The art of the steal
Where most see a humanitarian catastrophe, Trump sees a real estate opportunity
Read moreDetailsDespite studying classics at university, Roger has somehow managed to avoid becoming prime minister. Technologist and coder by day, he spends his spare time trying to scrape humour from the political barrel. Or at least he would do if the dog would leave him alone for five minutes.
Where most see a humanitarian catastrophe, Trump sees a real estate opportunity
Read moreDetailsIn the wake of Donald Trump’s stupefying comments on the worst US air disaster in years, we ask: is meritocracy...
Read moreDetailsSunak as Tom Cruise? Starmer as Jack Nicholson? No wonder we can't handle the truth when it comes to tax...
Read moreDetailsLabour argues that change is stability, while the Tories argue that no change is the change that is needed –...
Read moreDetailsYou have to hand it to the Tory PR team, they've already produced the defining image of the general election!
Read moreDetailsWith the Tories splitting into more factions and Sunak demonstrating how bad he is at being PM, it’s no wonder...
Read moreDetailsThe idea that the Conservatives can get over their electile dysfunction with another little blue pillock is ludicrous
Read moreDetailsAll is not well in Toryland as polling indicates impending disaster for Sunak while Starmer munches popcorn in the wings
Read moreDetailsPerhaps the Mone affair will shine more light on the incompetence and corruption of this government and hasten its inevitable...
Read moreDetailsAgent Sunak finds himself in a world of subterfuge and chicanery as the Five Families convene to seal his fate
Read moreDetailsWith Johnson bowled out and Sunak lumbered with spinal injuries, economic rainclouds are threatening to flood the pitch
Read moreDetailsAs the most calamitous politician of the era ignominiously hangs up his socks, is there any hope left for satirists?
Read moreDetailsBraverman, Boris and the Blob: events in Westminster are increasingly resembling a satirist’s fever dream
Read moreDetailsThe government might have you believe that they hold absolutely no responsibility for anything they’ve been in charge of for...
Read moreDetailsDominic Raab has finally had the good grace to resign, although he has thoroughly failed to do it in good...
Read moreDetailsRoger Winterbottom ponders the great paradoxes of our times: when is free speech not free speech? When is cruelty compassion?...
Read moreDetails“That is a disgrace!” – a saga of radically left-wing bond traders, centrist sleeper agents, pork markets, microaggressions and a...
Read moreDetailsEx-chancellor finally cut loose. Ex-PM thinks he’s still got his old one. Minister levelling up the north by digging up...
Read moreDetailsIt looks like the only trust the Conservatives understand is an offshore one, and accountability means blaming one’s accountant
Read moreDetailsAs short memories of his last reign of error fade, is the former PM showing them pearly whites as he...
Read moreDetailsIs the government providing a ‘minimal level of service’? Is it delivering value for money or should it perhaps be...
Read moreDetailsRoyal revelations, meaningless promises and empty slogans, Roger Winterbottom does the maths on the week’s news!
Read moreDetailsRoger Winterbottom takes a satirical look at the Downing Street party scandal and wonders where it will end
Read moreDetailsThere have been contradicting statements about the Christmas party at Downing Street last year - so what really happened?
Read moreDetailsAfter weeks of sleaze and broken manifesto promises Johnson's disastrous speech prompts the nation to ask, "Is everything OK prime...
Read moreDetailsKeir Starmer’s speech was trailed as being his make-or-break moment yet he managed to undermine his own conference by getting...
Read moreDetailsRoger Winterbottom writes about the cabinet reshuffle, the increase in energy prices and certain MPs' refusal to wear masks. 'Do...
Read moreDetailsAfter several days of feverish feculation in the press, Boris Johnson has at last unveiled his long-awaited plan: to lose...
Read moreDetailsRoger Winterbottom takes a satirical look at the week's events which ended with calls for the resignation of Foreign Secretary...
Read moreDetailsWhat will the Johnson government will stand for? What is 'Johnsonism' and is it more than just a vacuous slogan?
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