vice needs’ … so Murdoch snaps up stake 18 Aug 2013 | 12:27 am
Rupert Murdoch has snapped up a 5% stake in the so-called hipsters’ bible Vice. This comes a mere ten months after he warned that this was the last thing that the website needed. Who's heard of VICE ...
MEP candidates: don’t use your Twitter to play Smurfs Village 16 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
“Tweets abour EU/global politics” … and Smurfs Village. Aren’t The Smurfs a bit … errr … Belgian for Eurosceptic Tories? Via: @AlexWhiteUK
Tory vice-chair nominates donor for House of Commons award 14 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
Tory vice-chairman Bob Neill stands accused of trying to use House of Commons facilities to curry favour with big money donors in his constituency. The Tory Vice-Chairman received a donation of £2,50...
Amnesty chair quits after Scrapbook exposes schizophrenia jokes 13 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm
The chair of Amnesty International UK has resigned after Scrapbook exposed a string of mental health jokes made on Twitter. Ciarnan Helferty was roundly condemned for the off-colour remarks (in full h...
Top Tory donors for Q2 revealed 13 Aug 2013 | 03:40 pm
The Electoral Commission’s figures for donations and borrowing in the second quarter are out. Below is listed everyone who gave more than £50,000 to the Tories. Weirdly, “Joan Edwards” has given to b...
Aussie PM hopeful: ‘No candidate is the suppository of all wisdom’ 13 Aug 2013 | 02:32 pm
The Australian elections continue to provide amusement during silly season. Step forward Liberal Party leader and — if polls are to be believed — the next prime minister Aussie prime minister, Tony Ab...
Electoral Commission: lobbying bill ‘could regulate charities and blogs’ 12 Aug 2013 | 08:12 pm
Charities could face same crackdown as trade unions “Regulated activities” even include documents discussing policies Electoral Commission not consulted on bill before publication Experts have warn...
‘Sexting’ NYC mayor candidate Anthony Wiener mocks ITV reporter 9 Aug 2013 | 01:46 pm
A testy interview with ITV’s Lucy Watson from New York mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner, who references Monty Python and tells Watson it’s “hard to take you seriously” before partially recovering his se...
“I don’t oppose Islam as a country” says far-right candidate 8 Aug 2013 | 05:20 pm
When it comes to hilarious far-right stupidity, nothing could rival the “Muslamic ray guns” of the EDL … until now. Having been adopted by an extremist party after being accused of plastering grocerie...
Lib Dems change party constitution over Rennard ‘sex pest’ scandal 8 Aug 2013 | 02:04 pm
The Liberal Democrats are to change their party constitution in an attempt to draw a line under a sexual harassment scandal which has rocked the party. After an internal report criticised Nick Clegg a...
