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Condemnation for Olympic Cockney cull

Although the number of Cockneys in the wild has dwindled in recent years,  the East End still has sizeable breeding groups as no culls have been authorised in London since the1980s when Norman Tebbit travelled around the East End dispatching them with Thatcher’s personal crossbow.

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Posted: Jun 26th, 2012
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Cockney rhyming slang to be third official language at London Olympics

'wiff-waff' apparently rhyming slang for 'another four years as Mayor'‘wiff-waff’ apparently slang for ‘another four years as mayor’.

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Posted: Feb 28th, 2011
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Cockney gangsta rappers at war over ‘digital rights protection’

Two of rap’s most keenly anticipated debuts are being delayed by a disagreement over who will provide ‘digital protection’ for download sales. The forthcoming releases follow the adoption of U.S. hip-hop culture among East London’s old-time criminals.

The rival releases are ‘Sod tha Old Bill’ by The Wrench, aka 65 year old former Watney Street gang member Johnny Jones …

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Posted: May 5th, 2009
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