Current Affairs


Outrage as Man in Union Jack Suit is Denied Entrance to Mosque

Posted on August 4, 2025

Demonstrations broke out yesterday after part-time conspiracy theorist and general psychopath, Frank Nuthouse, announced he had been "violated, disrespected and cancelled" after being politely refused entry to a mosque yesterday whilst wearing a head-to-toe Union Jack suit and cradling a dented can of Special Brew. Cultural Warrior Frank, who describes himself as a “Cultural warrior for weal Britain,” was reportedly attempting to "do ...

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The NHS and Living in a Tinnitus Paradise

Posted on August 2, 2025

I hear plenty of people tearing strips off the NHS. Yes, it has its flaws. It’s overstretched, underfunded, and sometimes feels like it runs on goodwill and duct tape—but here’s the truth. My recent experience was brilliant. It all started in spring when I went deaf in my left ear. Like any self-respecting British man in denial of mortality, I panicked. Convinced it was a an electrical fault in my head or a brain spider, I booked an ...

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When the Lionesses Make You Cry (and Other Middle-Aged Mysteries)

Posted on July 29, 2025

An Unexpected Tearjerker When Chloe Kelly smashed in her penalty on Sunday night, I felt that now-familiar surge of emotion. Bottom lip quivering, lump in the throat, the whole works. I don’t know why this keeps happening in my latter middle age. Maybe it’s hormones. Or maybe it’s the same reason I get choked up when someone fixes a dusty old jukebox on The Repair Shop or when the movie ‘Up’ comes on at Christmas. There’s ...

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Robbed Blind: How Norway Got Rich and We Got Gaslit

Posted on July 25, 2025

There are few things more depressing than watching a Simon Reeve documentary with the dawning realisation that your country has been run like a car boot sale by people who think “long-term strategy” means making it to Friday without a scandal. His recent journey through Norway was one of those eye-popping, blood-boiling spectacles that leaves you shouting at the telly, then Googling ‘Norway Wealth’ just to confirm he’s not lying. A ...

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The Great British Sewage Swindle

Posted on July 21, 2025

Nothing says “we mean business” like a government press release dripping with righteous fury at water companies… followed immediately by doing absolutely nothing to change the rotten system they helped create. Ministers are once again donning their hi-vis vests of performative outrage, promising fines, accountability, and tough talk about “cracking down” on those naughty water firms who—oopsie!—keep pumping raw sewage into our ...

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