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The bung-taking Blimp and the Ukip bottler
Corruption, bigotry and what it means to be a ‘decent BNP voter’

Cometh the hour, buggereth off the man. 

Yes it’s been quite a week for those bold warriors in the cause of truth, justice and the furtherance of personal gain.

First up we had the honourable member — interpret that how you will — for Newark Patrick Mercer, who belatedly quit his seat after being caught red-handed defrauding the public purse. 

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