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In an attempt to gain younger potential voters the government has rolled out some new initiatives.


'We've stopped the under 18s from buying lottery tickets - and why not, they're hardly likely to use their winnings to bankroll the Tory party,' said a government minister today. 'We've also stopped them buying and smoking cigarettes or vape products until their 18th birthday - and any check on the high street will confirm what an effective rule that is,' he added, puffing his chest out.


'Drinking beer is a long standing privilege for over-18s, also ruthlessly observed. And what's all this getting married before you're 18 all about, eh? There's no way a 16 or 17 year old can be relied on to raise a child, keep a household, hold down a job and bankroll the Tory party. That's off the cards now, too. 'So now you can see Rishi's masterplan. No lottery, no smoking, no vaping, no drinking and definitely no marrying. What is there left to do between their 16th and 18th birthday? Maths, that's what. What else could they legally do other than maths? What was that? Shagging? Really? Instead of calculus? You really are out of touch, son.'






Patients have responded positively to news that they can finally secure a GP appointment, just as long as they can find a scratchcard showing three stethoscopes.


'It’s got to be better than trying to get through on the phone', said one.


Ministers deny that the Lotto prizes are a form of creeping privatisation. 'We’re simply replacing the postcode lottery with an actual lottery', a spokesman told us. 'This way, access to healthcare is fair and democratic, just as long as you can afford £5 per ticket'.


In other reforms, every A & E is to have a drive-in movie screen so that paramedics have something to do while waiting to discharge their patients.


Leaked reports from a House of Lords committee express concerns that the cost of a lottery ticket is too low and jackpot wins are enabling some of the hoi polloi to get beyond their station by winning a fortune that in time, might enable them to become lords. They assert that only by excluding the poor from participating in the lottery, will it be possible to maintain the fairness in politics the nation was accustomed to.


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