The Poke, one of the UK’s funniest satirical websites, asked Twitter for Brexit themed children’s books to help with the task of explaining Britain’s slow motion suicide to kids. The internet delivered in fine style. Brexit for beginners Explaining complex geopolitical shifts to children requires a specific touch. These examples from Twitter show how the…
As the idiocy of Brexit grows clearer by the day, the expectations of Leavers grow more diminished. Inspired by a tweet by David Schneider, this list details how reality makes the Brexit utopia bleaker. Sanity should ideally prevail before level 6. What has Brexit actually cost Britain? This drawn explainer adds up the bill line…
Just over a year after the British marginally voted to self-destruct by implementing an advisory referendum with bewildering fantasticism, the negotiations have finally kicked off. The breathtakingly clueless Tory Brexit government is floundering already. Just how badly inept they are is beautifully demonstrated by these cartoonists. Titanic idiocy does not get much funnier or more…
By any standards, 2016 has a year of political turmoil and, thanks to Brexit, the UK now faces the greatest upheaval since 1945. However, there is a silver lining to the nasty nationalism unleashed by the likes of Nigel Farage and embraced by the Tory government. Thanks to their extremism, there’s been a political awakening…
To understand the garbage media landscape of the UK, look no further than The Daily Mail. Founded in 1886, it was Britain’s first daily newspaper aimed at the newly literate lower-middle class. It combined a low retail price with competitions, prizes and promotional gimmicks. Today, The Daily Mail is more than an outlet for garden-variety…
Were you a Leave voter? Are you sore about Brexit being put off for months, maybe years, possibly forever? Do not fear. Inspired by a similarly helpful list created for Remainers, we have put together 11 top self-comforting strategies to help Quitters deal with their ongoing torment. 1. Name calling Call every person who voted…
The Danish Roskilde music festival recently created a minor controversy with signs warning attendees about a new policy: complete surveillance of all phone and internet traffic. It turns out the festival actually trolled its visitors. The stunt was coordinated with culture jamming group The Yes Men and whistleblower Edward Snowden. A feedback booth featuring a…
British politics reached a new level of farce when Theresa May appointed Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary. Many expected him to receive a minor role such as Minister for Culture. Instead, May gave the role of UK ambassador to the man who spent the previous month dismantling the UK relationship with the EU. Johnson is…
The slow-motion car crash of Brexit Britain continues to worsen. More Britons are using comedy to deal with the bleak realities of a country in chaos. One new form showcasing the idiocy and ineptness of Brexit politicians is the movie spoof poster. It has proven to be a rich source of inspiration. Photographer Kathy Tipping…
Few believed that internal Conservative Party politics would lead to this. David Cameron’s gamble went wrong and the UK voted to leave the EU. The Leave campaign backpedaled on promises as quickly as the situation deteriorated. Experts were right. The pound plummeted to a 31 year low. The SNP called for another Scottish independence referendum….