April fool? Political jokes on THAT day of the year

Rishi Sunak and the Tories: the biggest political April Fool of this or any other year is the fact that they are (allegedly) running the country.

Way back when I was working on the old Bristol Journal, we used to put out a special supplement on the week of April Fool’s Day, with stories suggesting the former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was now living in a flat in Hartcliffe, and the annual Balloon Fiesta was now to be restricted to the then defunct Avon House, former home of Avon County Council.

Do newspapers still do that?

I’ve found a few examples of the same thing online…

… at least, I think they’re April Fools.

Have you found any fun ones? Please let me know in the comments.


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