Gavin’s Gaily Gigest

Bounding in nervously like a young boy on his first day at a new school*, Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats and MP for Sheffield Hallam, greeted the massed horde of Lib Dem bloggers with all the enthusiasm you’d expect from his youthful good looks and powerful sex-drive.
Thanks to Millennium Elephant and Daddy Richard, […]

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And boy did I get a swift one in the happy sac:

Ouch. Don’t pull your punches will you Borehamwood. The lesson for the Lib Dems in Hertsmere? This is a Tory Borough, and it will take a lot of hard work and patience to change that.
However, bloody fantastic results across the country for the […]

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The new edition of Politalks, your weekly satirical news roundup, is here. This week we rip into Labour’s latest worst week, as the Tories and Lib Dems utterly fail to capitalise on the Government’s bad fortune:

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It was David versus Goliath […]

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Bruce Kent, writing on The Guardian’s Comment is Free blog, argues that Brian Paddick should name his second preference:
"The Lib Dems have earned a reputation for independence and radical politics. If they do not make it quite clear that they understand and reject what Johnson stands for they will be throwing away, not just in […]

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The discovery of Nick Clegg’s name on a list of Cambridge University Conservative Association members in 1986 intrigued many, including myself. The Telegraph’s Three Line Whip has the latest from our lothario leader on the reason it might appear he was a student Tory:
"I joined a whole range of associations like another other, er, student […]

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George Galloway was left "momentarily dazed" by Nick Clegg’s magnificent testicles earlier today. Silly fellow, doesn’t he know never to get between our dear leader and a group of giggling LSE students?

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According to Greg Hands, the answer is yes. He’s posted the membership records of the Conservative Association at Robinson College, Cambridge, which seem to show that Mr Clegg was a member for one year as a fresher and did not renew his membership. However, a spokesperson for Clegg has said:
“Nick is one hundred per cent […]

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Charlie Brooker in today’s Guardian gives five well-argued reasons not to vote for Boris Johnson in the upcoming London Mayoral election (as well as slightly endorsing - but really not - Brian Paddick). My favourite reason comes last:

I’m genetically predisposed to hate the Tories. It’s my default, hard-wired position. If Boris wins, their simpering pudge-faced […]

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Being a confirmed ugo myself, I read this Guardian article with interest:
Gonzalo Otalora has written a book entitled ¡Feo! (Ugly!), which calls for the taxation of good-looking people to counteract the natural advantages they have over munters*. "Countless studies show that … it’s easier for them to find jobs; they’re paid more and find partners […]

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The new edition of Politalks, your weekly satirical news roundup, is here. This week we discuss sexual heroes big, small and disgustingly huge:

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The world gained a new sexual hero this week. A man of such awesome virility he must masturbate […]

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