Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
FORGERY Boris Johnson is determined to “forge a new Britain”, once we Get Brexit Done, a phrase so stupid it defies satire. Brexit will not ‘get done’, because Brexit is an abstract noun, invented to disguise something hideously complicated as…
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The column which believes that marzipan is from Mars and vermicelli is from Venus MYSELF: Blimey, have you seen the pier lately? It’s turning into a : Are you referring to the newly installed log cabins?MYSELF: No, the ones I…
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The column that puts its brolly up even though it isn’t raining READER: I see Boris is finally getting his point across at : In what way exactly is the PM finally getting his point across? And please stop calling…
Hastings Helps Halt French Invasion
By Kent Barker In all the commemorations this year of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, another military campaign exactly two hundred years earlier was rather overlooked. It’s one that’s particularly relevant to Hastings, as a former Mayor provided important intelligence…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
MORONITYThe Trump brand is so toxic in the UK that even stupid people have stopped liking him, but in the US, certain sectors of the TV-reared population lap it all up. Former head of Isis, Abu Bakhur, evaded capture by…
Changing Hastings – Or Is It?
By Sam Kinch Community Organiser at Heart of Hastings Community Land Trust “This seaside town has stepped out of the shadow of its twin. One could say it was gentrifying, were it not built for the gentry” Tom Dyckhoff (The Guardian,…
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The column which reserves the right to record your calls for training porpoises READER: Whoops! Bit of a typo there!MYSELF: What do you mean?READER: Up there, under your name. Porpoises. I think you meant purposesMYSELF: Not at all. On top…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU SQUIRMSajid Javid, owner of the most insincere face outside of Boris Johnson’s, is, it seems, quite prepared to say absolutely anything in order to be included in the post-brexit dystopian nightmare dictatorship envisaged by Dominic…
Politikal Pokes by lobbytroll
BACKSTOP FRONTSTOP THREE BAGS FULL OF CASH Reading between the lines of Johnson’s latest rambling bag of nonsense, it looks to Lobbytroll like the DUP are in for another massive bribe in exchange for their government support. This time it…
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The column that self inflates, but is difficult to get back in the bag MYSELF: What are you doing up there?READER: I’m conducting an : Well seeing as you’re on top of a stepladder, would you mind removing that cobweb…