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The limited company masquerading as a political party, Reform UK, have announced an interesting side effect of their latest marketing campaign; enough bricks sent back via their freepost envelope to build an entirely new headquarters.


At a press conference, head of recruitment Jack Boots elaborated on the plan, telling reporters, 'It's been a great success. We expected to get people's personal information so that we could sell it on for profit to supportive media like the Daily Telegraph, or to any flag manufacturers. However, what's actually happened is people sending us building materials like bricks, gravel, and concrete. Once we'd sorted those from the glitter and potential anthrax, we found we've got enough for an office near Tufton Street, saving on journeys to receive our orders, I mean requests from ordinary hard-working alarm-clock Britons. We've had clearance to build on a brownfield site, and already had a surge of volunteers eager to help. To be fair, some had got confused over what brownfield meant, and we did have to refer a few of the people who misunderstood to the Police.'


Showing attendees plans for the new edifice, Boots explained the goal behind the aesthetic. 'It's harking back to classic London,' he remarked, 'but with modern provisions. We've added a direct tunnel to the Savoy to avoid embarrassing moments where Nigel's been caught walking to restaurants for an oyster lunch rather than being in Westminster to do mundane things like work or vote on behalf of his constituents. Also, while we've tried to keep a Georgian look, the building is made with modern regulations in mind. We were struggling with insulation, but we're able to fill the cavity wall with wattle and daub because as well as the bricks, we've received enough excrement in the post to make that possible.'



Image credit: Stable Diffusion

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News based media loves a good equation to look scientific and hide the fact it is just promotional material for a holiday company or skincare product. Our brave boffins have come up with a suitably vague equation to summarise and monetise this very situation.


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Where:


x = Content Provided (in clicks/second)


y = Desperation for grant money (£ per second)


a = Willingness for scientists to be referred to as boffins (Lack-of-Shame per £)


b = Public gullibility (Gaslighting per person)


c = Slow news compensation factor (decreases exponentially after each major event)


This is classed as a Pseudo-numerical Supposition and instead of showing working, it’s show me the money.



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The marketing department of a brand which produces your favourite snack has been interfering again.


To justify their unjustifiable salaries, they changed the colour of the packaging and paid an agency £1.4 million to alter the font by an unnoticeable 1 degree slant. The year before that, they changed the name of your top treat to a ridiculous word chosen from a thousand generated by AI, all of which meant nothing to anyone.


Head of marketing, Binki Lamé, gushed, 'Our customers will be thrilled to learn that my team has thoughtfully finessed their favouritest thing ever into a 66% smaller serving. This is a super-generous act of kindness to reward them for their loyalty by assisting them as part of their own controlled diet.


'But wait, there's more...


'My team has also upgraded the ingredients to significantly less costly ones. We have managed to achieve this through dedication, mindfulness, and an increase in recommended retail price.


'On a personal level, what I am most proud of is a magnificent improvement in flavour, described by our customer focus group as 'unstomachable'. That's a word so super-amazing it isn't even in the dictionary. It's a descriptive level that competitors will take years to replicate. Smug face emoji. I know, right?


'The annual snacking and grazing industry awards are coming up next month and no one is going to touch me.'


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