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‘Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,’ says Ed Miliband

"Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah"

In his first major speech of the year, Labour leader Ed Miliband has droned on and on for a seemingly interminable period of time, without saying anything of consequence at all, it has been revealed. Witnesses claimed that Mr Miliband, who had been expected to use the speech take on his critics and set out [...]

PM defends decision to put Clegg in secret underground dungeon

PM: locked Clegg in a secret underground dungeon

David Cameron has defended his decision to imprison Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg in a secret underground dungeon after the Liberal Democrat leader was notable by his absence from the House of Commons yesterday. The PM was forced to make a statement to the House when it became clear that his deputy was not, in [...]

‘Economic woes to drag on even longer than episode of Strictly Come Dancing,’ admits Osborne

All this dancing is well and good, but when's Merlin on?

Chancellor George Osborne has warned that Britain’s economic woes look set to drag on longer than an extended episode of Strictly Come Dancing. In his autumnal budget statement, Mr Osborne admitted that official growth forecasts for the economy had been slashed, and used the Saturday night prime time dancing show as a prime example of [...]

DJ Neil ‘Dr’ Fox denies involvement with MOD access scandal

MOD

DJ and radio personality Neil ‘Dr’ Fox has been forced to deny allegations concerning unauthorised access to sensitive security information, after a misunderstanding in some sections of the media caused journalists to confuse him with Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox. Mr Fox, 52, adopted the nickname ‘Dr Fox’ during his early career as a disc [...]

PM apologises to totty with tiny lady brains over sexist comments

David Cameron, talking to some women about kittens, earlier

Prime Minister David Cameron has apologised to a bunch of totty with tiny lady brains for sounding sexist in the House of Commons, after a poll suggested that the government is struggling to appeal to women. The PM told The Sunday Times he was sorry for remarks made to Angela Eagle and Nadine Dorries, and [...]

Ed Miliband to mark first year in charge by reminding everyone who he is

The Labour leader, apparently

Labour leader Ed Miliband will mark his first year in the job by reminding party members who he is and what it is that he does at the party’s annual conference tomorrow in Liverpool. A year ago, Ed Miliband beat his brother in a leadership contest to seize the Labour leadership, although he has been [...]

‘I’ve had loads more birds than Berlusconi,’ claims Cameron

Sharon, Tracy and Kate: experts on quantative easing, apparently

by Adam Brigden Officials at Conservative Central office were last night scrambling to avoid a PR disaster after Prime Minister David Cameron insisted that he had been with ‘loads more birds’ than Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi. The PM’s statement follows claims by Italian newspapers of Berlusconi boasting that 11 women were queuing up outside his [...]

MPs to decide constituency seats with musical chairs

The boundary commission getting to work, earlier

by Caroline Gilmour The Boundary Commission has announced that newly merged constituencies will be decided by a game of musical chairs. The Commission, mindful of accusations of bias with regards to the proposed restructuring of the electoral map, has said the move is ‘entirely appropriate and fair’ and will save in the region of £10m [...]

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