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Russell Brand goes to Westminster

1:40pm Tue April 24th

It looks as though Labour’s loquacious Keith Vaz may have met his match this morning, when Russell Brand appeared before his Home Affairs Committee.

Giving evidence on drug policy as an addict now in recovery, the Essex-born comedian was on sparkling form. Memorable lines include:

“I see you’ve incorporated the word ‘briefly’ into the question as you’ve already noticed my propensity for verbosity.”

Asked by a Conservative MP as to consideration given to victims of drug-related offences, Brand exclaimed:

“You can tell what party they’re in from their questions, innit?”

And alluding to the Home Office’s disastrous handling of Abu Qatada’s extradition:

“Who’s next, Theresa May? She may not show up! Check she knows what day it is.”

If only some MPs were as expressive.

More video: Brand ambushes Scottish politician in 2010 »

“Greedy Africans” are using too many biofuels for food

12:12pm Fri April 13th

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ActionAid UK’s new spoof video highlights what they call “the absolute lunacy of biofuels”. The amusing production shows two hapless campaigners trying to drum up support for a new pro-biofuel campaign called ‘Drive Aid’ with the unsuspecting London public. In an uncomfortable parody of current UK biofuels policy, the campaign calls for:

“taking food out of greedy African’s mouths, and putting it into the petrol tanks of our cars”.

In 2008, food prices rose so dramatically that people rioted in more than 30 countries. The World Bank say the huge surge in demand for food crops to make biofuels was a key factor behind the price rises and ActionAid estimates that an extra 30 million people were pushed into hunger as a result of biofuels during this crisis.

Their petition can be found at – http://bit.ly/stopbiofuels

Scrapbook hopes there’s not Ghana be another Sudan rise in food prices caused by biofuels

No Liberal Democrats were harmed during the making of this film

3:11pm Thu December 22nd

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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.

What to buy a politico for Christmas? A Gordon Brown cardboard cut-out

1:06pm Thu November 3rd

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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 of Labour sectarianism, Gordon is even accompanied by a glossy photo of Tony Blair.

Fox News: does it matter if the President is stupid?

1:10pm Tue August 30th

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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?”, asking:

“Does it matter — should it matter — if somebody’s dumb?”

If The West Wing has taught us anything: yes it should.

The five strangest finds from revolutionary Tripoli

3:18pm Thu August 25th

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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 gold necklace and inexplicably hairy sceptre, flaunted by a celebrating rebel.

3. The famous golden gun.

2. A golden sofa in the shape of a mermaid and bearing the face of Gaddafi’s daughter Aisha.

1. An album full of photos of Condoleezza Rice, who Gaddafi once called “my darling black African woman”.

We wonder if Condi keeps pictures of Gaddafi at home . . .

UPDATE: We’ve been reliably informed that the “hairy sceptre” is in fact a fly-whisk – not so inexplicable after all.

Happy Sexy A-Levels Day!

5:45pm Thu August 18th

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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.

The Telegraph opts for the "huddle around piece of paper" shot

Attractive blonde front and centre for BBC Wales

The Sun catches an "impromptu" fist pump

The Daily Mail joins the A-Levels party

This Is Exeter grab a shot of a group hug

On any other day of the year, these photos would be swiftly followed by a restraining order.

Conservative splits on riots

11:59am Mon August 15th

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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.

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