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[...] Remember Owen Barder’s spoof post about Tony Blair abolishing elections? [...]
Ein Reich, multiVolk, ein Premier.
What the fucking hell is this?…
Let me get this straight…
We currently have before Parliament, a new bill – the Legislative and Regulatory Refrom Bill – which will allow Ministers to ‘amend, repeal or replace legislation in any way that an Act of Parliament may do’ by Minister…
The gradual slide to totalitarianism…
Anyone who can read this bill and not be concerned about a slide into a totalitarian state can’t be reading the same bill. (1) A Minister of the Crown may by order make provision for either or both of the……
[...] Watch out — the last time Owen Barder did one of these, it turned out to be kind of prescient. So let me just take this opportunity to swear really hard while it’s still legal: front bum. [...]
[...] Doctorvee expressed concern last week that Owen Barder’s satire has become the future. First, there was the abolition of democracy. Then, on Thursday he spoofed the Government’s “respect agenda” by suggesting they would ban swearing. [...]