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Spontaneous Protest Works Best When Scheduled

Alan Nafzger

London Left Discovers Spontaneous Protest Works Best When Scheduled a Fortnight in Advance Socialist Groups Reportedly Coordinate “Spontaneous” Demonstration, Finally Bringing Central Planning to Spontaneity LONDON — Political activists in the capital have reportedly achieved something economists once considered impossible: centrally planned spontaneity. Following a controversial police operation in East London, a coalition of socialist organisations promoted what was billed as an “Emergency Demonstration/Vigil.” The event carried a start time,…

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London Love Triangle

Junglepussy

I Hadn’t Planned on a London Love Triangle One woman, two men and a Northern line train that refused to commit to any destination How a Quiet Soho Drink Turned Into a Three-Person Tenancy Agreement I hadn’t planned on a love triangle. I had planned on a quiet drink in Soho, followed by the sort of relationship Londoners consider serious: seeing the same person twice without either party pretending to…

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From Barrister to Bar Jester

Megan Amram

Future Barrister Accidentally Becomes Bar Jester, Successfully Defends Nobody but Entertains Everybody London Man Dreams of Silk Gown, Ends Up Wearing Beer Foam Instead LONDON — When little Nigel Pimm announced at the age of nine that he wanted to become a barrister, his teachers imagined him delivering eloquent arguments before distinguished judges inside London’s ancient courts. Instead, thirty years later, he is standing on a sticky pub floor in Soho…

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Guinness World Records Held by the Staff

Junglepussy

The Complete Guinness World Records Held by the Staff of The London Prat 🏆🗞️ The World’s Least Credible Newspaper Somehow Produces the World’s Most Incredible People The following Guinness World Records have not been recognized by anyone remotely qualified, including the actual Guinness World Records organisation. That’s precisely why we’re so proud of them. Editorial & Journalism World Records at Britain’s Most Dubious Newspaper 1. Most Satirical Articles Written Before Breakfast…

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No Chatbot Will Agree to Sound Like a Pub Argument

Yasmina Khan

Scientists Spend £38 Million Learning That No Chatbot Will Agree to Sound Like a Pub Argument GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro and Grok 4.3 Asked to “Say Something Moronic With Entertainment Value” — Every Single One Refuses, Humanity’s Adequacy Review Published Anyway LONDON — Researchers at an institution that asked not to be named — presumably because it receives public funding and somebody in comms still has a…

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Khamenei Assigned to “Eternal Irony Department”

Carys Evans

Hell Confirms New Resident Khamenei Assigned to “Eternal Irony Department” Dateline: Infernal Civil Service Headquarters, Lower Circle — Eternal Realm Hell’s Department of Eternal Administration confirmed late Tuesday that its newest high-profile arrival has officially been assigned to the facility’s notoriously demanding Eternal Irony Department, a bureaucratic division responsible for processing the long-term consequences of decisions made by earthly leaders who spent decades insisting they were unquestionably correct. According to…

Current Absurdities Political

Britain Isn’t the Kingdom You Signed Up For

Junglepussy

Britain: The Island of “What Did You Just Call Free Speech?” By Hugo Cumbersnatch and Polly Glottis — Special from the Transatlantic Chuckle Weekly Britain Isn’t the Kingdom You Signed Up For When Americans first heard of England, they imagined tweed, polite queues, crumpets, and people saying “sorry” at volume levels above 3 decibels. What they did not expect was Britain to quietly reinvent itself as the world’s most elegantly…