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Entries Tagged as 'Nick Clegg'

Cable’s effect on kittens

November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Charlotte Gore has a very good bloggers’ interview with Our Dear Leader over on her website. This bit in particular caught my eye:
Richard changes the mood a little by asking about old Twinkletoes. If Gordon Brown offered him the job of running the economy, he’d take it, yes?
“I don’t think there’s any question of that [...]

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Tags: Nick Clegg · Vince Cable

Nick Clegg is coming to get you: The million door challenge

September 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments

From the Lib Dem party website:
Nick Clegg is leading a campaign to knock on one million doors across the UK.
Personally? Both challenging (for Mr Clegg) and frightening (for the general populace). Seriously, do you want him doing his lustful milkman act in your street?
“I’m passionate about connecting with people.”
Yes, we’d heard about that.
“Talking with them, [...]

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Tags: Liberal Democrats · Nick Clegg

John Major’s Back…

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

… And he’s leading the Liberal Democrats.
Watch Nick Clegg’s summer message to the party faithful and spot the externally-worn underpants:

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Tags: Liberal Democrats · Nick Clegg · video

Another Idea Stolen From the Lib Dems

June 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

The Telegraph reports today:
David Cameron will start a “live and unplugged” tour of Britain this week, inviting people to question him in person in a series of meetings.
The Tory leader, who has pioneered the use of webchats and other internet-based methods of communicating with the electorate, will hold an old-fashioned open meeting with voters tomorrow.
Tory [...]

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Tags: David Cameron · Nick Clegg

Nick Clegg Bloggers’ Interview

May 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

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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Clarifying Clegg’s Conservativism

April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Conservatives · Nick Clegg

Galloway "dazed" by balls attack

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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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Is Nick Clegg a Former Tory?

April 15th, 2008 · 11 Comments

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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Tags: Conservatives · Nick Clegg

Taxing the Beautiful

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Gordon Brown · Nick Clegg · equality

Politalks 9: Cleggover

April 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

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

Feel free to share and share alike, and for those who are interested, here’s the transcript:
The world gained a new sexual hero this week. A man of such awesome virility he must masturbate [...]

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Tags: BNP · Boris Johnson · Brian Paddick · Ken Livingstone · London · Nick Clegg · Politalks