LISTEN: the Prime Minister doesn't know how much the Living Wage is
"I don’t have the figures in my head."How much would I be unable to live on again? Photo: Getty listen to ‘DavidCameron doesn't know how much the Living Wage is’ on audioBoomListen to a clip from the...
View ArticleVote Tory in Walthamstow – because its MP Stella Creasy isn't a wife, mother...
Seriously, Tories?This mole's whiskers are trembling with horror this afternoon. The mole knows politics can be dirty. Election campaigns are rough. But the Tories have taken it to the next level of...
View ArticleIf ifs and buts were candies and nuts, who would win the 2015 general election?
According to the Telegraph, Ukip are reportedly winning "the Google election". But what other fictional elections could produce a landslide result?Election coverage over at the Telegraph has raised...
View Article"#Ed4PM": David Miliband tweets a picture of his postal vote for Labour
Overseas aid.Love is a postal vote. Photo: GettyEven now, five years on, Ed Miliband still has to answer questions about how his poor mother coped with him running against his brother for the Labour...
View ArticleWATCH: David Cameron forgets his football team
David Cameron urged his audience to support West Ham - but he supports a different team in similar colours.David Cameron appears to have forgotten which football team he's supposed to support, after...
View ArticleA journalist used the words "little slut" in conversation with Theresa May....
We really need a macro for putting "Seriously?" in the standfirst.So, Simon Walters reports the following exchange in this morning's Mail on Sunday.Your mole quits. Here's me, working just to make rent...
View ArticleIs Russell Brand ready to vote at last - for Ed Miliband?
Too good to be Trews?Ed Miliband has been snapped leaving Brand's flat. Photo:GettyEd Miliband has been snapped leaving Russell Brand's flat. The comedian and activist has recently praised Miliband on...
View ArticleDavid Cameron has no "time to hang out with Russell Brand"– but fits Jeremy...
The Prime Minister clearly has plenty of time for celebs – including Katie Hopkins and Jeremy Clarkson.David Cameron has responded to the news that Ed Miliband is doing an interview with Russell Brand....
View ArticleNicola Sturgeon runs her own Twitter. She's really great at it
“AARGH...why can't you just use Twitter for automated retweets like a normal politician?”Twitter master Sturgeon. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images The SNP leader's recent response to the Guardian’s...
View ArticleLISTEN: David Cameron doesn't know how much national debt has increased
"I haven't got the figure off the top of my head."Debt trouble. Photo: BBCDuring an interview with Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2, David Cameron was asked how far the national debt has risen. He was...
View ArticleThe Sun says: Stop the SNP! The Scottish Sun says: Back the SNP!
Are the Scottish nationalists "saboteurs" or Scotland's best hope? It depends which edition of the Sun you buy.The Sun newspaper has offered its election endorsement tonight - and it's a resounding...
View ArticleIs Russell Brand going to endorse Labour? (Part II)
The comedian has released a teaster trailer, suggesting there is more to his Ed Miliband interview.Probably the most exciting political news this week was Russell Brand's interview with Ed...
View ArticlePledges carved in stone: Ed Miliband's Policy Cenotaph mocked on Twitter
Who needs a pledge card or a pledge mug, when you can have a pledge rock? Ed Miliband has had Labour's promises carved on to an 8ft 6in monument.Miliband's Policy Obelisky. Photo: Twitter screengrabEd...
View ArticleRussell Brand endorses Labour
The comedian, who had previously encouraged people not to vote, has endorsed a Labour victory in the election.Russell Brand has called for people to vote Labour in England and Wales - unless they live...
View ArticleWatch: this 8 Mile remix of "Ed Miliband: A Portrait" wins at politics
There's vomit on his fleece already."He keeps on forgetting what he wrote down". Labour Party Conference speech, 2014. Photo: YouTube screengrabThe general election is officially over for this mole....
View ArticleWatch: Iain Duncan Smith admits the Tories haven't "done the work" on their...
What happened to hardworking people?The Tories think they are the party of hardworking people, hardworking families, workers versus shirkers, strivers versus skivers.How embarrassing then that their...
View Article“Lifelong Labour supporter” Tom Conti wanted to be Tory mayor
Twice, actually.Forgotten something, Tom? Image: screenshot from Mail Online.“Why I, a life-long Labour luvvie, am backing the Tories” booms the headline above Tom Conti's piece in theDaily Mail today....
View ArticleBattle of the junior leaders, as student photos of David Cameron and Ed...
Mini Mili versus Dinky Dave.Oxford. Photo: GettyIt's the clash of the bowl cut with the tousled mullet this week, as new pictures of Ed Miliband and David Cameron as students have emerged.Here's the...
View ArticleA round-up of the general election 2015 front pages
Bacon and Cleggs.It's the election tomorrow, and the papers have snapped.Here are their splashes: "Guys, make sure you don't vote for that disgusting party that has bringing down GP waiting times at...
View ArticleA list of all of some of the minor parties who received more votes than the BNP
A small silver lining - the BNP's national vote has utterly collapsed.A BNP canvasser in the 2014 European elections. Photo: Getty ImagesIn 2010, the British National Party received 564,321 votes...
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