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A Conservative, a Facebook profile, an expulsion
From the Sunday Mirror:
A Tory activist has been expelled from the party for posting a picture of himself with a Hitler moustache on Facebook … And beside it, in the “My Favourite Quotes” section, he allegedly made racist and sexist comments, including one saying: “I don’t hate everyone, I just hate women …
A spokesman said: [...]
Haringey Labour increase their allowances by stealth
A quick quiz for you. One of the Haringey local newspapers, The Hornsey Journal, had this story on 14 May:
Under fire councillors opt to take pay freeze
The recession is about to hit councillors in the pocket, after both Haringey Labour and Liberal Democrat parties decided NOT to take a pay rise …
Councillor Claire Kober, Leader [...]
Ben Chapman’s rise and fall mirrors the rise and fall of Labour
March 1997: John Major is Prime Minister and there’s a Parliamentary by-election in the Conservative-held seat of Wirral South. With a general election expected within weeks, the by-election is a major political event, with widespread media coverage.
New Labour use the campaign to showcase their mix of new and old, in the form of their candidate. [...]
Another BNP fakery scandal
The BNP like to style themselves as the party that tells the truth, which is why the tales of their fake photos and made-up statistics matter. Here’s the latest BNP fakery:
AN ex-Guardsman branded the BNP “scumbags” last night for using his photo and faked words on an election flyer.
Former Scots Guards NCO Stuart Walker, 37, [...]
Dawn Butler’s whirlpool bath
When blogging earlier today about how Labour MP Dawn Butler was one of those who blocked reforms to MPs’ expenses last year it crosseed my mind to make a satirical comment. Good thing I didn’t try really, as it would have been topped straight away by the latest Daily Telegraph revelation - that she claimed [...]
Dawn Butler’s voting record #MPexpenses
Brent South Labour MP Dawn Butler has been under fire over her expense claims, as previously covered on this site (including a link to the fun BBC report timing the travel distance from her two homes). Her local newspaper recently reported:
MPs in Brent are facing heavy criticism over alleged expense claims.
and went on to cover [...]
Just why did Fraser Kemp need 16 sheets?
Time for some guesswork please. Just why did Fraser Kemp buy 16 different bed sheets in a seven week period on his expenses?
I don’t mean, “Why did he think the public should pay for them?” but “Why did he need 16 bed sheets?” I mean, what would you do with 16 bed sheets?
That’s enough to [...]
More BNP photo problems
Looks like it isn’t just a matter of the BNP using photos of supporters who aren’t really supporters, for as The Mirror reported earlier this week:
Bnp leader Nick Griffin was served with a legal claim yesterday for an £8,000 debt as he launched the far-right party’s Euro election campaign.
It follows the continued unauthorised use of [...]
The thing David Cameron wants you to forget when watching his election broadcast
Today’s election broadcast from the Conservatives simply features David Cameron talking to camera about MPs and their expense claims. The message is meant to be about him facing up to the problems and talking frankly about them.
But listen to his language:
I want to start by saying sorry … sorry for the actions of some Conservative [...]
The BNP supporters who don’t really exist
From Newspeak:
The current [BNP] leaflets feature a section titled “Why we’re all voting BNP” with photos accompanied by a bit of text, presumably this is to encourage people to think BNP voters are just like you. Unfortunately for the BNP none of these voters are real and you can prove it by using web-based reverse [...]
