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April 2024


The blue team continued to struggle on in government as speculation about (and betting on) the date of the election continued. Looking back, with 20:20 hindsight, the general view was that the Tories were toast. Burnt toast. This didn’t stop them from taking a hard line on benefits and woke, snowflake, working from home.


Scotland had political problems of its own as the SNP and Green Party ‘consciously uncoupled’, bringing down another SNP leader.


In overseas news, shiny faced David Cameron was inexplicably being Foreign Secretary, and Venice was implementing a tourist tax, as it felt that pizza and ice-cream sellers were getting too much of the action. And the Republicans continued to make things tough for ‘Sleepy Joe’.


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. Recycling is good, right?


UK Politics


US Politics


Overseas News


Other nonsense


Selected headlines from April 2024


Sunak's master plan to win election is to defect to Labour

Struggling acetone manufacturer insolvent

Ofsted's unwillingness to end one word assessments judged - Appalling

Civil servants picket their own gardens in working from home dispute

Humza Yousaf leaves his greens

Grimsby becomes the first city to pay tourists £5 a day to visit

Man who botched making a cup of tea gets a re-straining order

Producers of King Arthur epic say it's not set in stone

Humza, You's Off

Sick notes only to be given out by coroners, says Sunak

Rishi Soon-out

Man who 'lit up every room' buried with his favourite torch

April Fools joke both funny and well executed



Picture credit: Deep Dream Generator


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Ignore any nonsense about the Popular Front for the People's Democracy, the Democratic People's Popular Front or the Popular Democratic People's Front winning the forthcoming elections.


It will be a walk-over for The Monster Raving Green Front.  Experienced commentators admit that they have no idea what policies or even general political orientation would be most popular with voters is at present, and the MRGF claim to have captured the mood of the electorate perfectly by having no idea what their own political orientation or policies are, either.


One leading political journalist has commented 'This is completely bonkers, and is therefore likely to be as accurate a prediction as that offered by any of my colleagues', provoking the response from Si Nicholl of the MRGF of 'This is completely untrue, and is precisely the opposite of what we stand for'.  This was immediately contradicted by a different spokesman from the party, who said 'Oh no it isn't - and we are completely united about this.'


'Well, fairly united.  Well, OK, slightly united.  At least, I think someone in the party agrees with it.  But at least we're consistent, and don't keep changing our minds.  Not at the moment, anyway.  At least, I don't think so.  By the way, you don't happen to know of any wealthy potential backers who're seeking a political party to promote their interests, do you?'



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