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UN Corrects 457-Year-Old Map

Alan Nafzger

UN Corrects 457-Year-Old Map While Humanity Politely Waits for Everything Else General Assembly votes 164-1 to make Africa geographically accurate, raising hopes that war, famine and nuclear proliferation can eventually be addressed once Greenland is returned to regulation size Humanity received encouraging news this week after the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly backed the Equal Earth map projection, demonstrating that an organization routinely confronted with wars, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, mass…

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Labour’s New Staycation Scheme

Alan Nafzger

Labour Announces Bold New Staycation Scheme: Just Never Actually Leave the Airport Millions of Brits who saved all year for two weeks in Alicante get an all-inclusive package at Gatwick’s departures floor instead, courtesy of a government that owns 49% of the reason you’re still here For decades, the British holidaymaker has followed a sacred, unbroken ritual. Save all year. Argue with the family about whether to bring the big…

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NATS Boss Given One Week to Investigate

Camden Rose

NATS Boss Given One Week to Investigate NATS Boss, Promises NATS Boss Full Cooperation Britain pioneers revolutionary accountability system in which management interrogates itself until everyone’s holiday is over LONDON. Britain’s latest air-traffic-control failure cancelled roughly 1,300 flights in a single day, stranded passengers across the country and produced perhaps the boldest experiment in modern accountability: allowing management time to investigate management. A technical failure at NATS disrupted major British…

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English Wine Thrives While Beer Suffers

Alan Nafzger

English Wine Thrives While Beer Suffers, Climate Change Officially Joins the Upper Middle Class Heatwave favours sparkling wine over barley as British weather develops membership at Waitrose WEST SUSSEX. England’s record-breaking summer has produced promising conditions for sparkling wine while damaging barley yields, suggesting climate change has stopped being politically neutral and joined a household with a Labrador and an Aga. English winemakers expect an exceptional 2026 vintage, with Nyetimber…

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Harry Declared Private Citizen

Alan Nafzger

Harry Declared Private Citizen, British Press Assigns 63 Reporters to Document His Privacy Duke schedules public charity appearances while newspapers investigate baffling possibility that private citizens occasionally leave home LONDON. Prince Harry has been formally characterised as a private citizen while announcing a series of public charitable engagements, causing Britain’s royal-media industry to experience the constitutional equivalent of dividing by zero. Harry is expected to attend Invictus-related events, launch an…

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Bayeux Tapestry Monetising Losing to France

Alan Nafzger

Bayeux Tapestry Arrives in Britain, Public Queues Nine Hours to Review Country’s 1066 Performance British Museum turns Norman conquest into hottest ticket in London, finally monetising losing to France LONDON. The Bayeux Tapestry has gone on public display in Britain for the first time, allowing thousands of Britons to queue enthusiastically for the opportunity to inspect documentary evidence that their ancestors lost badly in 1066. Demand has been extraordinary. Tens…

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England Gives Mayors Power to Tax Tourists

Dr. Ingrid Gustafsson, Ph.D.

England Gives Mayors Power to Tax Tourists, Municipal Marxists Discover Visitors Are Capitalists With Suitcases Burnham’s great devolution experiment hands power-drunk local politicians an uncapped new tourist-tax lever, because nothing says “Welcome to England” quite like discovering the mayor has added himself to your hotel bill MANCHESTER, ENGLAND — Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government has announced that English mayors will be allowed to impose an Overnight Visitor Levy on hotels…

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Masked Protesters Shut Dover

Yasmina Khan

Masked Protesters Shut Dover, Westminster Horrified Citizens Have Located the Border Labour Says the Dover Border Crisis Is Improving Because Britain Is Now Losing Control More Efficiently DOVER, ENGLAND — Britain’s long-running experiment in managing illegal immigration through press releases, ministerial adjectives and very expensive conversations with France encountered an unexpected complication Saturday: several hundred people apparently decided to visit the border themselves. Masked demonstrators dressed in black blocked roads leading…

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Britain Invents Tourist Tax

Caitlin Moran

Britain Invents Tourist Tax After Discovering Foreigners Still Had Money When They Left English mayors to receive new power ensuring visitors experience local government as thoroughly as they experience local attractions MANCHESTER. England’s regional mayors are being handed powers to impose a levy on overnight visitors, after officials discovered tourists were occasionally leaving British hotels with small quantities of money still in their possession. The Overnight Visitor Levy is part…

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Britain Stabs Israel in the Back

Alan Nafzger

Britain Sides with Hamas and Stabs Israel in the Back, Labour Checks Whether the Knife Polls Well in Birmingham Government unveils courageous new Middle East doctrine of sanctioning Israeli settlements while nervously watching Muslim voters, Greens and pro-Gaza independents approach the ballot box Britain dramatically escalated its confrontation with Israel this week by announcing plans to ban imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, proving once again that when the…

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NATS Meltdown

Alan Nafzger

Government Owns 49% of NATS, Uses Remaining 51% as Excuse Not to Fire Anyone Martin Rolfe gets one week to investigate his own organisation as Britain’s golden share continues its distinguished career as office décor LONDON — Britain responded to another national air-traffic-control collapse with the calm efficiency for which it is famous: more than 2,000 flights were cancelled, hundreds of thousands of passengers were disrupted, and the man running…

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Britain Grounds 2,000 Flights

Alan Nafzger

Britain Grounds 2,000 Flights, Gives Air Traffic Boss One Week to Investigate Suspicious Man in His Mirror State-owned-by-almost-half monopoly celebrates third major disruption in three years by reminding stranded passengers to contact somebody else LONDON, ENGLAND — Britain’s air traffic control system suffered an hours-long failure Tuesday that disrupted approximately 2,000 flights across Tuesday and Wednesday, stranded hundreds of thousands of travellers and caused Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander to summon…

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Henry VIII’s Lost Castle Found

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Henry VIII’s Lost Castle Found Inside Another Castle, Britain Discovers Tudors Invented Architectural Recycling by Stealing Buildings Researchers trace stones from vanished Sandown Castle across Kent, suggesting Henry VIII’s fortress did not disappear so much as enter the British property market one brick at a time Fox News reports that researcher Dr Christopher Moore has traced masonry from Henry VIII‘s long-lost Sandown Castle to Dover Castle and several other locations…

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Dachshund Researchers Discover Garden Hole Leading to Australia

Alan Nafzger

Dachshund Researchers Discover Garden Hole Leading Directly to Australia, Immediately Bark at Kangaroo Sausage-shaped scientists confirm Australia really is “Down Under” and demand funding for a much larger shovel BRISTOL, ENGLAND — A team of dachshund researchers has discovered that a hole beneath a suburban garden leads directly to Australia, finally proving that geography teachers have been keeping the exciting parts of geography secret. The discovery was made by Professor…

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Spain Announces Border Now Completely Secure

Siobhan O’Donnell

Month After 72,000 Migrants Cross Into Ceuta, Spain Announces Border Now Completely Secure Except for the Part Where 72,000 Migrants Crossed It Madrid says most migrants have returned, millions are being spent, committees have been established and normality will resume just as soon as somebody locates it More than a month after an estimated 72,000 migrants crossed from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Madrid has announced that the…

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Britain Horrified to Discover Andrew Is Happy

Lotte Heidenreich

Britain Horrified to Discover Andrew Is Happy, Has a Girlfriend and May Be House-Hunting Somewhere Sunny Nation Demands Immediate Investigation Into How Man Stripped of Royal Titles Has Somehow Retained Access to Women, Aeroplanes and Lunch Britain awoke to a fresh constitutional emergency after reports suggested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may be committing an act many assumed had been permanently removed along with his royal titles: enjoying himself. The original NewsNation report, as…

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Ceuta Border Surge

Mei Lin Chen

Ceuta Border Surge: Madrid Issues Updated Diplomatic Phrasebook Pedro Sánchez finds no solid proof Morocco orchestrated July’s crossing, days after a police report catalogued a remarkable quantity of things that merely happened to occur MADRID — Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez has told parliament there is no solid evidence that July’s mass crossing into Ceuta was planned or carried out by Moroccan authorities, and that no institution, diplomatic service or international…

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The George Inn, Southwark

Julie de Burgh

The George Inn, Southwark: Where London Bridge Is Falling Down But The Prices Are Standing Firm Quick Facts: The George Inn, Southwark Address: George Inn Yard, 77 Borough High Street, Southwark, London SE1 1NH Phone: +44 20 7407 2056 Nearest station: London Bridge (2-minute walk) Opening hours: Monday–Thursday 11:00 AM–11:00 PM, Friday–Saturday 11:00 AM–Midnight, Sunday Noon–10:30 PM Owner: National Trust, leased to brewer Greene King Price range: ££ (moderate — you’re paying for the beams as…

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Zendaya Weds Tom Holland at 400-Acre Estate

Chelsea Bloom

Zendaya Weds Tom Holland at 400-Acre Estate After Wedding Planner Concludes a Normal Hotel Might Make the Groom Too Easy to Find Secret Surrey do requires five-star manor, private cinema, golf course and enough countryside to ensure Spider-Man can attend without being spotted behind the floral arrangements SURREY — Zendaya and Tom Holland reportedly celebrated their marriage at Beaverbrook, the spectacular five-star Surrey country estate where privacy isn’t measured in curtains…

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Folkestone Restaurants Rebranded as Full English Riviera

Megan Amram

Tourism board unveils new identity for the town’s hotels and dining scene, spends entire budget on the launch dinner FOLKESTONE, Kent – The Folkestone Tourism Board unveiled its new international campaign on Monday, rebranding the town as “The Full English Riviera” and immediately spending the entire marketing budget on a launch dinner that required four venues, two hotels, and a formal apology to the tide. The campaign, aimed at continental…

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UK Time Now: Pub O’Clock

Morag Sinclair

UK Time Now: Pub O’Clock Britain replaces Greenwich Mean Time with the only national standard its citizens have consistently respected LONDON — Britain has formally introduced “Pub O’Clock” after government researchers discovered that Greenwich Mean Time was accurate, internationally respected and therefore completely incompatible with modern public administration. Under the new system, the question “What is the UK time now?” will no longer produce a precise numerical answer. Instead, citizens…

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Vacations & Temporary Marital Separation

Oeko Angebot

British Couple Parts Ways at Security, Accidentally Enjoys First Peaceful Holiday in Seventeen Years Gatwick pioneers temporary marital separation as travel experts confirm that love is patient, love is kind, and love should never follow its spouse into duty-free By The London Prat Travel Desk GATWICK, ENGLAND — A British couple who temporarily separated after passing through airport security have accidentally enjoyed their first peaceful holiday in seventeen years, lending…

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African Parks Removes Prince Harry From Board

Yasmina Khan

African Parks Removes Prince Harry From Board in Organisation’s Most Successful Royal Relocation Duke’s decade of committed service ends after organisation decides endangered species already face enough threats without a Sussex documentary crew JOHANNESBURG — Prince Harry is leaving the board of African Parks after the conservation organisation announced a “governance refresh”, the elegant charitable phrase for changing the locks while thanking the former keyholder for his distinguished interest in doors. Thinking About It……

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Home Office Interrogates Newborn Royal

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Home Office Interrogates Newborn Royal Over Suspected Loyalty to Portuguese Sunshine Leaked Transcript Reveals Infant Repeatedly Refused to Confirm Allegiance to Rain, Queuing or the Shipping Forecast Officials say baby noises were translated using a certified infant-linguistics contractor and a great deal of professional guesswork. LONDON — The Home Office has confirmed that Princess Eugenie’s newborn daughter underwent a standard citizenship-loyalty interview within 48 hours of her birth in Lisbon,…

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China Welcomes Foreign Visitors

Alan Nafzger

China Welcomes Foreign Visitors, Assigns Each a Complimentary Government Stalker Beijing unveils tourist database that remembers your holiday, friendships and suspicious preference for unsupervised walking BEIJING, China — China has reportedly developed a surveillance platform designed specifically to monitor foreigners, combining information from cameras, visa records, travel applications, hotel registrations, identification documents and facial scans. The system reportedly includes foreign students, journalists and spouses of Chinese citizens, while mapping relationships…