A newly published report reveled that the majority of the public have not even begun to prepare for the switchover to 2010, which is scheduled for midnight on 31st December.
Posted: Dec 23rd, 2009
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15-year-old Darren Pilkinton today described himself as ‘mortified’ after accidentally allowing a rubber prophylactic to slip from his wallet while queuing at the school tuck-shop with most of his male friends.
The British government was bracing itself for a national class action ahead of a ruling by the parliamentary ombudsman on a claim against the Staffordshire Labour party for door-to-door mis-selling. Taking the lead from successful claims of dishonestly sold pensions, mortgages and utility services, a group of voters from the Midlands launched the claim in what they described as ‘a crusade to stand up for the little man’.
In a move criticised by some as a transparent ploy to increase the medal count of the home nations, Political Correctness has been put forward as a sport by the UK Olympic committee and has been officially recognised by the IOC for inclusion in the 2012 London games. ‘We have a proud history of Political Correctness at the highest level in Britain,’ said Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell, ‘and we expect to win, although of course not before we’ve welcomed the strong challenge that will come from other countries in the world, with their competitors of different ethnicities, religions, ages, sexes, appearances, social status, financial background and er…, oh yes, levels of ability.’
Posted: Jul 28th, 2008
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