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An impatient public are unimpressed by Sabastian Sawe's world record and have demanded that he up his game. Said one bored spectator, 'Once you've broken the two hour mark, surely the next landmark is one hour? Trimming minutes off it is bull$hit, he's not trying. Has he thought about sprinting instead of jogging?'


To help him, the public have made useful suggestions, such as running down hill, trying half the distance or even a relay? There is a growing sense that the marathon would be so much faster on bicycles.


'A one hour marathon is doable given we can put a man on the moon-after all, just think how high he had to jump.'





It's one of the greatest tests of endurance known to humankind and will leave even the keenest followers of the news wondering why the hell they bother.


Yes! It's the Mandelson Marathon - a low-voltage scandal involving some dusty old political has-been from the Blair years and a handful of crashingly dull senior civil servants which is, unfortunately, set to run and run around the Westminster village.


'After a week of hearing Starmer making hours-long statements about who said what at precisely what time in the afternoon, and talking about the fine print of security vetting rules, you will all be finding life achingly dull," said one Fleet Street newspaper editor who is organising the event.


'After a month, you will be screaming for a rest, as in: 'For pity's sake, just give it a rest!


"The winner of the Mandelson Marathon will be the one newspaper reader in Britain who is still remotely interested in any of this by the time the story finally collapses of exhaustion... in about three year's time.


"Good luck, everyone!'

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