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'Every sodding Monday, Nigel Farage holds a press conference and every time he says the same sodding thing,' groaned a spokes-hack for Britain's political correspondents, emerging from the conference room with bleeding ears.


'It's always: Brexit hasn't been tried properly... Britain is broken... the BBC is woke... foreigners should be starved and deported. Then he goes and says it all again on GB News, for hours on end.


'We've heard it so often that we don't bother taking notes any more. We just drip hot wax onto our hands to try and keep awake.


'Having heard Farage utter his pisspoor collection of half-baked views for the 3,650th time in a year,' said a spokes-pint for Guinness Publishing, 'We had no hesitation in naming him the new world champion for sounding like a broken record.


'He eases out Margaret Thatcher, who held the spot for 23 years by screeching 'Rejoice! Rejoice!' throughout the Falklands War and the rest of the 1980s.'


The latest Reform UK press conference became slightly less tedious when the ghost of Lord Haw Haw appeared above Farage's head and said in a slurred voice: 'This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased'.'


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March 2024. We were all preoccupied with the looming elections both here and abroad, with plenty of media coverage for all the parties in the UK and for Donald Trump in the USA. The royals were going down like nine pins, and this generated a photoshopping scandal. Although - is scandal the right word? Bits continued to fall off Boeing aeroplanes. The UN called for a ceasefire in Gaza. That went well (irony). But they got there eventually. The Boat Race was a bit, err, unpleasant, after Thames Water refused to install motion sensors.


Here is a selection of the top stories that month, loosely organised by topic. Click through to read the stories and the author credits. Scroll down to see some of the month’s best headlines.


General Election


US Election


Royal Family


Other Stuff


And here is a selection of the best headlines from March 2024


Diane Abbott: Tory donor was rude about me 30 times, no, 3000 times, no, 3 million times

Thames water bills must rise or dividends will dry up

Surveillance of dog kennels is dubbed a Snoopy's charter

UN Security Council calls for immediate ceasefire in Tory Party

Home Insulation Targets laid out in Government's New Draft Plan

Boat Race crews say they just went through the motions this year

Russian Presidential Election: Putin practising his surprised face

Photoshop applies for royal warrant

Sexual orientation acronym longer than alphabet

Spoonerism quipsters all ready for Psalm pun day


Picture credit: Wix AI

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