ANDREW MITCHELL PUT ON HOMICIDE WATCH FOLLOWING PAYMENT OF DAMAGES TO PLEBGATE OFFICER

Disgraced, pleb-calling, Victorian-cycle-riding former Tory Chief Whip, Andrew Mitchell MP, has been put on homicide watch following his settlement of a libel case with Met officer, PC Rowland. Mitchell has agreed to pay a sum of £80,000 in damages following the Plebgate affair, despite his continued protestations of innocence and evidence challenging the credibility of PC Rowland. A furious Mitchell is said to be locked in a padded cell filled with stuffed figurines of Ed Milliband and a baseball bat for him to beat them with.

“He is pretty pissed right now,” said Tory intern, Sienna Henrietta, “When he left the meeting with his lawyers, I saw him punch an old lady outside the office for no reason. Then when the driver farted in the car, he completely lost it. He wound down the windows and started calling everyone a pleb, and then he threw his phone at a Lollypop lady.”

Clinical psychologist, Helen Melon-Choly, claimed that studies have proven conclusively that there is no angrier human than a Tory with a feeling of indignation. She said that depending on your political views, such people should either be lobotomized or made Prime Minister.

Labour leader and five-time “Parliament's Most Punchable Face” Champion, Ed Miliband, has been quick to highlight Mitchell’s payout as evidence of the Nasty Party rearing his ugly head once again. Miliband began commenting on the matter at a visit to a local primary school, but was soon interrupted when a year seven lost his cool and punched the Labour leader in the face.

Mitchell learns that his guns have been taken away.

HUGE RISE IN NUMBER OF FAKE LAW FIRMS THREATENS TO EXPOSE THE UTTER FARCE OF REAL LAW FIRMS

Little known and barely used regulator of solicitors, the SRA, released figures revealing a 125% increase in reports of fake law firms made to them over the last two years. The SRA quickly looked to dispel allegations that such a rise was due to the fact they had installed a second phone, stating that the figures represented a worrying trend that was affecting even more worryingly stupid consumers.

“People can easily be duped by scammers masquerading as lawyers, the two groups are so difficult to distinguish at the best of times!” said SRA spokesman, Ivor Twotoo-Degry, “What we are urging consumers to think is, just because he says he’s a solicitor doesn’t mean he is. I mean, if he said he was a lion, would you believe him? No, you’d ask for some credentials.”

However, amidst the cries of concern at the plight of the consumer, petrified lawyers are closing ranks and administering spanks, fearing the prospect that fake lawyers may discover what a complete farce being a real lawyer actually is.

“What happens if they find out that we never draft anything? That we just tweak templates we get from PLC Corporate online?” said Hamilton Slax, a concerned partner of West End law firm, Cordoroy Slax LLP, “Or that we actually don’t know anything, we just Google it like everyone else. And then there’s billing…. dear God…”

Several Magic Circle firms are already thought to be lobbying the government to bring back the death penalty for ‘lawyering under falsehood with masquerade aforethought’, approaching all the major political parties in a desperate attempt to arse-cover in the run-up to the election. UKIP are thought to be considering the proposal, having already decided to bring back the death penalty for the proposed offence of ‘being Romanian’. 

I'm ruined.

BILL GATES COMES BOTTOM OF THE FORBES POOR LIST FOR THE 16^TH TIME

Microsoft founder and modern-day Croesus, Bill Gates, came bottom in Forbes magazine’s twentieth annual Poor List, making him the least poor man in the world for the 16^th time. The little known of but ever ubiquitous “Unnamed homeless woman in the developing world” topped the Forbes Poor List for the 20^th time in a row.

Gates was said to be delighted with his title as the world’s least poor man. The software sovereign beat off stiff competition from Mexican businessman and purveyor of hilarious names, Carlos Silm, and Spanish fashion magnate and part-time Gerald Ford impersonator, Amancio Ortega – both of whom have seen huge decreases to their poorness over the last twelve months.

Critics are using the list to highlight the ever increasing chasm of income disparity across the world.

“Soon, the least poor 1% will be less poor than the rest of the poorest 99% put together…” said Oxfam spokesman, Harriet Brown-Charriet, “I’m fairly sure that is the best way to present that fact.”

Gates however, has answered back at critics, citing the Gates Foundation as evidence of his philanthropic intent.

“My foundation is meant to bring hope and joy for everyone,” said Gates at a recent conference, “Except people using I-Macs. They can fuck off.”

Gates' exorbitant wealth paid for the only invisible bass guitar in the world.