The Daily Mail yesterday called on the British government to send in the BBC’s Stephen Nolan to quell the riots in England. However, despite increasing pressure to deploy extreme measures to bring the crisis under control, Prime Minister Cameron said that deploying Nolan in built-up areas against roaming gangs of looters and arsonists was in [...]
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England burning: “Send in Stephen Nolan!” says Daily Mail. “A step too far!” says Cameron.
Posted: August 11, 2011 in Current affairs, Satire0
The Royal Wedding: Relive the Big Day in the Irish Sunday Dependent
Posted: April 30, 2011 in Media & Journalism, SatireThe Irish Sunday Dependent (“Getting in touch with our inner colonial!”) is delighted tomorrow to ditch our usual coverage of economic gloom and doom, financial corruption, gombeen politics and national depression and give over our ENTIRE edition to THE WEDDING OF THE CENTURY!!! Yes! And that’s not all! It’s a bumper edition too! 50 full [...]
The Middle England Bleeder (“We lead when you bleed!”) launched a new campaign last week against the tax cheats who are draining our great country of essential resources! And already, our hotline is on the verge of meltdown!! Indeed, we’ve never had so many calls and emails on any issue or story since our Shop [...]
England’s World Cup woes worsened yesterday when several players were stolen from the Royal Bafokeng hotel (or as it is called more fittingly for its English guests, sports complex). Thought to be missing after a head count on the Team England bus are John Terry, Gareth Barry, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Emile Heskey, although [...]
How many calories does a Gazan need? Ask Israel.
Posted: June 27, 2010 in International politics, SatireThe BBC recently gained access to documents submitted to an Israeli court, revealing that the list of food imports allowed through the blockade is determined by a calculation of how many calories the people of Gaza might need to survive; though the documents mention that this is apparently not linked to government policy making, whatever that means. [...]
Ah the World Cup. You either love it like I do or you hate it but you can’t kill it. But never mind the woes and tantrums of overpaid English and French footballers over the past few days (Sacre bleu! Quelle pantomime!!). I was more interested to see how Fifa Inc dealt with those naughty [...]
What Hamas can do to end Gaza crisis (Part Two)
Posted: June 11, 2010 in International politics, SatireA senior Hamas representative said today that the Gaza Blockade would remain in place until the Israeli army stopped throwing stones over the big fence. The remark has already sparked fierce condemnation from around the world and the UN Security Council will meet tomorrow to formulate a suitable response. A UN spokeswoman in New York [...]
What Hamas can do to end Gaza crisis (and other curiosities)
Posted: June 10, 2010 in International politics, SatireBack home for a while to keep on top of the housekeeping. Actually no! I’ve been putting a wee bet on the Greek economy to totally collapse so sticking around on a Greek island is probably not the best strategy. Anyway, first night home and I switch on the box to find some Irish journalist [...]
