Good on Liberal Democrat Voice editor Mark Pack for providing yellow activists with some much-needed light relief. Any resemblance to genuine camaraderie within the coalition is purely coincidental.
Category Archives: Whimsy
What to buy a politico for Christmas? A Gordon Brown cardboard cut-out
With 52 shopping days until Christmas, Amazon may well have stumbled onto this year’s seasonal craze: a lifesized cardboard cut out of Gordon Brown. While John Prescott now finds his bestselling biography on sale for £1 in Poundland, a virtual Gordon for the politico in your life comes in at £30.99. To preserve the delicate balance [...]
Fox News: does it matter if the President is stupid?
Fox News, that bastion of fair-minded tolerance, has hit out at the “elitist bigotry” of “those who pose as objective, neutral journalists” in criticising the intelligence of presidential hopeful Rick Perry. In a hilarious video linked to by Left Foot Forward today, presenter Megyn Kelly responds to a Politico article titled “Is Rick Perry Dumb?”, [...]
The five strangest finds from revolutionary Tripoli
While the man himself has yet to be found, rebels rooting through the Tripoli homes of Muammar Gaddafi and his family have managed to unearth some bizarre treasures. Here are our top five: 5. Gaddafi’s golf buggy, which he sat in while holding his umbrella-ella-ella back in February. 4. A military hat, huge [...]
Happy Sexy A-Levels Day!
Yes! The one day a year that the Daily Mail decides to put moralising to one side, as newspapers from all across the land blatantly showcase attractive 6th Form girls. Usually jumping. We’ve picked our top five, but head over to It’s Sexy A-Levels for a comprehensive round up of today’s action. On any other [...]
Conservative splits on riots
The unfortunately worded front page of the Tories’ official site suggests Ed Miliband may not be the only person who disagrees with Cameron on the riots: Doubtless we will shortly see Eric Pickles distributing free hoodies in deprived London boroughs.
Internet turns to photoshop to mock rioters and looters
While looters seek to profit from the riots, the new site PhotoshopLooter seeks to mock their light-fingered ways using nothing more than a computer keyboard and mouse. Here are some of the best, with plenty more available over at the blog: You can send your own photos of “embarrassing loot” to photoshoplooter@gmail.com.
Jon Stewart blasts censorship of Daily Show parliament sketch in UK
As the world saw YouTube footage of Jon Stewart declaring the House of Commons to be “awesome”on the Daily Show last week, we wore a guilty smile of pride in our archaic but entertaining system of government.Today, that smile has been transformed into an embarrassed facepalm. You see, according to Commons rules, the use of [...]
