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Rupert Murdoch’s scaremongering anti-Muslim slur
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While generously conceding that “most” UK mosques are “okay”, Rupert Murdoch’s tweet clearly suggests that a significant minority are “really scary”: Many UK tweeters say no terror.Admirable, gutsy, but get r...
You can get married … just not to a man: Paisley Jr goads Tatchell
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Having previously called gay people “repulsive”, Ian Paisley Jr’s homophobic pedigree is not in doubt. Last night’s Question Time featured the unedifying spectacle of him goading Peter Tatchell: “You’re entitl...
Eye Spy Guido Fawkes
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Guido Fawkes accidentally outs himself as behind the @EyeSpyMP crowd-sourced MP-watching service with his own dialling wand moment earlier: All those lefty SW1A bag carriers (and MPs) that didn’t realise they were feeding Guido &helli...
Green Party try to give Kitcat the finger on Brighton Council
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A leaked Twitter exchange has exposed attempts by Green Party councillors to stab the leader of their flagship council in the back. The direct messages reveal attempts by Cllr Alexandra Phillips (@AlexForGoldsmid) to enlist Labour&rsqu...
Shamed UKIP MEP submits lame duck complaint to Scrapbook
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In the wake of Scrapbook publishing comments by Godfrey Bloom MEP that he “hoped thousands of jobs will be lost” in the public sector, the office of the UKIP economic spokesman have been scratching around to trying to find fault with...
The BNP’s sick recruitment email exploiting Woolwich murder
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The message continues … One of our brave soldiers has been hacked to death in Woolwich by Muslims in what officials are describing as a “terrorist attack”. Reports that the victim, wearing a ‘Help 4 Heroes...
UKIP economics spokesman: “I hope thousands of jobs will be lost”
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UKIP’s economics spokesperson has said that he welcomes mass redundancies in the public sector. Speaking to LondonLovesBusiness.com, gaffe-prone MEP and former investment banker Godfrey Bloom said of UKIP plans to slash tens of billions of...
Lord Ashcroft probes for govt complaints about BBC bias
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Scrapbook notes this characteristically loaded question from Lord Ashcroft with interest: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made representations to the BBC regarding the neutrality of its news coverage.[HL93] Lord Gardiner of Ki...
A safe harbour for racists? UKIP chaos over suspension of candidates
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In the context of his detention in an Edinburgh pub courtesy of Scottish nationalists last week, Nigel Farage told the Today programme that he personally expels racists and homophobes from UKIP: “If anyone from UKIP says anything on Facebook th...
Luke Bozier accepts police caution following ‘indecent images’ arrest
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Following his arrest on suspicion of viewing indecent images of children, Luke Bozier has blogged that he has accepted a caution from the Metropolitan Police: “Based on my admission of viewing 16-year olds in bikinis, I was offered, and ha...
Welcoming the swivel-eyed: UKIP Telegraph ad encourages defections
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As Scrapbook readers have been aware for some time, ”swivel-eyed loon” Tories will be amongst friends in UKIP.
Nigel Farage calls Scottish protesters “fascist scum”
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Having been escorted away from Scottish nationalist protesters in the back of a riot van yesterday, Nigel Farage took to the Today programme this morning to describe those who harangued him in an Edinburgh pub as: “fascist scum filled...
Top 10 Tory Party donors revealed
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Some 118 donors gave a total of £3.74m to Conservative Party organisations in the first quarter of 2013. The top 10 external personal and corporate donors are: Mick Davis — £500,000 May Makhzoumi – £500,000 Ja...
Joined up blogging
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It looks as though Telegraph blogs editor Damian Thompson (@holysmoke) instructed his charges to write something, anything about Dan Brown. Thomas Pascoe filed first, slamming “metropolitan liberals” for criticising the thriller...
Unfortunate picture/headline combination of the day
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Commuters should have been forgiven for a double-take when reading page 9 of Metro this morning, where a picture of Chris Huhne’s release appears alongside the headline (for a different story) “Rapists let off with a caution”.
Nasty Party: will Dave dump gay marriage in face of poll challenge?
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As if his party management problems weren’t bad enough already, polling data on gay marriage is piling on the pain for David Cameron. A YouGov survey shows that marriage equality is winning out amongst supporters of the three major parties &hel...
Osborne and Pickles’ Tory councils are in top six for “fat cat” high pay
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The two cabinet members with primary responsibility for local government cuts have some of the highest numbers of “fat cats”on their own Tory-dominated councils. Chancellor George Osborne and local government secretary Eric Pickles have s...
UKIP candidate in ‘Nazi salute’ row releases ‘plant eating’ photo
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The UKIP candidate accused of making a Nazi salute on Facebook has released a photo which he claims exonerates him. 22 year-old Alex Wood, who came second in his local election in Somerset, told Scrapbook: “This is the picture of me pretending...
In this together: Tory shores up Lib Dem with pointless ministerial trip
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Transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin is reportedly “alive to local interest” in re-opening a south coast railway line which has been closed for 44 years. Busy Mr McLoughlin even took time out to travel to Lewes station today: Transport...
