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In one of my other lives, I play a cover of the REM version of this song in a band; now I’m wondering if we can change the lyrics…
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Boris Johnson: was this his expression after seeing Russell Howard’s summary of his time in office?
He may be frothing at the mouth with fury at the recommendations of the Commons Privileges Committee but we can still have a laugh at Boris Johnson’s expense.
Russell Howard has offered up a compilation of the best Boris Johnson moment from his TV show, which is just the thing to brighten up a hot and humid weekend.
Sadly, when trying to link it, I’ve discovered – well, read it for yourself. If you’re old enough (ha ha ha!) then please click on the link. It’s well worth it!
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Rishi Sunak: has he actually received any communications like the satirical memo from “Jon Swift II”? If so, did it put an expression like this on his face?
An organisation called 99% has produced a document that it alleges was passed to it by a member with contacts close to the government – and which purports to show how Rishi Sunak can win the next election.
It’s clearly an April Fool’s joke because it is apparently a memo from “Jon Swift II” – a reference to the satirist Jonathan Swift.
The trouble is, in places it seems alarmingly plausible.
In the section marked “Disinform“, for example, it states:
With the support of the media, it is still possible to persuade many people that the UK is suffering from global issues and handling them better than other countries.
I am impressed by the work that Chancellor Hunt is doing – given current performance, it is not easy to maintain a stance that the UK has the fastest growth rate in the G7, but he seems able to deliver the line straight to camera. And he has positioned himself (and you) well to take credit for the inevitable fall in inflation.
Indeed. Note that the UK’s growth rate may take on a much weaker quality if it is examined over a period of several years – and of course the fall in inflation is inevitable and has nothing to do with the Tories.
Remember also that a fall in inflation doesn’t mean prices will drop. It just means they will rise at a slower rate, so those effective pay cuts everybody has been taking don’t look so clever now, do they?
A subdivision marked “Divide the population” states:
Anti-immigrant rhetoric works extremely well, especially coupled with “over stretched public services”.
It continues:
I would single out Suella Braverman for her use of inflammatory rhetoric – it is no small achievement to blame 40,000 economically inactive (at government insistence) people for the economic woes of 68 million.
Finally, for this article, a section marked “Destroy” calls on Sunak to
Destroy democracy: make it practically impossible to elect any other party.
You need a plausible excuse to delay the elections if you cannot win them, and that will require violence on the streets (which you must be able to blame on your opponents, of course).
So far, the violence has been on the part of far-right groups, so you need to change that. Your policy of criminalising climate protests and inflaming the workers’ strikes is sound. I am sure it is not beyond your abilities to find ways of ensuring that some of these erupt into violence.
How interesting. I find it highly credible that the Tories are criminalising protests and attacking striking workers to create left-wing violence threats – in the mind of the general public, at least.
The memo concludes:
I need not remind you that, should you relinquish power, an incoming administration would set up investigations and inquiries into corruption and other issues which would be extremely damaging to you and your party.
Fake, it may be – but it seems some of the threats in this document are all-too-real.
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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…
"It was an offer that I simply could not refuse. This is the perfect opportunity to flip this dysfunctional system on its head and turn it into a regulator that actually regulates. I would be a fool not to accept." https://t.co/4KtCGdB9hU
It's got to the point now where I have come to the conclusion that if you can't beat them, join them. Following the announcement that Henry Smith is standing down as MP at the next GE I can announce that I have been accepted to stand in Crawley for the Conservatives. Solidarity!
Sadly, no Graun cartoon from me today. Nor ever again, actually, as I’m delighted to announce that from Monday I become @GBNEWS cartoonist in residence, providing rib-tickling content between the wise & popular broadcasts of @danwootton & @thecoastguy. What an opportunity!
Have you found any fun ones? Please let me know in the comments.
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After Keir Starmer’s party readmitted Angela ‘Funny Tinge’ Smith, Mike ‘Trot Off’ Gapes and Luciana ‘Antisemitism accusations against my own constituency party members’ Berger, it would be easy to believe it has accepted an application from ‘Hatey’ Katie Hopkins.
This Site has, for many years, refused to acknowledge her existence but this was such low-hanging fruit it was impossible to ignore it.
Needless to say, I shall continue ignoring her existence in the future.
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There are a few well-observed jabs in this Liv Struss parody from Nerine Skinner.
The thought of her doing pantomime probably really is too terrifying for today’s children, but as a comedy concept – well, see for yourself if you think it has legs:
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Matt Hancock: this may well be his reaction when he hears this song.
They’re called Send-a-Song and their day job is producing personalised music – “from re-imagined operatic classics to brand new original songs”. Apparently this is just a bit of fun on the side.
Their new piece – following up on the smash hit (on This Site, at least) Suella de Vil is called Because They Vote Tory and is based on Sam Smith’s Bodyshop.
Send-a-Song’s own comment on it is: “Not our usual style, but this song BANGS.”
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Rishi Sunak: did he think it was hard to be a Tory when he became prime minister? Or is it all really just the game he seems to think it is?
Vox Political appears to have attracted a few new readers lately – some of them with strong creativity.
Here’s It’s Hard To Be A Tory by Stuart Webb. There’s some strong language in it so please avoid it if you’re averse to that sort of thing.
As for the rest of you: enjoy – and let me (and Stuart) know what you think in the comments.
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Yes, we’ve had a lot of commentary about Matt Hancock going into the jungle for I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, but most of it focuses on the serious issues people have with a former government minister whose decisions harmed many thousands.
Here comes Russell Howard and – yes – there’s a fair amount of indignation here. But there’s also a huge amount of straightforward ridicule and outright hilarity:
I know. You needed that. Right?
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Here’s some hindsighted genius from Larry and Paul.
They say they “wish this was the commercial that Leave.EU released back in 2016 – it’s altogether more honest than the #Brexit ad they ran”.
Who can deny that – considering the factual accuracy of the information in the advert?
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