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Three dead and many injured as bandwagon collapses

There were scenes of chaos in the Houses of Parliament today as the bankers bonuses bandwagon finally collapsed under the weight of political outrage. The emergency services are still searching for survivors amongst the rubble with the fear that the smallest spark could set off an explosion of flatulent opinion.

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Posted: Feb 19th, 2012
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Outrage as Rastamouse takes multi-million pound bonus

Politicians are calling for TV CBeebies star Rastamouse to loose his bonus, calling it prepostorous that at times of austerity, Rastamouse was enjoying ever increasing amounts of rewards whilst the rest of the BBC was receiving cuts.

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Posted: Feb 17th, 2012
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Queen leads Nation in remembering the financial fallen

all credit to themIn an act of remembrance marking 25 years since the Big Bang, the Queen, members of the Royal Family and political leaders gathered at Canary Wharf to lead the Nation’s mourning for the financial casualties of that turbulent period of recent history.

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Posted: Nov 10th, 2011
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New craze of ‘Working’ sweeping the internet

just one paperclip away from the experience of a lifetimeStand aside ‘Planking’, move over ‘Batmanning’, there’s a new game in town. ‘Working’ is the new craze which has Facebook users flocking to upload photos of themselves engaged in the most menial, soul-destroying jobs, while wishing they’d paid more attention at school.

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Posted: Oct 4th, 2011
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Financial Services Authority considering doing ‘something’ at some stage

Insiders say Britain’s financial regulator is planning to ‘do something’, possibly as early as next year. Details of the anticipated action are unclear, but the Financial Services Authority, which is employed to govern the banks, is rumoured to be anxious for some kind of ‘eye-catching initiative’.

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Posted: May 21st, 2011
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