Petrol still most reasonably-priced thing at service stations

DESPITE rising petrol prices it remains the only item at motorway service stations an average family can reasonably afford.

The Archbishop of Canterbury on… Nadine Dorries, an asset in what way exactly?

WAKING with a hangover so intense I shat out both my kidneys and an auxiliary third one I had transplanted, my mind turned to strangely relevant historical events.

Man holds whichever opinion is most likely to get him laid

A MAN’S values and worldviews lean towards whichever ones stand the best chance of resulting in sex, it has emerged.

This is ideal gilet weather, says gilet wearer

A HABITUAL wearer of gilets has informed all his colleagues that the early autumn chill is the ideal season for the wearing of a gilet.

Seven reasons Trump is the last person you need commenting on a shooting
THE politically-motivated killing of a controversial figure requires careful handling. Unfortunately Trump is president. Here are the woefully inappropriate ways he’ll react.
Arthur or Martha, make your f**king minds up: The gammon food critic's fusion experience

NOTHING can be as nature intended these days. Women who think they're men. Men who think they're women. The 'gender neutral' lot who claim to be neither when a quick look in their pants would clear it up once and for all. 

Man maintains eye contact throughout sex

A MAN has decided sex will be more pleasurable and meaningful if he stares into his partner's eyes throughout it.

Mandelson checks diabolical cycle to see when he'll rise again

LORD Mandelson has prepared his coffin, checked the ancient Cyclus Diabolicus, set an alarm and settled down for when he is next needed.

Six pathetic British right-wingers trying to make this all about them

A CHAMPION of guns has been shot dead by a gun in the land of guns, and 4,000 miles away these British right-wing figureheads are making it all about them.

Robert Smith, and other artists too old for their original image

SOME artists insist on clinging to the same image they had 20 years ago or more, and the results are often distressing. Here are some who need a rethink.

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Politics

Starmer broke the bad news with a Greggs

THE prime minister decided to break the bad news to Angela Rayner that her political career is over with a comforting steak bake.

Nadine Dorries joins Reform to get over Boris

NADINE Dorries has defected to Reform in order to move on from her feelings for Boris Johnson, she has admitted.

Angela Rayner a warning to working-classes not to get clever with money

THE deputy prime minister’s stamp duty has provided a valuable warning to the working-classes never to get clever with their money.

‘I'm wearing a Union Jack butt plug right now': your Labour MP's patriotism, based on their flags

KEIR Starmer and Yvette Cooper are boasting of how many Union Jacks they own. Obviously patriotism is directly proportional to flag ownership, so how does your Labour MP fare?

Labour's migrant clampdown, explained by a patriot who doesn't believe a word of it

LABOUR? Having a migrant clampdown? Doing one thing and saying the other mate, I should know, I voted for Boris and Brexit. Here’s what’s really happening.

They simply couldn't be f**ked, and other honest reasons someone didn't text you back
RECEIVED an apologetic text from a friend explaining why they didn’t respond sooner? Ignore their lies. These are the real reasons people are slow to reply.

Society

First guest to turn up at party always worst

THE first person to arrive at any house party is always someone the hosts already regretted inviting, research has shown.

Man officially too old to discuss drugs with younger generation

A MILLENNIAL has accepted his age after attempts to talk about drugs with younger colleagues left him sounding like a police officer.

'Hello? Police? There's been a tweet': how to make that call we all dread

YOU never thought it would happen to you, but it has: you’ve seen a tweet which could be viewed as an incitement to violence. Time to call the police.

'My hometown is shittier than yours,' insists Briton proudly

TWO men who hail from shit British towns are locked in argument about whose town of origin is the shittest, onlookers have confirmed.

Britain's Summer of Rage given two-star rating

BRITAIN’S much-hyped Summer of Rage was a disappointing let-down worth only two stars out of five, it has been revealed.

Lifestyle

How to drink 15 cans of Monster responsibly: A government guide

UNDER-16s will will no longer be able to buy energy drinks, but there’s no reason adults can’t continue to enjoy them responsibly as part of a high-caffeine diet. Here’s how.

Pillow fights in frilly nightgowns: what happens on a girls' night by Roy Hobbs, aged 59

RETIRED rail porter Roy Hobbs knows exactly what happens on these so-called girls’ nights, and it’s not just Netflix and ‘a chat about work’. He exposes the truth.

Six places you can demand to take your f**king dog now

THE UK is now pandering to dog-lovers to the extent there’s barely a place your nasty yapping mutt isn’t allowed. These locations are pathetically dog-friendly.

'Dickheads' and other more accurate terms to describe performative males

MEN who insincerely adopt female-friendly behaviours to attract women have been labelled ‘performative males’. However these far better terms exist.

Friend who claims to be okay thinking of living on a houseboat

A FRIEND who says they are fine is nevertheless considering moving out of their flat to live on a houseboat, it has emerged.

Five things that are better than sex with you, specifically

SEX is widely regarded as extremely enjoyable, unless it’s with you. In which case these activities are suddenly much more appealing.

We ask you: what are you betting on with horse racing on strike?
BRITISH horse racing is staging a one-day strike, leaving millions of gamblers with no option but to find new wagers. What are you losing a grand on today?

Sport

We ask you: who should your football club wildly lash out £68 million on in a last, desperate lunge for success?

THE transfer deadline is upon us, making it imperative your club blows multiple millions on a player with a record of six goals in the Belgian second tier. But who?

Why haven't United sacked their manager yet? Six reasons

RUBEN Amorim’s Manchester United have lost their first game one-nil to a team widely tipped as title contenders and yet he remains in post. Why?

Six traumatic memories from taking your child to his first football match

YOUR son’s first football match should be a wonderful bonding experience you’ll treasure forever, but instead all this shit happens.

Man heroically keeping his real opinion about the penalties to himself

A MAN with an extensive knowledge of football is patriotically refusing to voice his real views on the quality of yesterday’s penalty shootout.

Women maxed out on footballing inspiration

ENGLAND’S women have admitted they have reached a saturation point of being inspired by the Lionesses’ heroics.

Women better than men, again

WOMEN are officially much better than men, the Euro 25 final has proved for the second time.

Seven easy steps to uprooting your life and moving to a better NHS trust
NHS TRUST league tables have been published, so it’s never been easier to change your location to get the best medical care. Here’s what you should do.

Science & Technology

We must stop children using VPNs to watch porn, says generation protected from it by a high shelf

YOUNG people must be stopped from using VPNs to access online porn, middle-aged people only barred from it by shelf-height and shame have asserted.

The Gen Z guide to overcoming your terror of using a phone to talk to someone

A NUMBER of schools have given teenagers conversation lessons to overcome their anxiety about speaking to an actual person about Clearing. Here are some extra tips.

Mobile phone more powerful than computer that sent man to the Moon unable to cope with 30-degree heat

A PHONE with more processing power than our space-faring ancestors had access to has been defeated by a hot afternoon.

Professions you'd be delighted to see destroyed by AI

THE effect of AI on jobs is expected to be bad. But having said that, there are some professions we’d be happy to see gone forever. Such as these…

We got the idea of a racist biker gang running Gaza aid from Altamont, says Israel
ISRAEL has confirmed it took the idea of hiring Islam-hating biker gang the Infidels to run Gaza food aid from the Rolling Stones gig that ended the 60s.

Arts & Entertainment

Radiohead tour to confirm their position as the poor man's Oasis

DERIVATIVE pub rockers Radiohead are touring this autumn, in what is expected to be a pale imitation of Oasis’s triumphant comeback.

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, and four other stars deluded enough to try serious acting

DWAYNE ‘The Rock’ Johnson, who has been very successful portraying a wall of muscle, now wishes to be a serious actor. He and we will both regret it, as with these.

Has Sabrina Carpenter done sex? An investigation

POP star Sabrina Carpenter’s new album has fans theorising that she may, at some point, have had sexual intercourse. But can we be certain? Let’s examine the evidence.

Taylor Swift, and other musicians who are a bit f**ked without bad relationships

WILL Taylor Swift’s engagement leave her without crap relationships to write songs about? None of these artists would have enjoyed the same success without miserable love lives.

Deftones, and other bands for grown adults who dress like skateboarding teenagers

BOUGHT the latest Deftones album because you were cool once and yearn to be again? The fanbases of these bands cling to youth in the most obnoxious sartorial way possible.

You are f**k all like Taylor Swift, pupils remind English teachers
ENGLISH teachers likening themselves to Taylor Swift after the star referred to herself as ‘your English teacher’ have been sternly informed they can f**k off.

Business

Your imbecilic, half-witted and frankly bigoted ideas for the UK's new banknotes

THE Bank of England, learning nothing from Boaty McBoatface, invited the public to send in ideas for a major redesign of banknotes. This is why they wish they hadn’t.

Geekification of British men almost complete, announces Games Workshop

GAMES Workshop has announced its profits are up by a third and its transformation of Britain into a nation of geeks nears completion.

Why nobody must be punished for the Post Office scandal, by anyone in any kind of power

THERE is loose talk of penance. Of ‘having to pay’. But as a person who has done well in life, I believe we cannot punish anyone involved in the Post Office scandal.

'Proposing to my girlfriend after a romantic dinner of Bombay Bad Boy': Readers share their treasured Poundland memories

POUNDLAND is closing 68 stores, leaving many Britons bereft without their beloved cheap shit retailer. They share their moving stories of how Poundland touched their lives.

Couple start business together because they're in love

A COUPLE who believe that anything is achievable when you’re in deeply in love are proving it by starting a business.

Why a close friend of Jeffrey Epstein was the perfect choice as ambassador to the US, by Keir Starmer
DIPLOMACY is tough. You need people who get on perfectly with their hosts while always putting your interests first. People who can fit in anywhere. People like Peter Mandelson.

Work

Best career motivation is manager who's a complete prick

THERE is no better motivation to get promoted, change career or finally start your own business than having an utter arsehole as your manager, experts have confirmed.

Your salary safe from inflation, reassure bosses

THE 3.8 per cent rise in inflation will not trigger any confusing rises in your take-home pay, the UK’s employers have confirmed.

Manager accused of gaslighting proves staff wrong by denying reality and shifting blame

A RETAIL manager accused of gaslighting his staff hit back by outlining a compelling new narrative which proved they had invented the whole thing to hurt him.

Five homeworker hot weather outfits you were hoping other people wouldn't see

HAVE you been working from home and slobbing out in a state of undress due to the warm spell? Prepare to panic when a surprise visit or an Zoom call exposes one of these outfits.

White-collar worker fantasising about manual job he wouldn’t last five minutes in

A PAMPERED office worker is daydreaming of ditching his desk job for manual labour that would immediately destroy him.

Announcing your colonoscopy in morning meetings, and other ways to overshare at work

WORKMATES not got a lot going on? Treat them to every twist in your wild rollercoaster life with regular updates. These methods let you build insights into your life into your day.

Alcohol

Everyone paying for what they had is a sign one person got shitfaced

WHENEVER a group of diners decide to pay for exactly what each has consumed it is because one of the group got f**king wrecked, it has been confirmed.

Wine aisle adorned with 'Back 2 Skool' signage

SUPERMARKET wine aisles are currently covered with the same ‘Back to School’ promotional displays as aisles selling pencil cases and backpacks.

Legend finds way to go hard and go home at same time

A MAN believes he has discovered a bold new frontier of nights out by going hard and going home simultaneously.

We ask you: what event are you pairing with this weekend's alcohol?

BLAZING sun compels every Briton to indulge in alcohol at an event designed for same, whether called ‘Trudy’s wedding’ or ‘Glyndebourne’. What’s yours?

BuzzBallz: Your guide to surviving the unprecedented threat of 13.5% alcohol

A DANGEROUS new novelty drink, BuzzBallz, is sweeping the UK, the media has warned us. So is there any way to prevent this sherry-strength alcopop ruining your life? Try these measures.

Epstein book to be this year's Christmas bestseller
A 50TH birthday book created for Jeffrey Epstein of messages from the great and good to their favourite millionaire pimp will make an ideal gift this Christmas.