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‘Who’s a big twat now, eh?’ jeers Marx from beyond grave

‘Perhaps Mr Weirdy Beardy Lefty had a point after all, eh?’ taunted the father of socialism. ‘When I said the defining features of capitalism include alienation, exploitation and reoccurring, cyclical depressions leading to mass unemployment, you all just laughed. Not laughing now, are you? Eh?

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Posted: Jan 11th, 2012
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Oxford Street closed to poor to avoid ‘crushing debt’

Credit checks will be carried out at the Marble Arch and Tottenham Court Road ends of Oxford Street to prevent those with poor ratings, or anyone who has used Wonga.com, from spending more borrowed money in the run up to Christmas.

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Posted: Dec 4th, 2011
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Robert Peston’s smugness growing as world nears economic meltdown

models his voice on fluctuations in the stock market - currently very deep‘Inflation of Robert’s ego is running at an all-time high and rising interest rates among viewers only seem to be making the problem worse.’

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Posted: Nov 1st, 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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Oil price apocalypse: ‘bring it on’ say would-be road warriors

‘The sooner we can start racing up and down the M6, battling it out over dwindling supplies of petrol, the better,’ said ‘Mad’ Nigel Morrison, a 42 year-old regional sales manager.

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Posted: Apr 4th, 2011
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