Sebastian Coe has shocked the sporting establishment by announcing that, due a combination of climate change and the credit crunch, London 2012 will see the first ever combined Summer and Winter Olympics.
Posted: Feb 22nd, 2010
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The annual shortest day is shrinking, claim scientists at the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU).
‘If present trends continue,’ said the CRU’s Dr James Foster, ‘by 2050 it won’t be worth getting out of bed on the shortest day.’
Posted: Dec 21st, 2009
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Green protestors at a Nottinghamshire power station have received unexpected reinforcement from Thatcherites, who despite being thought to have disbanded have lost none of their contempt for the coal industry.
Posted: Oct 20th, 2009
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On hearing the news many office workers emailed it to their colleagues, then printed it out just so they didn’t lose it.
Posted: Mar 10th, 2009
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‘Never mind that India and China are opening forty coal fossil fuel power stations every month’ said Gore ‘The UK’s decision to ban plastic bags will more than compensate for that.’
Posted: Apr 15th, 2008
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