Tag: 2014

  • Shutting up Schofield

    Shutting up Schofield

    Phillip Schofield’s mum has more to fear from this angry man’s presence on screen than the coronavirus

    In a recent Evening Standard article, Susannah Butter reported that Phillip Schofield had been worrying about when to tell his mother “to stay in now” due to coronavirus.

     

    We’d argue a different point: Mr Schofield would be better off just forcing her to turn off her telly box instead. This angry man’s mum has much more to fear from the daily drivel he spouts there.

     

    Pictured top: Phillip Schofield with his former ‘friend’ Matt McGreevy.

     

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  • Schofield Axed

    Schofield Axed

    Fresh from ‘outing’ himself Phillip Schofield finds his new television series ‘How To Spend It Well’ axed

    After outing himself and facing allegations of an affair with a young man named Matt McGreevy now faces further woes after his new television series, How To Spend It Well, was scrapped by ITV “over coronavirus fears” according to the Mirror.

     

    Lightweight Schofield, a person widely known for having temper tantrums, planned to tell “the British public [how to] get the most out of their holidays,” but now “bosses pulled it from Thursday’s listings.”

     

    Whilst COVID-19 may have been blamed for this decision, perhaps that was just a distraction. A source told The Steeple Times: “There are set to be further developments in the McGreevy-Schofield saga and ITV will most definitely want to distance themselves from this very angry man.”

     

    Pictured top: Phillip Schofield with Matt McGreevy.

     

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  • The Phil & Matt Show

    The Phil & Matt Show

    Phillip Schofield filmed smoking shisha with his alleged ex-lover Matt McGreevy (and pictured in bed thereafter); another image shows the pair together in photograph taken at a school

    Phillip Schofield has most certainly manipulated most people into thinking he’s a national treasure. He’s cried on the telly box and most recently orchestrated a ‘coming out’ that has done nothing but bolstered his career. Here, indeed, is someone, it seems, who can do no wrong.

     

    In the aftermath of our covering claims that Schofield “orchestrated his mass coming out” in Politicalite, we have now been sent further evidence that the known for being very, very angry television presenter likely first met the former This Morning runner Matt McGreevy prior to 2011.

     

    In a picture, shared in a YouTube video in which the duo are primarily filmed smoking shisha, Schofield is seen posing alongside McGreevy and a whole array of children in school uniforms. The latter appears to look extremely young and though we cannot confirm that there was any relationship between the pair at that stage, what is apparent is that there is most definitely more to this story than first meets the eye.

     

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    The Phil & Matt Show – Phillip Schofield and Matt McGreevy affair – Phillip Schofield filmed smoking shisha with his alleged ex-lover Matt McGreevy (and pictured in bed thereafter); another image shows the pair together in photograph taken at a school.
    The Phil & Matt Show – Phillip Schofield and Matt McGreevy affair – Phillip Schofield filmed smoking shisha with his alleged ex-lover Matt McGreevy (and pictured in bed thereafter); another image shows the pair together in photograph taken at a school.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7mzqB6oQe8
  • SchofieldLite

    SchofieldLite

    ‘Politicalite’ suggest Phillip Schofield orchestrated his ‘mass coming out’ after a former ‘This Morning’ runner had gone to the press about a supposed relationship whilst he was a teenager

    Phillip Schofield has truly milked his ‘coming out.’ Criticised yesterday by Matthew Parris in The Times for behaving badly towards other gay men in hiding his true identity until now, the This Morning presenter’s alleged ‘real reason’ for revealing his sexuality is now under question.

     

    Featured in Politicalite on Monday was a story that claimed 57-year-old Schofield had allegedly had an affair with a former runner on the show named Matt McGreevy.

     

    McGreevy, they reported, in 2014 and then aged 18, “got a taste for television” after spending the day at ITV’s London Studios with the well-known for being angry presenter. The two had interacted first in 2011 (when McGreevy was 15) on Twitter, but now Politicalite report:

     

    “Schofield is alleged to have been having the affair with the runner and he was said to have been ‘furious’ that Schofe had apparently ‘’f**ked him over,’ and he was reportedly going to the press.”

     

    “McGreevy was also said to have had a ‘close working relationship’’ with Schofe, but after they had a ‘bust up’ with McGreevy left This Morning to work on rival show Loose Women.’

     

    McGreevy’s Twitter account has subsequently been suspended for “violat[ing] the Twitter rules.”

     

    Phillip Schofield has neither denied or admitted the claims.

     

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    SchofieldLite – Phillip Schofield and Matt McGreevy – ‘Politicalite’ suggest Phillip Schofield orchestrated his ‘mass coming out’ after a former ‘This Morning’ runner had gone to the press about a supposed relationship whilst he was a teenager.
    Proof that they met more than once – Phillip Schofield and Matt McGreevy in a café.
    SchofieldLite – Phillip Schofield and Matt McGreevy – ‘Politicalite’ suggest Phillip Schofield orchestrated his ‘mass coming out’ after a former ‘This Morning’ runner had gone to the press about a supposed relationship whilst he was a teenager.
    McGreevy pictured on the set of ‘This Morning’ with a child.
    SchofieldLite – Phillip Schofield and Matt McGreevy – ‘Politicalite’ suggest Phillip Schofield orchestrated his ‘mass coming out’ after a former ‘This Morning’ runner had gone to the press about a supposed relationship whilst he was a teenager.
    Schofield and McGreevy enjoying themselves on a sofa on another occasion.
    SchofieldLite – Phillip Schofield and Matt McGreevy – ‘Politicalite’ suggest Phillip Schofield orchestrated his ‘mass coming out’ after a former ‘This Morning’ runner had gone to the press about a supposed relationship whilst he was a teenager.
    Matt McGreevy’s Twitter account is now suspended for “rule violation.”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGuoqjTg1O8
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L4aJWdPyUM
  • Parrot Trends

    Parrot Trends

    “Very British” parrot named Nigel trends on social media; you could not make his story up

     

    A grey African parrot described as “very British” called Nigel has bizarrely been trending on social media this morning.

     

    Owned by the amusingly named Darren Chick, a Brit living in America, Nigel disappeared from his home in Torrance, California in 2010 and was presumed dead.

     

    Nigel, it turns out, was found four years later in 2014 by Julia Sperling, a dog grooming parlour owner. Nobody knew where he’d been but his accent had gone. It was replaced with him: “Singing without control [and barking] like the dogs” in a Spanish accent.

     

    Sperling handed the bird to a vet who realised ‘Larry’ – as the parrot kept calling out – had a microchip. He traced Mr Chick and returned the errant bird to its rightful owner.

     

    You just couldn’t make it up and frankly on a day when we’re stuck with yet more Brexit woes, thank goodness for a bit of lighthearted amusement.

     

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  • A Castle With A Catch

    A Castle With A Catch

    Romantic island in Ireland complete with its own castle for sale for just £80,000; there is, of course, a catch

     

    A 0.54 acre island at the southeastern end of Lough Key, near Boyle in County Roscommon is to be sold this December. A castle was built there first in the 12th century and though that was eventually burnt to the ground after being struck by a bolt of lightning, about 200 years ago a “folly house” was constructed in its place by an English family named the Kings.

     

    Once again now a ruin, this Irish National Monument is described as being in a “perilous state” but could potentially be restored to create what could be the most spectacular holiday home imaginable.

     

    Associated with the Legend of Una Bhan – the tragic story of a girl who fell in love with the son of the clan chief owner of the island – McDermott’s Island also featured in the works of W. B. Yeats and was visited by Sir Bob Geldoff when he made a BBC film titled A Fanatic Heart about the Irish poet in 2016. It was previously used for the Sky One sitcom Moone Boy starring Steve Coogan and Johnny Vegas in 2014.

     

    Offered with a guide of £79,000 ($102,000, €90,000 or درهم373,000), bidding opens on 7th December and closes on the 13th December though BidX1. Grand Designs loving sorts will no doubt be queuing up.

     

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    A Castle With A Catch – McDermott’s Island, Lough Key, Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland – Romantic island in Ireland complete with its own castle for sale for just £80,000; there is, of course, a catch – Offered with a guide of £79,000 ($102,000, €90,000 or درهم373,000), bidding opens on 7th December and closes on the 13th December though BidX1. A Castle With A Catch – McDermott’s Island, Lough Key, Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland – Romantic island in Ireland complete with its own castle for sale for just £80,000; there is, of course, a catch – Offered with a guide of £79,000 ($102,000, €90,000 or درهم373,000), bidding opens on 7th December and closes on the 13th December though BidX1. A Castle With A Catch – McDermott’s Island, Lough Key, Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland – Romantic island in Ireland complete with its own castle for sale for just £80,000; there is, of course, a catch – Offered with a guide of £79,000 ($102,000, €90,000 or درهم373,000), bidding opens on 7th December and closes on the 13th December though BidX1. A Castle With A Catch – McDermott’s Island, Lough Key, Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland – Romantic island in Ireland complete with its own castle for sale for just £80,000; there is, of course, a catch – Offered with a guide of £79,000 ($102,000, €90,000 or درهم373,000), bidding opens on 7th December and closes on the 13th December though BidX1.

  • Beastly Boris

    Beastly Boris

    Boris Johnson’s timing of divorce announcement simply confirms that all he cares about is power; he is however the Michael Heseltine of our generation

     

    In 2014, Boris Johnson claimed that “the public don’t care about his extra-marital affairs.” Well, plainly though that may or may not have been case, this devious chameleon-like politician’s wife, Marina Wheeler, felt differently and is divorcing him.

     

    Johnson’s announcement is plainly timed to further his eventual attempt to unseat Theresa May. An individual with loyalty to no one but himself, this “selfish bastard” (as his own daughter allegedly branded him) is however likely to go down in history as yet another case of “he who wields the knife shall never wear the crown.”

     

    Boris Johnson, we predict, will just be remembered as the Michael Heseletine of our generation – but without the principles of that Big Beast. He won’t be able to put a DSMA-Notice on that.

     

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  • A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion

    A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion

    Grade I listed Jacobean prodigy house in Hampshire for sale for £10 million; it allegedly is haunted by 14 ghosts and comes with planning permission to create a mammoth 57,000 square foot single residential home

     

    In April 2017, The Steeple Times featured the sale of a vast New Jersey mansion named Darlington. Offered for the sum of £37 million, that property remains for sale but now the English  Jacobean prodigy house on which it was modelled has also been placed on the market.

     

    A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.
    Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom is for sale for £10 million

    A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.
    Darlington in New Jersey, USA was designed to look just like Bramshill

    A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.
    Bramshill was used as a police college from the 1950s until 2013 (the entrance pictured here is no longer included with the ownership of the main house)

     

    Used as a police college from the 1950s until 2013, Bramshill House, near Hook has permission to be returned to a single family residence with a colossal total size of 56,974 square feet. Described as “one of England’s great stately homes,” the proposed accommodation that could be created – after a supposed additional expenditure of £10 million on refurbishments on top of the £10 million asking price – would include 10 reception rooms and 10 bedrooms. Additionally, there would be a 126-foot long gallery, a cinema, gym, a wine cellar, a disco and even a chapel.

     

    Bramshill was built in the early 17th century by Baron Edward la Zouche (1556 – 1625), famed for his lone vote against the condemnation of Mary Queen of Scots, and is described as being of the Italian Renaissance style. It was later occupied by the 2nd Baron Brocket and the exiled King Michael and Queen Anne of Romania before being acquired by the British government in 1953.

     

    Sold in 2014 to property developers City & Country in 2014, the estate – then totaling some 262 acres – was sub-divided and now Knight Frank are the agents for the mansion and 92 acres of Grade I registered parkland.

     

    Bramshill – The Numbers

     

    August 2018 – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.

     

    August 2014 – Sold to City & Country for £20 million ($25.9 million, €22.3 million or درهم95.2 million) with 262 acres of land.

     

    July 2013 – Marketed on behalf of the Home Department for £25 million ($32.4 million, €27.9 million or درهم119 million) with 262 acres of land.

     

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    A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land. A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land. A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land. A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.A Magnificent Mammoth Mansion – Bramshill House, Bramshill, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8ND, United Kingdom – For sale for £10 million ($13 million, €11.2 million or درهم47.6 million) with 92 acres of land.

  • Analysing Borwick

    Analysing Borwick

    The Cambridge Analytica connection you’ve most likely never heard of; meet The Hon. Thomas Borwick, son of ex-Tory MP Lady ‘Call Me Victoria’ Borwick

     

    The Hon. Thomas Borwick is a figure in the Cambridge Analytica scandal you’ve probably never heard of.

     

    Bizarrely largely overlooked by the mainstream media, the son of the ousted ex-MP for Kensington Lady ‘Call Me Victoria’ Borwick is an extremely well connected man who keeps himself under the radar on social media. The 31-year old has just 500 followers on Twitter – a surprisingly low number given he has been described as a “computer specialist” and was put in a position of huge power as Vote Leave’s chief technology officer from August 2015 to July 2016.

     

    Educated at the University of Richmond, Virginia from 2006 to 2010, with a period studying law courses at Cambridge briefly during 2008, Borwick subsequently worked in IT for the financial services company Killik & Co in 2012 and simultaneously “developed music technology for interactive lessons.”

     

    More interestingly, this youngster’s move into political data profiling came also in 2012 when he founded a company named Kanto Systems with an aim of “bring[ing] UK Campaigning into the 21st century.” Here, Borwick developed a “mobile canvassing app” and came into contact with Cambridge Analytica in order to provide them with “digital services,” according to The Huffington Post. In turn, he sold an app to Cambridge Analytica’s parent company, SCL, and now, in March this year, his firm was brought in by Ireland’s Save The 8th anti-abortion campaign group as part of their efforts “to persuade Irish voters to keep the country’s strict anti-abortion laws.”

     

    Hiring Thomas Borwick to create and manage a website is like employing the SAS to run security at a school hop or bringing in Einstein to tot up your shopping bill,” comments journalist Fintan O’Toole in The Irish Times, and in further revelations in the Evening Standard late March, Borwick himself admitted to also having worked with the equally controversial Canadian data firm Aggregate IQ – an operation that earned £3.5 million working for Vote Leave during the 2016 referendum campaign.

     

    The public and press need to wake up and smell the coffee. The manipulation of politics in America, Britain, Ireland and elsewhere runs far deeper than even the most avid viewer of the Daily Politics could imagine. Figures like Thomas Borwick may well operate in the backrooms but it is increasingly becoming apparent that with doorstep canvassing all but irrelevant, such people are worryingly our new political powerhouses.

     

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  • Craig’s Centenary

    Craig’s Centenary

    007 numbered Aston Martin owned by Daniel Craig to be sold for charity at auction

     

    A 2014 ‘Centenary Vanquish’ Aston Martin numbered 007 and owned by the actor Daniel Craig is to be sold at auction in New York in April.

     

    Offered to benefit The Opportunity Network, a non-profit which counts not only Daniel Craig on its board but also Rachel Weisz as well, the customised left-hand, automatic car has a top speed of 183 mph. It features an interior personally crafted by Marek Reichman, Aston Martin’s creative officer, that was guided by “Daniel Craig’s preference of denim and dark colours.”

     

    Of selling the 6.0-litre V12 vehicle, Daniel Craig commented:

     

    “This Aston Martin Vanquish is a tour-de-force of automobile engineering and a distinct pleasure to drive. While I will miss it, I am keen to further the very important work of The Opportunity Network with its sale.”

     

    Christie’s will sell the left-hand drive, midnight blue with deep blue interior car on 20th April at their ‘Exceptional Sale’ and offer it with an estimate of £285,000 to £428,000 ($400,000 to $600,000, €322,000 to €483,000 or درهم1.5 million to درهم2.2 million). As a bonus, the winning bidder will also get an opportunity to visit the Aston Martin headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, England for a behind-the-scenes tour with Marek Reichman.

     

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