I paid £4,150 to see the Northern Lights in 2018, and I feel a right twat now

SO the Northern Lights are back. Big f**king deal, you might say. Well, it is for those of us who blew four grand to see the f**kers in Norway seven years ago.

Kicking Starmer out is a pleasure reserved for us, electorate tells Streeting

THE voting public has told Wes Streeting to halt his leadership manoeuvres because ousting Starmer is their job and will be their delight.

Trump's BBC libel suit: how it wouldn't work

TRUMP believes he has ‘an obligation’ to sue the BBC for ‘defrauding’ viewers. Here’s how that libel action cannot possibly work.

The big question: what can the different party leaders do for your tits?

AS former breast-expanding hypnotherapist Zach Polanski’s Greens rise in the polls, we examine what political leaders can do for the size, lift and morale of your knockers.

How on earth are my 22 St George's flags intimidating? By a disingenuous twat
SO ethnic minority NHS staff doing home visits are intimidated by my flags? I don’t get it. Why be scared of a flag that just means you like England and nothing else?
Man afraid his 12-year marriage is a romance scam

A MAN is concerned that his marriage, which he has been in for 12 years after being together for three years, ticks every box required to be a romance scam.

Licence payers thank Daily Telegraph for costing them a billion dollars

THE UK’s licence payers have thanked the Daily Telegraph for its sterling work costing them almost the entire annual budget of BBC1.

Boyfriend can hear bra unhooking from five rooms away

A MAN’S hearing is so sensitive that he can detect a bra being unhooked from the other side of the house, his girlfriend has confirmed.

Woman who explored her sexuality bitterly disappointed by results

A WOMAN who set out to voyage into the myriad mysteries of her sexual preferences is devastated to find she is uninterestingly straight.

Give him a nasty gold prize: remarkably easy ways for the BBC to defuse the Trump situation

PRESIDENT Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for one billion dollars for saying he did things he actually, provably did. However, he is easily placated.

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Politics

Bet this'll distract from my rental scandal, says Reeves

RACHEL Reeves has decided that a programme of massive tax rises is the best way to distract Britain from her renting a home without a licence.

Raised eyebrow to cardiac arrest: how shocked are you that Brexit failing isn't Brexiters' fault?

NIGEL Farage has rightly pointed out that Brexit opportunities have been ‘squandered’ and Brexiters are in no way responsible. How shocked are you by these undeniable truths?

Reeves to stay due to popular demand

THE prime minister has decided not to sack Rachel Reeves because you all love her so much and she is doing a great job.

Oh for f**k's sake, we would never have hyped a Caerphilly by-election if Reform weren't going to win it

ARE you taking the f**king piss, Wales? You think we’d have bothered covering a by-election in bloody Caerphilly if Reform weren’t going to win?

How to be less racist about the Welsh: A guide for Reform politicians

TODAY'S Caerphilly by-election could be a step towards Reform winning the most seats in Wales, polls suggest. But as a party known for their old-school prejudices, here is some advice for candidates.

Mash Blind Date: 'I told her I was six foot two. I'm five foot two. Hope she isn't prejudiced'
SHORT king Oliver O’Connor, aged 29, neglected to mention his regal lack of stature to date Grace Wood-Morris, aged 32. Will she notice?

Society

AI, vaping, never getting a mortgage: the subjects added to the school curriculum

THE English curriculum is to be changed to remove double Latin with Michael Gove to instead reflect the realities of the 21st century. These are the new subjects.

Old people mainly miserable and boring, young report

A NEW survey has found that despite their reputation for cuddly chat and homespun wisdom, the majority of those aged 60 or over are glum, boring moaners.

'Norfolk: a place for disgrace and exile' is county's new slogan

RESIDENTS of Norfolk are delighted their county has been chosen as the location where a disgraced sex case is to live out his miserable, banished life.

Could he not be called 'Andrew' as well? ask Britain's Andrews

THE nation’s Andrews have asked King Charles if he could also change his brother’s first name to avoid the association.

Staff at old people's home unsure how to decorate for Halloween

CARE home workers are struggling to decorate their premises for Halloween without reminding residents of their imminent demise, it has emerged.

Are you right-wing enough to become the next BBC director general?
YOU might be the most right-wing person in your local branch of Wetherspoons at 2.45pm on a Monday, but are you right-wing enough to run the BBC? Find out.

Lifestyle

'I stopped getting off my tits on E because you were born, and I resent it' say dads inspired by John Lewis advert

FATHERS emboldened by the Christmas John Lewis advert have told their children how deeply they resent being dragged away from lives of ecstatic hedonism.

I tried living on just £1m a year with free accommodation like Andrew, and it was hell

THE rules were clear. I would live in a large country cottage rent-free with an income equivalent to £1 million a year. Easy, I thought. Never imagining the living hell I would enter.

Five of the best haircuts if you never want to have sex again

EXHAUSTED by all the sex you're getting? Start living like a monk by asking your barber for these hairstyles.

A woman's guide to what men do in the shower

EVER wondered why the man in your life takes so long showering? Here are the things he's doing in the bathroom he'd rather you didn't know about.

Run squawking through an Edinburgh Wool Mill and a fetish shop: how to get Claudia's Traitors style

CLAUDIA Winkleman’s outfits on The Traitors have ordinary people aghast and divorced authoritarian middle-managers wondering how to get the look. Follow these tips.

Remembering which Star Wars films are good, and other mental loads carried by the man in relationships
WOMEN complain they shoulder the bulk of the mental load in relationships, while men quietly, heroically, make sure they never have to worry about these considerations.

Relationships

Why exes should be granted visitation rights after post-break-up boob jobs, by a man

IMAGINE you’re selling your old Fiat Panda. You agree a price, but as the new owner drives it away it transforms into a top-of-the-range Audi. That is what a post-break-up boob job is like for men.

Woman instinctively hates girl her boyfriend would fancy

A WOMAN has developed an immediate fiery hatred for another woman purely on the basis that her boyfriend would 100 per cent fancy her.

Nipple-sucking during sex actually quite odd

SUCKLING at a woman’s nipple while making love, long accepted as a normal bedroom activity, is weird when you think about it according to sexual health experts.

Work-life balance finally achieved by f**king boss

A MAN has achieved the perfect balance between his working life and his personal life by beginning an affair with his boss.

'I like a larger Harley Quinn': Your guide to getting laid at comic conventions

LONDON recently hosted Comic Con, and such events are heaving with people cosplaying characters you may well fancy. Here’s how to pull your own Poison Ivy or Kylo Ren.

Is your wife or girlfriend really a man? A guide for concerned male partners

BRIGITTE Macron is suing over claims that she used to be a man, which is highly unlikely but can easily play on a man's mind. Here's how to tell if your partner is the sex they claim to be.

Florence + The Machine, and other artists so irritating you'd swear you shared a student house with them
ONLY musicians and students can indulge in being wilfully obnoxious as a personality. Each of these brings back memories of an arsehole housemate.

Science & Technology

All women's sexts peer reviewed

WOMEN have confirmed every sexually explicit text message they send goes through comprehensive rounds of group evaluation.

Internet outage provides tantalising glimpse of a world without this bullshit

YESTERDAY’S widespread internet outage has offered the world a fleeting vision of the paradise life could be if not deluged with endless online bollocks.

Once I can get personalised AI erotica, how am I ever expected to leave the house?

GREAT. Now I can specify my erotic needs – Scarlett Johansson, H-cups, PSCO outfit – and ChatGPT will spin up a bespoke scenario. And I’m meant to leave the house?

The seven stages of your workplace getting obsessed with AI then realising it's bollocks

ANYONE with a job is likely to have witnessed managers gushing about AI then quietly ditching the idea. See where your employer is in the cycle of AI hype.

Quantum mechanics, and other things that are simple if you're thick

NOBEL Prizes are being given out, but do not impress Britain’s many idiots who believe anything they fail to understand is simple. Wayne Hayes explains why they’re bollocks.

Every other manager in Britain also under pressure to resign for saying Trump did coup
FOLLOWING a brace of BBC resignations, every other manager in the UK who believed Trump tried to overturn an election is now under pressure to do the same.

Arts & Entertainment

Six features of anime that its adult fans are oddly reluctant to talk about

ANIME is hugely popular with Gen Z, and with many adults who choose to gloss over many of the genre’s more questionable aspects. These are not often discussed:

Bands with 'Boys' in their name, ranked from rock hard to soft as shite

THEY term themselves ‘boys’ but is the collective noun as in ‘or we’ll get the boys round’ or ‘boys, are you playing nicely’? We sort the boys from the men using it ironically.

The Wombles, and other fictional bands more terrifying than anything AI is coming up with

COMPUTERS may be generating nightmare fuel images and weird non-existent bands, but humans are perfectly capable of creating disturbing musical horrors on their own. As these acts prove.

The top five Halloween movies to start your kids on the tragic path to being a goth

HALLOWEEN is the perfect time for a spooky film with the kids. But could it inadvertently lead to them becoming goths? Think twice before settling down with these…

We ask you: would you listen to Lily Allen's new album if it wasn't for all the divorce gossip?

LILY Allen has re-entered the musical fray with a new album detailing her traumatic, salacious breakup. Is that why you're listening?

Six reasons why solo gig-going is cool and not desperate, by a man without friends

SHARING a live music experience with friends is overrated. Here's why it's actually better and cooler to go by yourself.

Middle-aged man still wearing blue because blue is for boys
THE fashion decisions of a 48-year-old man are still dictated by his belief that blue is for boys and all other colours are troublingly feminine.

Celebrity

We ask you: Should Andrew be forced to have a shittier surname?

NO longer Prince Andrew or the Duke of York, the shamed Royal is still called Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. Should these fancy surnames be removed as well?

I'm totally anonymous now. I could be right behind you and you'd never know. By Andrew

THEY’VE taken it all away from me. My Princehood, my Dukedom, my HRH. And now I’m completely anonymous. I could be anywhere. I could be in the room with you now.

To be fair you'd cheat on Lily Allen too. By David Harbour

I SEE Lily has treated the breakdown of our relationship with the respect it deserves, which is to say, by writing a song about my butt plugs. There’s a bit about a vasectomy as well, is there? Great.

We ask you: who could possibly replace Claudia Winkleman and the other one on Strictly?

CLAUDIA Winkleman and her blonde co-presenter are leaving Strictly Come Dancing and unless they are replaced the BBC is doomed. Who could do it?

Your astrological week ahead for November 8th, with Psychic Bob
‘Ratajkowski? Now that’s one Emily I’d like to get my dick in, son!’ you say but, the lads being largely ignorant of 19th century American poets, not one of them gets it.

Work

'It's a no-brainer' says co-worker with no brain

AN office worker has exposed his lack of mental faculties by describing the solution to a complicated work problem as a 'no-brainer'.

Piss-taking boss expects you to work after lunch

YOUR boss is unfairly expecting you to work at your desk without falling asleep after you have eaten lunch, it has emerged.

Middle manager trials good mood

A MIDDLE manager is experimenting with being pleasant to his staff in a bid to improve their productivity, it has emerged.

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.

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.

Woman puts boyfriend on Vinted
A WOMAN believes her boyfriend, who she has outgrown and no longer really suits her, can still earn her a few quid on the popular resale app Vinted.

Alcohol

Vermouth and Vimto: Five cocktails to make when you're hammered and you've drunk all the good stuff

HOME from the pub but don’t want the party to end yet? Behold, five questionable mixers you can make without nipping back out to the corner shop.

How to get ripped without giving up booze: Pete Hegseth's high-alcohol workout

ANYONE else sick of gym bros saying you need to give up booze to get shredded? I’ve made heavy drinking part of my workout and I’m fitter than a Navy SEAL. You can be too.

Young people not drinking very specific acceptable amount of alcohol

YOUNG people are either exceeding or falling short of the specific amount of acceptable alcohol consumption older generations dictate, they have admitted.

Wayne Rooney, and five other people it wouldn't surprise you to learn were pissed throughout

WAYNE Rooney has admitted drinking throughout his Manchester United career, explaining a great deal. Perhaps these other luminaries were smashed the whole time.

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.

We ask you: How will you satisfy your thirst for depravity now Grand Theft Auto VI is delayed?
GRAND Theft Auto VI will not now be released until next November. How will you slake your degenerate urges until then?