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Voldemort, arch-nemesis of Harry Potter, is set to enter the US presidential race as an independent candidate.


Voldemort has conjured up considerable financial backing after spells in banking and finance, marketing and PR, and thanks to his friends at Gringott’s Bank and Warner Bros.


Pollsters believe that Voldemort could attract voters away from Donald Trump, as his views are even further to the right. His policies include banishing illegal immigrants to other planets and sending trans activists to his underground Chamber of Sequins, for example. His economic policies are based on forecasts and numbers that magically rewrite themselves so that they are always in line with the facts.


On the street, many voters are positive. Many have seen the films and own the merchandise and some of them are aware that there are also books. They are sophisticated enough to know that Voldemort is not entirely a good person, but they are interested in his policy ideas and take the view that ‘actions speak louder than words’. Voldemort appeals to floating voters because his hands are normal size, he is not orange, and he generally seems to avoid nodding off in public. Voters are positive about his ability to talk to snakes and believe that this will serve him well on Capitol Hill.


Voldemort has not revealed his first name, but it is widely believed to be Endeavour.





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The government has awarded the contract to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda to a new airline called Boomerang Airways.


A spokesman for Boomerang Airways said that the company was pleased to win the work and that they were sure that they could provide a service that almost everyone would be happy with.


The outline of the service is as follows. Boomerang Airways will offer travel in third class only. Passengers would not be able to bring any hand baggage, other than a parachute, if they have one. They would not be able to choose their seats. In flight catering would be provided on all journeys exceeding 24 hours. In flight entertainment would be basic – passengers would be offered options including thumb-twiddling and humming (not to exceed 30 decibels). Plans to offer charades had been blocked by the Home Office, which felt that this would offer the red tops an easy headline. The company has no plans to offer a frequent flyer programme.


In the event of a landing at sea (a crash), the plane will be equipped with a number of small boats and some inflatable globes, just like the ones used by Michael Palin.


Boomerang Airways has currently leased one plane, an ex-Malaysian Air Force Dart Herald, from an aviation museum in Kazakhstan. The plane is currently going through safety checks and will be airworthy once the problem with the toilet has been sorted out and the wings re-attached.


When asked if anyone at Boomerang Airways drank in the same pub as Michael Gove, the company declined to comment.





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Former PM and alternative lettuce, Liz Truss has admitted that she's forgotten where she's the MP for.


"Of course I'd know it if I saw it, it's just slipped my mind.", explained Ms Truss. "A mix of lefty-lawyers, the Marxist 1922 Committee, the Treasury and civil service and everyone I've met have combined to deliberately distract me from less important details such as where my constituency is."


People living in her constituency have a different take on the situation. "For god's sake, don't tell her; we've been trying to keep her out of here for years." said Ron Jenkins of, never you mind.


Ms Truss is still trying to remember and said she had narrowed it down to Singapore or Narnia - "in the period of continual winter, before the lefty Pevensie children deposed the heroic queen."




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