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Month: April 2016

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Naz

April 27, 2016May 26, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

Hah! Farewell then, to the appalling, despicable, terrorist-sympathising[i], holocaust-denying[ii] Naz Shah, from her role as parliamentary aide to John McDonnell, and let’s hope that she gets dumped from the parliamentary select committee on anti-Semitism too! Exposed in her opinions by … Continue reading Naz

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Skirts

April 22, 2016May 10, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

Two similar stories about girls being sent away from school because their skirts were too short got turned into a little video by the Guardian this week. Last year, a similar issue in the US went viral. In each case, … Continue reading Skirts

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Queen

April 20, 2016June 16, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

Regiphilius:  (waving banner) God save Her Madge! Pandemocratis: You don’t even believe in God. Reg:  That’s not the point. Pan: She’s just a woman. An old woman, at that. Reg:  I know that. Pan: Why should she reign over us? … Continue reading Queen

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Pink

April 12, 2016April 22, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

A Socratic dialogue Simplicius: Wilt thou comest with me unto yon demonstration upon Saturday hence, good Sophilia? Sophilia: Wherefore are the people demonstrating, Simplicius? Si: Sooth, they are going to kick Cameron’s butt into ye middle of nexte weeke. So: … Continue reading Pink

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Immoral

April 11, 2016April 22, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

The Prime Minister was right to blame himself for his bad week, but it wasn’t for the way that he handled the increasingly strident demands for him to divulge his tax affairs to the public, and to which he has … Continue reading Immoral

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Hammergate

April 8, 2016April 22, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

Following the leak from Panama of eleven million documents relating to the sale and purchase of hammers, the Prime Minister has faced some difficult questions. Hammers, as is well known by those in ‘the business’, are often used in such … Continue reading Hammergate

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Cutting

April 7, 2016April 27, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

Warning: this post contains discussion of matters which some readers may find distressing. That’s partly the point, but please don’t read further if you think it may upset you. How do you feel about FGM? The practice, more widespread than … Continue reading Cutting

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La-la-la

April 2, 2016April 11, 2016 CabernetVoltaire

It’s never easy to hear bad news, and that’s true whether it’s bad news in a literal sense – some new atrocity or catastrophe on the ten o’clock bulletin, or something more local: some sinister diagnosis, or some shocking trauma suffered by friend or … Continue reading La-la-la

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