Zelo Street
The World Viewed Through The Crewe End Of The Telescope
Zelo Street is a blog that lampoons media flannel, subjects politicians to occasional roasting and ridicule, and sometimes goes off-piste to cover anything else going on in the world - while maintaining a sense of proportion and humour.
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/12/tories-in-meltdown.html
Inept, leaderless, fighting one another - General Election Now
Tories In Meltdown Our free and fearless press can hold back the dam no more: the party for which most titles have been only too willing to shill is beginning ...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/12/rupe-pays-out-millions-again.html
Murdoch mafiosi say Sun didn't hack - but the payouts keep coming
Rupe Pays Out Millions AGAIN Once again, a major news story - as in actual news, not recycled Government press releases, Royal family cheerleading, covering yet more Tor...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/12/migration-tories-screw-up-uk-again.html
Migration keeps the UK afloat - so they're going to stop it
Migration - Tories Screw Up UK Again Amid all the faux outrage over news that net inward migration to the UK was well into the hundreds of thousands, and not likely to drop to t...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/12/telegraph-uae-sale-hypocrisy.html
Whining about editorial independence - that they've not had for decades
Telegraph UAE Sale Hypocrisy After the banks effectively called time on the Barclay family’s ownership of the increasingly desperate and downmarket Telegraph , both Dail...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/12/bozo-covid-grilling-and-press.html
They drove his lockdown decisions -they're in the dock, too
Bozo Covid Grilling And The Press And so, with the certainty of night following day, the appearance before the Covid Inquiry of disgraced former alleged Prime Minister Alexan...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/piers-morgan-ultimate-desperation.html
Naming Royal Names won't get him ratings - or save his show
Piers Morgan Ultimate Desperation Ratings. They drive the reputation of broadcasters, the attention of advertisers, the fragile egos of presenters. Without good ratings, show...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/covid-probe-bad-news-royal-dead-cat.html
Why bother with news - when you can slag off the Sussexes
Covid Probe Bad News? Royal Dead Cat The inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 Pandemic is turning out, for the Government, to be a campaign developing not necessarily to th...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/oh-tommy-tommy-youre-nicked.html
Cops told him he'd be arrested - he wanted it that way
Oh Tommy Tommy - You’re Nicked Just after 1400 hours today, the Metropolitan Police put out a Tweet telling “ Officers working as part of the policing and security operat...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/oh-tommy-tommy-ireland-sh*t-stirrer.html
Trying to restart his career - through hate speech and lies
Oh Tommy Tommy - Ireland S**t Stirrer There was a stabbing incident yesterday in the City of Dublin. Five people, including a 5-year-old child, were injured, some of them critica...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/autumn-statement-press-v-reality.html
RW Media circles the wagons - it won't save the Tories
Autumn Statement - Press v Reality The title for this post was decided upon not this morning, but yesterday evening before any front pages were available, although the increas...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/guido-im-celeb-claim-wrong.html
So keen to promote Farage - they used last year's ratings
Guido I’m A Celeb Claim WRONG One group of media observers never learns, and that is the cohort willing to take the perpetually thirsty Paul Staines and his rabble at the...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/elon-musk-and-anti-semitism.html
Embrace batsh*t conspiracy theory - say goodbye to ad revenue
Elon Musk And Anti-Semitism Racism, and more specifically anti-Semitism, are not confined to the UK and its free and fearless press: the disease is equally, if not more...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/sun-writer-palestine-rant-fail.html
The left won't sympathise - and the far right won't listen
Sun Writer Palestine Rant Fail The eventual admission that the far right were the source of almost all the violence in London last Saturday, after Stephen Yaxley Lennon, w...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/labours-ceasefire-shame.html
Party doesn't have to care - cos you'll vote for them anyway
Labour’s Ceasefire Shame The civilian death toll resulting from the IDF’s round the clock rocketing, shelling and bombing of Gaza has now, when those missing and ass...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/so-farewell-then-rwanda-plan.html
Another day, another meltdown - Tories on the way out
So Farewell Then Rwanda Plan This week is shaping up to be a very bad week for the Tories and their hangers-on in our free and fearless press, but a very good one for th...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/oh-tommy-tommy-dont-turn-up.html
Where did Saturday's violence start? Now comes the admission
Oh Tommy Tommy - Don’t Turn Up When all seems lost, the opposition rides to your rescue. On the question of who contributed the overwhelming percentage of violent incident...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/so-farewell-then-suella-braverman.html
Sunak bins the hate-filled SOB - Better Late Than Never
So Farewell Then Suella Braverman The right-leaning part of our free and fearless press may have had worse days, and at least today’s exhibition of bum steers isn’t in the “ ...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/sunak-wipes-bravermans-arse.html
PM and Press tell the public - they're totally out of touch
Sunak Wipes Braverman’s Arse And so the march in solidarity with the Palestinian people - most of those in Gaza have now been displaced from their homes after weeks of r...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/harry-beats-mail-again.html
"Dark arts" claim can go to trial - and it'll be expensive
Harry Beats The Mail - AGAIN There are, as is the norm for a website that is more and more desperate to score clicks, several Royal “ stories ” that one can read at Mail...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/braverman-alienates-everyone.html
Cops, Muslims, Unionists, Nationalists - she slags off everyone
Braverman Alienates Everyone After Suella Braverman, inexplicably elevated to the rank of Home Secretary despite being manifestly unfit for the job, had screamed and scr...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/prime-minister-resigns-on-principle.html
With Tories and their press pals - it didn't happen in the UK
Prime Minister Resigns On Principle Not in the UK, you understand, not since Young Dave flounced out after he failed to persuade the electorate to vote Remain in rather larger ...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/braverman-chickens-out.html
She could ban march - instead, she riles up the mob
Braverman Chickens Out The days are ticking down to the weekend; just four to go before another, possibly the largest march in solidarity with the Palestinian peop...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/lee-anderson-lawsuits-work-both-ways.html
He enjoyed it when he won - now he can endure losing
Lee Anderson - Lawsuits Work Both Ways Still fulfilling the role of deputy chairman of the Tory party, despite the distraction of being a host on Gammon Broadcasting™ News (“ Baco...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/suella-and-bonzo-dog-band.html
She's gonna get you - out of your tent tent tent tent tent
Suella And The Bonzo Dog Band I'm gonna get you in my tent, tent, tent, tent, tent Where we can both experiment, ment, ment, ment, ment Yeah, yeah it's so convenient, ent...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/braverman-hate-marches-on.html
Smearing peaceful protesters - very far right of her
Braverman Hate Marches On With Armistice Day imminent, the temptation of the usual Culture War suspects to hijack it to raise the public profile of Themselves Persona...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/laura-k-is-for-kourtier.html
Bozo defence has one problem - you can't "both sides" a fact
Laura - K Is For Kourtier The BBC has joined the news podcast race. Back in the day, this would have meant applying the most rigorous standards to fact checking and a...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/covid-inquiry-and-press-bungs.html
While thousands were dying - the press was troughing
Covid Inquiry And Press Bungs With the reporting from the Covid Inquiry, what can be seen developing is a further example of the power of the press resting not only on wh...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/11/bozo-bad-behaviour-blame-polecat.html
Ignore press spin, Bozo was useless - and he was their man
Bozo Bad Behaviour - Blame The Polecat And so it came to pass that the Covid Inquiry heard evidence from witnesses who had been working within 10 Downing Street, around and for di...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/starmer-weasel-words-on-gaza.html
Won't come off the fence on ceasefire - so his ratings plummet
Starmer Weasel Words On Gaza Still the death toll mounts in Gaza as the IDF continues to rocket, bomb and shell the beleaguered enclave. Now it has exceeded 8,000, with ...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/strong-hint-ceasefire-now.html
What part of this statement - do our leaders not understand?
Strong Hint - Ceasefire NOW Hundreds of thousands of those showing solidarity with the Palestinian people have gathered in central London today. It looks as if the 300...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/gaza-starmer-behind-curve.html
Stop playing chicken over a ceasefire - show some leadership
Gaza - Starmer Behind The Curve A quote attributed to Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin, one of the leaders of the 1848 Revolution, was the probably apocryphal “ There go the ...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/rachel-riley-misses-mass-slaughter.html
Conflict analysis needs calm heads - not partisan propaganda
Rachel Riley Misses Mass Slaughter And so it came to pass that the Daily Mail , the Viktor Orbán of the press, showing solidarity with the state of Israel despite its history ...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/murdoch-host-says-greta-done-it.html
Brexiteer calling hatred on others - has no room to talk
Murdoch Host Says Greta Done It Anyone with a following into the millions on Twitter, X, or whatever Muskrat is calling it this week, and who expresses empathy with the two...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/labours-dangerous-muslim-game.html
Don't care about Palestinians? Voters may leave party - for good
Labour’s Dangerous Muslim Game Yesterday saw around 300,000 protesters march in the London rain in solidarity with the Palestinian cause. There were significant protests ...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/bbc-dg-meets-tories-press-silent.html
Davie attending 1922 Committee looks bad - because it is bad
BBC DG Meets Tories - Press Silent Once again, our free and fearless press brings us another reminder that its power lies not merely in what it chooses to print, but what it d...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/tory-propaganda-voters-not-listening.html
Blue Team could be facing wipeout - just rejoice at that news
Tory Propaganda - Voters Not Listening With two by-election results not being declared until after the papers had published their first editions, something else had to be splashed...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/oh-tommy-tommy-washed-up-loser.html
He lost in court AGAIN - and very few people care
Oh Tommy Tommy - WASHED UP LOSER Last week, this blog considered the appeal against a Stalking Prevention Order being undertaken by Stephen Yaxley Lennon, who styles himsel...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/so-farewell-then-steve-bell.html
A needless casualty of editorial cowardice - hello Kath Viner
So Farewell Then Steve Bell Do you remember the heyday of IF … ? The cast of characters was seemingly endless: Reg Kipling, The Penguins, Monsieur l’Artiste, John The M...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/nigel-farage-carries-on-lying.html
He lies, gets called out - but never says sorry
Nigel Farage Carries On Lying The refusal of so many within our free and fearless press to take on board that former Brexit Party Oberscheissenführer Nigel “ Thirsty ” F...
https://zelo-street.blogspot.com/2023/10/israel-loses-propaganda-war.html
Press + politicians tell public what to think - public isn't listening
Israel Loses Propaganda War There is one kind of modern warfare where the size of a country’s army, the modernity of its equipment, and the range of firepower available...
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