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The future’s so dark, we all need a laugh

How do we, here in the UK, respond to the fact that our political so-called “leaders” have dumped us in the worst situation they possibly could?

By laughing at them – and the state they’ve put us in.

More serious action may follow, but for the moment, let’s enjoy what we can. No prizes for guessing any news stories that prompted the following:

There was another one on Facebook about the age difference between Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie: “It might be all sunshine now she’s 33 and he’s 56 but what about in 10 years’ time when she’s 43 and he’s in prison?”

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Ian Botham as trade envoy – who next? Some ideas from the public

Michael Gove and Liz Truss: would it surprise anyone if she really did make him trade envoy to Columbia?

Was former cricketer Lord Botham made trade envoy to Australia because of his adversarial sporting relationship with that country’s representatives?

If so, then the people of the UK have come up with a few other ideas about the people vacant-eyed cheese-monger Liz Truss may be appointing to similar roles – and comment on how Botham is doing.

Here come the takedowns:

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Starmer ridiculed again over retrospective exclusion of Labour members. Here are some great takedowns

Shamed: keep your eyes down, Keir – otherwise you’ll read another tweet taking you down.

Earlier this week, members of the public were scandalised to learn that former Labour General Secretary candidate Pamela Fitzpatrick is being threatened with auto-exclusion from the party, because she gave an interview to now-proscribed organisation Socialist Appeal.

She did it more than a year ago, when it was not proscribed and she had no reason to believe it ever would be.

Obviously, Labour’s position is ridiculous. The threat against Ms Fitzpatrick should be dropped and a fulsome apology issued. The party has put itself in yet another humiliating position.

But critics have decided that it’s not bad enough, and have provided their own contribution to the debate. Let’s enjoy some of them.

If This Writer hadn’t been kicked out of Labour for being an impartial political journalist, I might be worried.

They can’t get me on the Blockbuster rap but I fear my record on Rolos, and membership of the Tufty Club, may have mitigated against me.

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Angry about Boris Johnson’s lies? Just share this song to get the point across

Mitch Benn is a great satirical composer.

I’ve enjoyed his work ever since discovering him on Radio 4’s The Now Show a few years ago.

He has produced another hit that is perfect for getting the message across that Boris Johnson is a liar.

Here it is:

If you have friends, neighbours or colleagues of the hard-of-thinking or Tory persuasion, who still think the prime minister of the UK has an integrity at all, play this to them.

It may be especially effective if linked with evidence of these lies like Peter Stefanovic’s now-infamous video.

Repeat if necessary, at intervals, until they understand.

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Something for the weekend, Mr Hancock? Here’s what you’ve given us [HUMOUR/STRONG LANGUAGE]

The last day or so have been a hard time for Matt Hancock and he has said he would appreciate being left alone to come to terms with the revelations about his love life.

FAT CHANCE!

It’s bonanza time for those of us who enjoy mocking what’s he’s been doing with his banana.

I haven’t even seen much of what’s going around but I know you’ll get a kick out of this…

… and this (it’s long, which is probably more than we can say for Matt, and it’s enjoyable, which again…)…

Oh dear – it seems Facebook is demanding you watch it on that platform. Please do. In the meantime, here’s – the real – Matt strutting his stuff on stage with Therese Coffey. What a sex machine!

How about this comment on Hancock being busy saving lives?

A friend of mine has tried to raise the tone by comparing the photo of Hancock having that extra-regulatory snog with Gina Coladangelo with classical art:

Apparently the choice of colours make it much more like The Scream than what was probably intended:

You go for Klimt but you get Munch. I’m sure many women understand that sensation.

Never mind, Matt – you can always try to justify it by saying you’re an “Alpha Male”. Just don’t expect anybody to take you seriously… ever again.

One parting shot: here’s Jonathan Pie to bring it all home to Hancock in a big way. Be warned that he doesn’t hold back at all and the language is extreme:

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‘Major Corruption’ mocked by Greta Thunberg over ‘bunny hugger’ stupidity

Too late, Johnson, you’ve already said it: and the prime minister may have cause to regret calling climate activists “bunny huggers” for some time to come.

I wonder how Tim Fenton of Zelo Street, and anyone else who got there first, feel about the BBC lifting this story?

Personally, I wouldn’t mind. The more people who get to see what an absolutely dunderhead Boris Johnson really is, the better.

But for the record, the Zelo Street story was posted at 10.38am, while the BBC’s version dropped a few hours later. It seems clear somebody at the Corporation realised it was newsworthy belatedly, after picking up on that story – or a similar one elsewhere that This Writer hasn’t seen.

The story is a cracker, and Tim broke it wonderfully.

Johnson tried to play the clown at the current climate summit – but fell flat on his globe-sized arse:

It’s vital for all of us to show that this is not all about some expensive, politically correct, green act of … er … of … er … of bunny hugging.

Er, or, er, however you want to put it, I call it bunny hugging, but you know what I’m driving at, friends and colleagues.

“What a complete and utter numpty,” as Zelo Street observed.

Shortly afterward, this appeared on teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg’s Twitter account:

The BBC article hits the same notes but excises all the er-ing from Johnson’s comments.

All of which just goes to show that, if you want to know what’s going on, you should be following social media sites like Zelo Street (and this one) – and that and 18-year-old girl can get the better of Johnson, any time she likes.

Source: Greta Thunberg becomes ‘bunny hugger’ on Twitter – BBC News

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Bad timing: ‘Baloo Labour’ beats Starmer’s party political broadcast in public imagination

Keir Starmer: yet another own goal.

He only has himself to blame.

Today, Keir Starmer’s Labour Party released a party political broadcast. Here it is, but you don’t need to watch beyond the point where the focus puller wakes up and sharpens the image because it seems everybody had switched off by then. There’s a reason for that…

It’s because everybody was watching THIS:

It really is the best thing to come out of 2020s politics so far.

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Here’s a January pick-me-up from the people who make funny videos about politics

Take off: Donald Trump is on his way out of the White House – and some of us can’t wait to see him go.

If you’re sick of the “relentless stream of misery on social media”, as one commenter on the Vox Political Facebook page put it, you need to cheer up!

Fortunately, there is an army of creative people who are working hard to lift our spirits with amusing images, cartoons and video clips.

For example: here’s one anticipating the departure of Donald Trump from the US Presidency – with a clever adaptation of a song from perennial movie favourite The Sound of Music.

I’ll try to find more. Meanwhile, feel free to follow Shirley Serban on Facebook and YouTube.

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Calm down everyone! Jacob Rees-Mogg HASN’T been quoting Rolf Harris

Rees-Mogg: he wanted to be identified with patriotism but ended up being linked with a paedophile instead. That’s what he gets for trying to be cleverer-than-thou.

It speaks volumes about the Johnson government that the public will readily believe that one of its senior members will happily identify with a convicted paedophile.

Today, the following tweet appeared – apparently from Boris Johnson’s Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg:

It appeared that Rees-Mogg was quoting The Court of King Caractacus – which was a well-known song by disgraced broadcaster/convicted paedophile Rolf Harris.

The tweet was met with a range of reactions, from outrage…

… to mockery…

… to humour:

In fact, the tweet was a fake. It was a satirical response to a comment that Rees-Mogg did make, in his usual “I’m better-educated than the rest of you” way:

He was quoting The British Grenadiers, by the way, which is a traditional song – we don’t know who wrote the lyrics. Rees-Mogg wanted to be associated with the heroism and patriotism that the song evokes.

The spoof tweet stole his thunder by associating him with a paedophile instead.

In fairness, it has now been fully acknowledged as a spoof by its author:

Presumably Davey Jones reckons his work here is done. I think he may be right!

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Another rotten week under the Tories. Let’s make fun of them

Tory UK, 2020: life is hard, and likely to get worse as the Tory jackboot grinds Covid-19 into our faces while claiming to be doing the exact opposite.

These creeps demand our absolute obedience or they will bring in the armed forces to crush us.

So let’s have a laugh at their expense, eh?

On Monday, @RussinCheshire tweeted his #TheWeekInTory, which is always a good read:

On Monday, Chris Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief medical officer and chief scientific adviser, appeared on TV to explain why Covid-19 is running rampant through the UK despite everything we’ve been told to do to stop it. No member of the Johnson government was there…

On Tuesday, Boris Johnson announced his new Covid-19 related restrictions, which won’t actually halt the spread of the virus but at least make it seem he’s doing something, if you’re a brain-dead Tory sycophant.

Many of us aren’t. The image at the top is on response. Here are a few more:

Alternatively…

Wednesday was the day of Kexit – when it was announced that the UK would have an internal border after all – between the rest of us and Kent:

 

The UK’s new border: and the Tories can’t say it’s being imposed on us by anybody but them.

The end of the week got a bit serious, with the launch of the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app that doesn’t like NHS Covid-19 tests and won’t do any contact tracing.

Then again, after telling us he hadn’t been to Italy – and telling the nation we all have to batten down the hatches and put up with another six months (at least) of Covid misery – now with added job losses and poverty – we find that Boris Johnson’s significant other, Carrie Symonds, was photographed on holibobs in Italy after all. All right for some, eh?

Makes you wonder about BoJob’s Russian connections who live there, doesn’t it?

If you have any more fun stuff from the week, feel free to send it via the comments.

We need all the smiles we can get.

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