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  • Terrorising Theresa

    Terrorising Theresa

    This morning’s incident at Westminster should act as a reminder that Theresa May’s cuts to policing are utterly wrong and should be reversed

     

    Whatever occurred this morning in Westminster provides proof of one thing for certain and that is that the Metropolitan Police acted quickly and with the upmost efficiency.

     

    Whether a terrorist attack or something less sinister, that the 20-something year old driver of a Ford Fiesta whose vehicle smashed into cyclists and a security barrier thankfully caused no deaths is to be celebrated.

     

    What, however, ought to be remembered is that policing in the capital is now incredibly under-resourced thanks to Theresa May’s decisions in her previous role as Home Secretary. In 2010, there were 149 police stations in London; by 2020 there will shamefully be just 32.

     

    Matthew Steeples, editor-in-chief of The Steeple Times, comments:

     

    “In my own dealings with the police – with regard to individuals using social media to abuse myself and others amongst other things – I’ve encountered many officers. Off the record, all have shared their frustrations at cuts to office numbers and places where the public can report crime.”

     

    “With an increased threat to public safety, Mrs May must now reverse her terrible decision. This country was lucky this morning but they may not be next time. We need more bobbies on the beat and we need them now.”

     

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  • Toynbee Turns

    Toynbee Turns

    Left-wing firebrand Polly Toynbee does an about turn and brands government in Britain today worse than under her arch-enemy Thatcher in the 1980s

     

    Polly Toynbee was always amongst the loudest voices of the left in Britain. She has been known to rant and rave in support of atheism, the SDP and unilateral nuclear disarmament but on Saturday, this great-great niece of philanthropist and economic historian Arnold Toynbee surprisingly branded the government of Theresa May to be worse than that of Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s.

     

    In a wide-ranging interview about working at The Guardian, when asked: “How does this political moment compare with others you have lived and worked through?” Umbrian villa owning Toynbee answered:

     

    “There has never been an austerity like this in my life-time. If Thatcher’s 1980’s cuts seemed savage, I would never have guessed a future Tory party would go so much further than she dared, in shrinking the state, crushing local government, squeezing the NHS as never before, leaving schools bereft. As for the shock Brexit vote, it has split the country in half in ways it may take decades to repair, if ever, as it sends Britain into a downward spiral. These are the darkest days I have known – plenty to write about, but very hard to think of optimistic themes.”

     

    #GodHelpUsAll

     

    Pictured above: Multi-millionairess Polly Toynbee in a Ferrari F430.

     

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  • Picture of the Week – A Frosty Cabinet

    Picture of the Week – A Frosty Cabinet

    Image of Theresa May’s ‘Brexit war cabinet’ illustrates how divided her government truly is

     

    Thursday’s ‘Brexit war cabinet’ was supposedly a bit of a bloodbath but now – in a picture published in the Mail Online late on Saturday –the frostiness between those in her pathetic orbit was made truly clear.

     

    Photographed in the Great Hall of the Buckinghamshire mansion Chequeurs with the Worst Prime Minister in History sat bolt upright next to a roaring fire, May arranged Brexiteers and Remainers as far apart as possible. Indicative of the clear divide amongst those plotting as to her succession, never has a clearer image of a government deservedly about to fall been shown.

     

    #BringHerDown #MakeFebruaryTheEndOfMay

     

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    A numbered list of attendees at Theresa May’s meeting at Chequers follows:

     

    1) Theresa May, Prime Minister

    2) David Davis, Brexit Secretary

    3) Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary

    4) Julian Smith, Chief Whip

    5) Philip Hammond, Chancellor

    6) Greg Clark, Business Secretary

    7) Liam Fox, International Trade Secretary

    8) Gavin Williamson, Defence Secretary

    9) David Lidington, Cabinet Office Minister

    10) Amber Rudd, Home Secretary

    11) Karen Bradley, Northern Ireland Secretary

    12) Michael Gove, Environment Secretary

    13) Peter Hill, Principal Private Secretary to the PM

    14) Oliver Robbins, No 10 Brexit Adviser

    15) Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary

    16) Jo Penn, No 10 Deputy Chief of Staff

    17) Gavin Barwell, No 10 Chief of Staff

    18) James Slack, PM’s Official spokesman

     

  • Calamity Corbyn

    Matthew Steeples slates Jeremy Corbyn’s failure to secure a 20 point lead in the polls

     

    This publication is regularly criticised for being “anti-conservative.” It most certainly isn’t and that we are blocked on Twitter by both Diane Abbott and George Galloway is definitely evidence of what the true “far left” think of our ramblings.

     

    Recent polls by YouGov suggest the Conservatives and Labour “level pegging on 42 per cent” but also that Mrs May leads 35 per cent to 29 per cent over Jeremy Corbyn on “who’d make best Prime Minister.” Interestingly, however, 36% opted to choose “don’t know” and that could hint that whoever changes their leader first might be in for a better chance of electoral success.

     

    Corbyn’s failure is further indicated in news that Labour membership is falling at a rate of around 4,000 per week. That is pretty appalling for his party but that that he is not 20 points ahead at a time when the worst Prime Minister in history is truly making a dogs dinner of Brexit is proof that it is time for him to simply throw in the towel.

     

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  • No Faith in Theresa

    No Faith in Theresa

    Theresa May has a perfect right to go to church but why can’t she worship privately?

     

    Week after week, every Sunday, Theresa May appears outside her local church. She is photographed with her garden gnome-like husband and often even a dog.

     

    That Britain’s most incompetent leader ever chooses to believe in the Anglican faith is entirely her right, but that she rams this down the nation’s throat every Sunday is frankly grating. It is time that Mrs May realised that this country, in fact, is now a multi-faith society and it is time that she learnt to respect that.

     

    Elsewhere, talk of a coup to oust the out-of-control Mrs May is gaining momentum. This is hardly surprising given this vicar’s daughter’s true uselessness, but that such talk united contributors to the Daily Mail and The Guardian over the weekend is telling. It’s time the Conservative Party got its act into gear and it’s time to #MakeFebruaryTheEndOfMay.

     

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  • Happy Buckethead

    Happy Buckethead

    Lord Buckethead moves on from taking on Theresa May in Maidenhead and records a Christmas song; it’s brilliant

     

    The fabulous Lord Buckethead has done it again. First, this wacky enigma took on the woman rightly described as “Britain’s worst ever Prime Minister” in Maidenhead in June and got 249 votes and now he’s made a YouTube video.

     

    Referencing everyone and everything  from Chris Rea to John Lewis, this mysterious space lord sings about happiness and the weather but simply concludes: “There’s hardly anyone left who’s still sober.” He adds: “I know your politics are in dire straits, from Downing Street to the United States, but change will come no matter how long it takes and things won’t be so scary.”

     

    As Lord Buckethead sings: May we wish you all a “bucket full of happiness.” Happy Christmas and by God, we need some cheer.

     

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  • The Twelve Disciples

    The Twelve Disciples

    Twelve Conservatives show themselves as heroes of the hour by voting against Theresa May on Brexit

     

    Yesterday, twelve decent Tory MPs stood up to the worst Prime Minister in history and effectively ensured the Commons has to vote for a “meaningful” vote over any Brexit deal with the EU.

     

    They are:

     

    Dominic Grieve

    Heidi Allen

    Ken Clarke

    Nicky Morgan

    Anna Soubry

    Sarah Wollaston

    Bob Neill

    Stephen Hammond (subsequently sacked as Tory vice chairman by the pugnacious PM)

    Oliver Heald

    Jonathan Djanogly

    Antoinette Sandbach

    John Stevenson (voted both ways as an active abstention)

     

    We salute them.

     

    #BringHerDown #MakeDecemberTheEndOfMay

     

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  • Warped Walker vs. Magnificent Markle

    Warped Walker vs. Magnificent Markle

    Kushner-Trump mouthpiece Andre Walker’s attack on Meghan Markle was an utter disgrace; it is time that this warped weirdo was called out for what he truly is

     

    Unsurprisingly yesterday, the self-declared “fat Northern bruiser” turned Jared Kushner’s London based mouthpiece Andre Walker appeared on Sky News to defend Donald Trump’s “right” to retweet far right fake news shared by Britain First’s deputy leader Jayda Fransen.

     

    Elsewhere on Tuesday, slug-like Walker – an extremely sad excuse of a man who’ll forever be linked to his associations with the scandal linked to the ‘Tatler Tory’ Mark Clarke, the suicide of a Conservative activist named Elliott Johnson and his previous position at Steve Bannon’s bigoted Breitbart – decided to brand Prince Harry’s fiancée “a black woman in Buckingham Palace… [who] will have to bite her lip rather than supporting her old acting friends in the causes they love” in an article for the Kushner owned New York Observer.

     

    Going further and referencing those describing Meghan Markle as “just another Hollywood liberal who will speak out on a few issues she cares about while ignoring the needs of the country,” Walker argued “she will face the merciless wrath of the British public” over having once tweeted “lamenting the resignation of David Cameron as Prime Minister” and declaring her “opposition to Brexit.”

     

    Bizarrely referencing how “no one wants another Royal [sic] divorce” and stating: “After all, she did not make her first marriage work,” truly negative Walker plainly illustrated his belief that this is a union that will not last. He bizarrely also concluded: “In their first television interview [Prince Harry and Miss Markle]… It felt like the two of them had been sent to remind the world that the British Royals [sic] like all black people, especially the ones they rule!” He is wrong and the world should celebrate the fact that Prince Harry is to marry Meghan Markle, a lady of conviction and stature.

     

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    Warped Walker vs. Magnificent Markle – Andre Walker and Meghan Markle – Kushner-Trump mouthpiece Andre Walker’s attack on Meghan Markle was an utter disgrace; it is time that this warped weirdo was called out for what he truly is
    Meghan Markle shared an image of a poster that read: “If EU leave me now, you take away the biggest part of me” after the Brexit referendum in Britain in July 2016
  • The Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP (AKA ‘The Telegraph Crow’)

    The Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP (AKA ‘The Telegraph Crow’)

    Aside from spending more time in television studios than working for the good of her constituents, this crow-like creature is a “hard Brexiteer” with a penchant for claiming expenses for a second home despite representing a North London constituency. Bombastic to her core and a one-time friend of the “arse grabber” Brian Coleman, Theresa Villiers has been described as “divorced, dogmatic and dreadful.” She has bizarrely used three word alliterative phrases at least 724 times in debates, is anti-fox hunting and staunchly pro-Israel.

     

  • Whacking Out The Wheat

    Whacking Out The Wheat

    Upto 20 sensible Conservative MPs are set to rebel against ‘Wheat Field Wanderer’ Theresa May over her plans to enshrine the date of Brexit in law

     

    This morning The Telegraph revealed upto twenty Conservative MPs are set to do the right thing. Unsurprisingly deemed “Brexit mutineers” by the paper, this diverse group “have informed senior party figures that they will join forces with Labour to block new measures that would enshrine the date of Brexit in law.”

     

    Fifteen of these sensible individuals are reported as being:

     

    Heidi Allen

    Ken Clarke

    Jonathan Djanogly

    Vicky Ford

    Dominic Grieve

    Stephen Hammond

    Oliver Heald

    Jeremy Lefroy

    Paul Masterton

    Nicky Morgan

    Bob Neil

    Antoinette Sandbach

    Anna Soubry

    Tom Tughendhat

    Sarah Wollaston

     

    We salute them all and encourage other right-minded sorts to join their number.

     

    #BetterTogether #WreckBrexit

    #BringHerDown #MakeNovemberTheEndOfMay