tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post1412452418391962907..comments2023-05-27T12:03:28.241+01:00Comments on Five Chinese Crackers: Colour me suspiciousFive Chinese Crackershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-5921901932007647292009-12-15T13:38:48.786+00:002009-12-15T13:38:48.786+00:00Originally done by the Standard, I believe:
http:...Originally done by the Standard, I believe:<br /><br />http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23607854-revealed-the-26m-council-house-family.do<br /><br />All rather odd.Anton Vowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954959652278081079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-41368528992196538332009-12-15T09:44:22.715+00:002009-12-15T09:44:22.715+00:00Thanks for that Romanhousing. i think I'll ha...Thanks for that Romanhousing. i think I'll have to follow this one up.Five Chinese Crackershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-24161188207766498102009-12-14T18:47:16.438+00:002009-12-14T18:47:16.438+00:00I've been reading these tab-watch blogs too lo...I've been reading these tab-watch blogs too long. When I first read "Single mother of eight living in a £2.6m mansion - so much for Labour's housing benefit crackdown", my first thought was "It doesn't specifically mention benefits. She might well be paying for it out of her own pocket".Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288284218700038061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-51721161997711558912009-12-14T18:39:28.724+00:002009-12-14T18:39:28.724+00:00What makes the Mail story worse -and yes, it can g...What makes the Mail story worse -and yes, it can get worse - is that they have been here before. With exactly the same story and the same photo of the woman and kids.<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1101248/Its-great-says-mother-living-2-6m-townhouse-paid-you.html<br /><br />So, almost a year on and rehash a story, add a year onto her age, tell us that it is now in Kensington not Notting Hill (posher area y'see) and there you go. 900+ comments later...<br /><br />This has made me bloody mad today. Gutter journalism at its worst.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-52246895312481707962009-12-14T16:42:18.888+00:002009-12-14T16:42:18.888+00:00would make a bit of a rubbish comic if I'd bee...would make a bit of a rubbish comic if I'd been bitten by a radioactive tabloid reporter:<br /><br />"By day, he's a mild mannered blogger, but when darkness descends, he becomes...a <em>fucking wanker!</em>Five Chinese Crackershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395982651352498540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-61675520931833547642009-12-14T16:15:30.035+00:002009-12-14T16:15:30.035+00:00There's a Marvel comic plot here somewhere...There's a Marvel comic plot here somewhere...Daniel Hoffmann-Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531802987223516482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21544361.post-15753457087696184682009-12-14T15:34:31.217+00:002009-12-14T15:34:31.217+00:00"Crackers sense" you weren't bitten ..."Crackers sense" you weren't bitten by a radioactive tabloid reporter were you?<br /><br />Yes it's odd that the headline isn't "Tory council house Muslim family in £2.6m mansion" sub-headline "and it's all Labour's fault" that might have made some people think a bit and we can't have thinking Daily Mail readers; who knows what they might do.FlipChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449939046593105926noreply@blogger.com