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2150 CE. Archaeologists discover remains of HS2 line




Work on the new Maglev line has been stopped two miles from the edge of the Brum Megopolis after workers discovered rails that may have been buried over one hundred years ago. Experts believe these may be the remains of the now long forgotten HS2 project.


Spokesperson, Ivor Trowel, told reporters 'we are confident in our findings. This is the classic vanity project that collapsed in on itself; much the same as the Egyptian Pyramids, the Trump Library of Culture, and the Rwandan Relocation Project.


'Myth has it that high priests thought that they would save several minutes on a line dedicated to taking the dead to the darklands of the Northern Desert. In fact they wasted whole years and ended up precisely nowhere.

'Ee, civilisations eh? Ya cuddent mek it up'.



First published 18 June 2022



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Government to Trial "Smart Flight Paths"

The UK's flight paths - many of which were decided 70 years ago - will be re-designed for modern aircraft and flying habits through the introduction of technologies successfully proven on the UK's Smart Motorway Network, the government has revealed.


Speaking at Heathrow Airport this morning, the Aviation Minister showed how a revamp would improve travel in busy areas such as around London, telling us, "Using drones, we'll create airborne gantries that control the approach speed and volume of aircraft in an area. During busy times, this means we can increase the number of landing slots with no detriment or risk to anyone. Just look at the M1 or M25 in rush-hour and you can see how well and safely this idea works."


The Civil Aviation Authority has agreed to the idea, providing they are given funding for a fleet of aeroplanes to put out airborne cones in the event of a breakdown, or simply because they feel like it.


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Civil Service reels as higher level apprenticeships are scrapped


The Civil Service is horrified that the government has scrapped funding for higher level apprenticeships and for older apprentices.


A spokesman said, ‘The Civil Service has an excellent record of delivering apprenticeship places. Everyone in HR is doing an apprenticeship. The government is funding their MA courses and their PhD’s that are essential in getting them well paid jobs in the private sector.   Without the apprenticeship scheme, all these stupid old duffers won’t get any qualifications, and they will just hang around and block promotion for younger staff.


‘All professional functions will be affected – procurement, facilities management, organisational development, finance, talent management, equality and disability officers, LGBTQ+ champions, records management, and communications experts – all the critical back office functions that keep the Civil Service show on the road. This is a tremendous blow.  Without the apprenticeships to keep them busy, these people will be back in the office thinking up new and stupider ways to bugger up the Civil Service.


‘Thankfully, policy work is not affected.  All our policy staff are essentially untrained, including those with degrees in PPE from Oxford University.   They have always argued that their lived experience from the University of Hardly Any Knocks is the best training for thinking up dim-witted policies for their ministers. 


'So, going forward in the new world without funding for apprentices, policymaking will continue to be done by shadowy think tanks, and the civil servants will continue to present this work as their own.’



Picture credit: Wix AI

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