The Archbishop of Canterbury on… the Telegraph, nostalgic for being dangerously dehydrated

WAKING with a hangover so intense dogs can hear it and their owners are wondering why they are howling uncontrollably, I sip several gallons of mineral water and reflect on an encounter with Mr Andrew Burnham. 

I was commissioned by the Church Gazette to interview the newly elected Labour MP, who many believe is the prime minister in waiting. The interview took place in my office and proceeded as follows.

MYSELF: Good afternoon, Andrew.

BURNHAM: Oh, call me ‘Andy’.

MYSELF: So, Andrew. What can you tell me about yourself, your ideology, the difference you intend to make if appointed prime minister? 

BURNHAM: Well, I’m from the North. I like football and Britpop. 

MYSELF: Is that it?

BURNHAM: Oh, and I’m ‘Andy’. Please, call me Andy.

MYSELF: I’m not going to call you ‘Andy’, this isn’t fucking Australia! So, again, what policies do you intend to promote? Apart from being Northern?

BURNHAM: Well, there’s the football. And Britpop. And being called ‘Andy’. And let’s not forget, I’m Northern.

MYSELF: Sadly as far as I can see, you’re just another fucking white bloke in a suit and glasses who’s just going to do whatever the bond markets tell you, despite them not giving a shit about Britain. Correct?

BURNHAM: No, I’m from the North. Big change there.

MYSELF: Well, why don’t you fuck off back up there? 

[Interview terminated.] 

With a sigh, I take a light breakfast and peruse a periodical. Therein I read that Keir Starmer has resigned as Labour leader, claiming that he inherited a party that was ‘financially and morally bankrupt’.

Fuck me, you shabby little silverback shit, the lies continue right to the end of your wretched, murdering, flag-shagging, transphobic, old-people-freezing tenure, don’t they? Labour wasn’t financially bankrupt, it was bobbing along on honest money, subscriptions from members, who’ve left in droves! So now you’re relying on big donations from fucking private health companies and the like who, as we all know, do it out of the kindness of their fucking hearts! And if it was so morally bankrupt, how come you were on its fucking front bench cheering it along, you hypocritical cunt? Fuck off forever!

In the Telegraph, one Ysenda Maxtone Graham has written an article entitled ‘Heatwave hysterics wouldn’t have lasted a day in 1976’, asserting that children back then cheerily rode their bikes along dried-up riverbeds and soldiered on in hot classrooms without bottled water.

That’s right, ‘Ysenda’, advising children to drink water in temperatures of 38 degrees is just namby-pamby, cosseting wokeness gone mad and 70s kids were basically human dromedaries who could function without water for months on fucking end! Tell you what though, you keep up advice like this to the fucking Telegraph readership! Because the more stupid fascist old bastards who keel over from the heat before the next fucking general election, the fucking better!

Roisin Murphy, star of the discotheque circuit, has stated that trans activists are not welcome at any of her concerts. The singer has a long history of anti-trans posts.

What the fuck? Seriously, what the actual fuck? That’s like fucking Lemmy saying anyone in favour of heavy metal is no longer welcome at fucking Motörhead gigs! Have you listened to your own fucking music? Do you know the kind of people who listen to that music? Do you fucking think Graham Linehan, JK Rowling, Sharron Davies, the fucking corpse of Jenni Murray and the rest of the transphobic brigade are planning to dance the night away under the glitterball at any of your gigs? Not a fucking chance! You have performed what was thought to be an impossible fucking manoeuvre – you have fucked yourself up your own arse!

Finally, head of FIFA Gianni Infantino has claimed that the ‘hydration breaks’ introduced in the 2026 World Cup have nothing to do with creating extra opportunities for advertising.

As ever, you ghastly, slapheaded, comically evil little mini-Trump, you are lying like the lying cunt of a liar that you are! What the fuck is the need for hydration breaks in domed, air-conditioned stadia with the temperature set at 22 degrees? Everybody fucking knows it, everybody fucking hates it – fans, players, managers, viewers, everyone except the fucking moneysucking goblins determined to wring every last cent out of football at the expense of its fucking soul! No wonder you are fucking booed literally everywhere you go! I bet your fucking dog boos you when you get home!

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Seafood, and why you can never, ever trust it, by Harry Kane

HELLO! It’s lantern-jawed striker, England icon and seafood sceptic Harry Kane here, fresh off the back of a true World Cup classic against Ghana.

You probably know me from banging in the goals at Bayern or sacking off Tottenham because they were shit. But today I’m here to talk about my charity work. I already support many worthy causes, but today I’m launching my own campaign. And it is something very close to my heart. The Harry Kane Never, Ever Trust Seafood Society.

My personal history with edible sea creatures is long and traumatic. As a lad growing up in the East End of London. I was force-fed jellied eels by overeager relatives. I still remember the hot sting of pie crumbs, mash and liquor hitting my face as my Auntie Jean insisted they would ‘make me grow up big and strong’. To be fair she was right. I’m six-three, built like a garage and England’s top international goalscorer. But that’s not the point. 

It gave me a lifelong mistrust of seafood. In the chip shop I veer sharply towards a saveloy. Calamari – no thanks. Grilled red snapper on a Greek beach? Forget about it. And I’ve never met a bivalve mollusc I could look in the eye. If they have eyes. I’m not certain. Which is why I’m launching this campaign. To help people like me. Elite millionaire footballers who can’t stomach a tuna Niçoise.

It’s not merely a question of taste. We cannot ignore the effect food poisoning has on international football. After once trying Thomas Tuchel’s seared scallops in a pea puree my bowels exploded like a howitzer. He apologised profusely, but the entire team’s panicked toilet breaks every 15 minutes the next day surely contributed to our defeat by Japan. 

And remember that penalty I skied against France at the Qatar World Cup? That was only because I heard the French fans slowly chanting ‘dodgy seafood paella’. How they knew about my hellish toilet experiences on holiday in Marbella in 2017 I will never know, but it worked.

So next time you’re offering John Stones a sushi platter or trying to talk Bukayo Saka into ordering a lobster ravioli, stop and ask: what would the Never, Ever Trust Seafood Society think? Are you bringing back seafood-related childhood trauma? Are you inadvertently stopping England going through to next round?

All we ask for is a little awareness of aquatic food sources. Thank you for giving me this platform today. As opposed to giving me trout with dill cream and apple salad. God save the King.