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  • Sisters in Shock

    Sisters in Shock

    Jack Monroe’s analysis of Katie Hopkins’s supposed “sacking” by the ‘Mail Online’ illustrates just one thing: The pair are actually virtually the same and simply ‘Sisters in Shock’

     

    Yesterday, in a column for The Guardian, the self-opinionated, self-serving know-all Jack Monroe (sometimes a woman, sometimes ‘Gender X’ and sometimes no gender at all) shared her views about her equally bombastic adversary, Katie Hopkins, leaving the Mail Online in the wake of the paper having to pay libel damages to a school teacher named Jackie Teale.

     

    In her words, Monroe, in spite of claiming “[Hopkins’s] sacking is nothing to celebrate” and admitting “I have been nasty on the Internet,” provides illustration yet again of her true character. Here, in suggesting Hopkins is “deemed too much” for even Mail Online readers and claiming she, herself, “take[s] responsibility for [her] words, and try to be better,” Monroe just illustrates that there two women are exactly the same and motivated by one thing only – the next pay cheque for their outrageous words.

     

    #GetARoomGirls

     

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  • 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

     

  • Foot in Mouth in K&C

    Foot in Mouth in K&C

    Both Labour and the Tories get it very wrong in Kensington and disgrace themselves with their truly offensive conduct

     

    On Monday, the political blog Guido Fawkes exposed the new Member of Parliament for Kensington, Emma Dent Coad, as having viciously called a black Tory candidate named Shaun Bailey as a “token ghetto boy,” “gobby and dangerous,” a “free-loading scumbag” and “the most hated man in North Kensington” back in 2010 in a post on her blog.

     

    Elsewhere, on Twitter, various users shared a survey circulated by Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Conservatives that disgustingly asked residents of the Courtfield Ward to rate the importance of the Grenfell Tower tragedy on a scale of one-to-ten in terms of its importance.

     

    One is only left asking: What on earth is wrong with these moronic people? Have they not an ounce of sense?

     

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    Foot in Mouth in K&C – Emma Dent Coad and KC&F Conservatives – Both Labour and the Tories get it very wrong in Kensington and disgrace themselves with their truly offensive conduct.
    Emma Dent Coad MP likes to blog and tweet yet blocked her now constituent Matthew Steeples on Twitter after he asked her about the hidden homeless problem in South Kensington prior to her election; she claimed to be “too busy” to answer him
    Foot in Mouth in K&C – Emma Dent Coad and KC&F Conservatives – Both Labour and the Tories get it very wrong in Kensington and disgrace themselves with their truly offensive conduct.
    The disgraceful survey put out by Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Conservatives
  • Exposing Traditional Britain

    Exposing Traditional Britain

    After far-right Traditional Britain Group is exposed in an ITV documentary, oddball founder and ex-jailbird Gregory Lauder-Frost responds

     

    Last night ITV screened an hour long documentary that “examined the resurgence of the far right in Britain; its expansion on and use of the Internet and social media; the internationalization of the far right with cooperation and contact between groups and individuals on a scale not seen before; the recruiting of more women and young people to different groups, and the impact that this is having on British society.”

     

    In Exposure’s Undercover – Inside Britain’s New Far Right, produced by David Henshaw, not only did several courageous journalists go undercover within far right organisations but one also managed to infiltrate a meeting of the crackpot Traditional Britain Group in Mayfair, London. At that gathering, the compere was heard to suggest that there are “10 million aliens in this country who are ‘producing children all the time’” and referenced the group’s policy of seeking “voluntary repatriation of aliens to their natural homelands.”

     

    In response, Gregory MacLennan Scholey Lauder-Frost (or ‘GLF’ to his mates) – a previous The Steeple Times ‘Moron of the Moment’, a man jailed in 1992 for theft and an individual prone to such remarks as describing Baroness Lawrence OBE, the community relations campaigner and mother of the late Stephen Lawrence, as “no friend of the English people” and “a complete nobody” – issued a statement defending the ragbag organisation he founded in 2001. In it, he branded Hope Not Hate as “far left… communists” and claimed “the TBG does not hate anyone… [but] we would prefer it if they remained at home.”

     

    Elsewhere, in a video shared on YouTube, another farcical fool named Martin Sellner – the leader of the Austrian New Right movement – referenced the Traditional Britain Group’s members as “very British characters” and “patriots.” Plainly, he’s never met the likes of Lauder-Frost and the ‘Half Biscuit’ Viscount St Davids fan Benjamin Duncan.

     

    Watch Exposure’s Undercover – Inside Britain’s New Far Right on the ITV Hub by clicking here.

     

  • Highs and Lows in Hyde Park

    Highs and Lows in Hyde Park

    Pint-sized flat in Knightsbridge goes on sale for ambitious sum of £5,813 per square foot; it was offered for the even more crazy sum of £7,027 per square foot in 2013

     

    The owners of an apartment in the edifice of vulgarity that is One Hyde Park in Knightsbridge plainly have no belief in Brexit and increased stamp duty having affected the property market given they have just put the 989 square foot space on the market for the punchy price of £5.75 million ($7.65 million, €6.58 million or درهم28.11 million).

     

    Offered effectively for £5,183 per square foot ($6,900, €5,928 or درهم25,342 per square foot) by agents Strutt & Parker, the third floor space was last marketed in June 2013 with what appears to be identical interior design for £6.95 million ($9.25 million, €7.95 million or درهم33.99 million). It consists of a 26’2” by 12’10” reception room with a champagne bar, a 9’2” by 6’4” kitchen and an 18’3” by 10’6 bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and comes with a single parking space and basement storage room.

     

    A similar 988 square foot apartment on the fourth floor – which had been repossessed by an Irish bank – was marketed for £5.25 million ($6.99 million, €6.01 million or درهم25.68 million) or £5,313 per square foot ($7,071, €6,077 or درهم25,980 per square foot) in September 2013.

     

    Highs and Lows in Hyde Park – £5.75 million for One Hyde Park flat –Pint-sized flat in Knightsbridge goes on sale for £5,813 per square foot; it was offered for £7,027 per square foot in 2013 - £5.75 million ($7.65 million, €6.58 million or درهم28.11 million) for B.03.3, One Hyde Park, 100 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LJ through Strutt & ParkerHighs and Lows in Hyde Park – £5.75 million for One Hyde Park flat –Pint-sized flat in Knightsbridge goes on sale for £5,813 per square foot; it was offered for £7,027 per square foot in 2013 - £5.75 million ($7.65 million, €6.58 million or درهم28.11 million) for B.03.3, One Hyde Park, 100 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LJ through Strutt & Parker Highs and Lows in Hyde Park – £5.75 million for One Hyde Park flat –Pint-sized flat in Knightsbridge goes on sale for £5,813 per square foot; it was offered for £7,027 per square foot in 2013 - £5.75 million ($7.65 million, €6.58 million or درهم28.11 million) for B.03.3, One Hyde Park, 100 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LJ through Strutt & ParkerHighs and Lows in Hyde Park – £5.75 million for One Hyde Park flat –Pint-sized flat in Knightsbridge goes on sale for £5,813 per square foot; it was offered for £7,027 per square foot in 2013 - £5.75 million ($7.65 million, €6.58 million or درهم28.11 million) for B.03.3, One Hyde Park, 100 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LJ through Strutt & Parker

  • The Accolades of Abuse

    The Accolades of Abuse

    Top-drawer politicians again sweep serious incidents of historic abuse under the carpet; focusing on film star abusers instead is not the solution

     

    Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey and Theresa May’s thirty-six apparently ropey sex pest MPs are undoubtedly – if all or indeed any of the allegations against them are proven true – repugnant specimens but what about the existing and conveniently forgotten victims of historic abuse by equally powerful individuals including politicians, religious figures and police officers?

     

    Just because a few well-known personalities – and admittedly long after the crimes against them, in some cases, have past the statute of limitation – have leapt up now, the media and politicians have joined a bandwagon of #MeToo. In the much older case, however, of the VIP abuse at the Elm Guest House in Richmond – a place of which only one decent MP, Zac Goldsmith, has bothered to speak out – all remains sadly silent and all allegations remain headed for being swept under the carpet.

     

    For Theresa May, it suits to allow Christian abusers with a penchant for hanging out with gangsters to remain free as it does to continue to claim that Sir Edward Heath was a decent man also. We remain in a world where Sir Cyril Smith – a vile paedo (but one like Sir Edward never tried in any court of law) is described as a paedophile without hesitation – whilst other plainly apparent living monsters walk the streets scot-free. The late Lord Janner, a nasty bastard if ever there were one, is condemned yet nobody dare talk of a living MP with a predilection for a bit of groping (male or female, it does not matter) in his office.

     

    Shame on Britain and yet again shame on Theresa May. Our useless Prime Minister has done nothing to solve this situation and frankly the hectoring vicar’s daughter didn’t exactly set a great example by accepting the hand of her “pussy grabbing” mate Donald Trump.

     

    The Accolades of Abuse – Theresa May, Elm Guest House and Harvey Weinstein – Top-drawer politicians again sweep serious incidents of historic abuse under the carpet; focusing on film star abusers instead is not the solution.
    A 2014 ‘Daily Mail’ article about what allegedly went on at the Elm Guest House
    The Accolades of Abuse – Theresa May, Elm Guest House and Harvey Weinstein – Top-drawer politicians again sweep serious incidents of historic abuse under the carpet; focusing on film star abusers instead is not the solution.
    The late Sir Cyril Smith (pictured with Jeremy Thorpe) is widely cited as one of British politics’ worst abusers
    The Accolades of Abuse – Theresa May, Elm Guest House and Harvey Weinstein – Top-drawer politicians again sweep serious incidents of historic abuse under the carpet; focusing on film star abusers instead is not the solution.
    Paedo politician Lord Boothby had a curious relationship with the gangster Ronnie Kray; the pair supposedly got up to all sorts of things with innocent youngsters
    The Accolades of Abuse – Theresa May, Elm Guest House and Harvey Weinstein – Top-drawer politicians again sweep serious incidents of historic abuse under the carpet; focusing on film star abusers instead is not the solution.
    Jonathan King is to be tried concerning allegations of historic abuse against young boys in January; allegations against the late Sir Edward Heath remain unproven in spite of a costly investigation
    The Accolades of Abuse – Theresa May, Elm Guest House and Harvey Weinstein – Top-drawer politicians again sweep serious incidents of historic abuse under the carpet; focusing on film star abusers instead is not the solution.
    Serial abuser Jimmy Savile liked to hang out with everyone from Cardinal Keith O’Brien (pictured) to Prince Charles and Margaret Thatcher; widespread knowledge of the abuse he committed was swept under the carpet during his lifetime

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvMsyiNXWsw

  • Pleading for Police

    Pleading for Police

    London set to see number of police stations reduced from 149 in 2010 to just 32 by 2020; we urge readers to support a petition to stop this

     

    In 2010, London had 149 police stations; there are now just 73 and if Conservative plans go ahead there’ll be just 32 – or one per borough, except for Westminster – by 2020.

     

    Theresa May as Home Secretary focused on flogging off places where the public could report crime and now as Prime Minister, her government is determined to remove community assets in favour of encouraging people to report crime online, to the 101 telephone number and in cafés and retail shops.

     

    Finding a bobby on the beat, another suggested alternative, is nigh on impossible in many areas and here we urge readers to sign the Kensington Society’s petition to save Notting Hill Police Station. Their ‘Police Campaign’ is a revelation and makes for utterly shocking reading. Shame on our government for not providing the resources to properly protect its citizens.

     

  • Shoeing Out Theresa

    Shoeing Out Theresa

    Why did the BBC waste fifteen minutes discussing Theresa May’s footwear? The nation would be a better place if she was simply shoed out

     

    This morning on BBC One’s breakfast show, the hosts spent twenty minutes discussing the inane matter of another programme showing a shot of Theresa May’s shoes.

     

    Given the ‘Imelda Marcos of politics’, as the ‘Wheat Field Wanderer’ was once branded, prides herself on wearing everything from leopard-print kitten heels to bling gold hologram wellies and red and pink lips shoes, why on earth did these presenters even think it worthy for discussion?

     

    Mrs May, it transpires, was also given three pairs of shoes by Russell & Bromley and discount cards for LK Bennett, Amanda Wakeley and Hobbs whilst Home Secretary. Perhaps, since she’s so utterly hopeless at representing Britain in Brexit negotiations and given she’s so keen to shop, she could stand down and take a job at her hand holding mate Donald Trump’s daughter’s fashion brand.

     

    Of the hectoring vicar’s daughter, another fashion loving chum, Lady Meyer, once told The Sun: “Theresa is a serious woman [but] she talks about holidays, clothes… She’s quite a girl in that sense.” Shoe her out!

     

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  • Wealthy Wilton

    Wealthy Wilton

    Six-storey Belgravia residence with controversial business connections goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997

     

    A 6,961 square foot freehold terraced townhouse in Belgravia has gone on sale for £25 million or 3,497% more than it was sold for in 1997.

     

    4 Wilton Crescent – which sold in 1997 for what now seems like the paltry sum of just £695,000 – was marketed two years ago for £32 million and provides 5 reception rooms, 9 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms and 2 garages in an adjoining mews house.

     

    Featuring traditional interior design by Robert Kime – decorator to the Prince of Wales – the property featured in court papers in December 2015 in the context of a dispute between a lawyer turned secretive property speculator named Glenn Maud and his former associate Robert Tchenguiz. Said to be at one-time worth £4.5 billion at the height of his success and originally from Sheffield, this businessman and his wife reportedly spent some £6 million renovating the house but was ordered to live on £500 per week in 2012 by a Guernsey court.

     

    4 Wilton Crescent is now offered by Knight Frank.

     

    4 Wilton Crescent – The Numbers

     

    October 2017 – On the market for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank.

     

    March 2016 – On the market for £30 million ($39.4 million, €33.5 million or درهم144.6 million) through Beauchamp Estates.

     

    December 2015 – On the market for £32 million ($42 million, €35.7 million or درهم154.2 million) according to court documents. Owner Glenn Maud reportedly spent £6 million ($7.9 million, €6.7 million or درهم28.9 million) on “improvements” to the property.

     

    September 1997 – Sold for £695,000 ($912,000, €775,000 or درهم3.3 million).

     

    Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank.Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank. Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank. Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank. Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank. Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank.Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank.Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank.Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank. Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank.Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank.Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank. Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank.Wealthy Wilton – 4 Wilton Crescent, Belgravia, London, SW1X 8RN, United Kingdom – Six-storey Belgravia residence goes on sale for 22% less than it was marketed for in 2015 and 3,497% more than it sold for in 1997 – For sale for £25 million ($32.8 million, €27.9 million or درهم120.5 million) through Knight Frank.