John Shafthauer, Author at Canary

Novara editor Eleanor Penny appeared on Sky News on 6 August. During the segment, presenter Jayne Secker suggested the UK...

A man and a woman arguing over what the government of national unity should be called

MPs fail to agree what to call proposed ‘government of national unity’

A lot of ‘sensible’ people have called for a ‘government of national unity’. They claim it would help us solve...

Boris Johnson holding two gift boxes and saying "Have you never heard of re-gifting?"

Old NHS funding ‘new’ because ‘I put a bow on it’, claims Johnson

Boris Johnson recently promised some ‘new’ money for the NHS. It wasn’t enough to fix the problems his party inflicted...

Trump takes break from fluffing white nationalists to vaguely tut at them

Trump is well known for promoting white nationalism, supporting white nationalists, and being a white nationalist. At least he is...

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The week in satire Vol. #130

And what a week it was! A week in which the media hailed the 'Boris bounce'! A week in which...

Boris Johnson saying: "It may be more like weeks"

Johnson denies hiring extra police because society could collapse within months

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For years now, the Tories have been cutting police numbers while simultaneously creating the sort of horror-society that leads to...

Boris Johnson in a stretcher saying: "The tabloids said I had 'bounce' now"

Johnson’s faith in the ‘Boris bounce’ results in a visit to A&E

2 August 2019

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The media recently hyped up an alleged ‘Boris bounce’. Johnson himself – being less than the brightest Tory in our...

More evidence emerges that the media’s much-hyped ‘Boris bounce’ is falling flat

Following some recent polling, a lot of the media has been hyping up the 'Boris bounce'. While the whole thing...

Murdoch’s press attacking a teenage climate activist shows why young people don’t read tabloids

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It's well established that newspapers are losing readers. They're especially struggling to pick up younger ones. Going off this latest...

A confused man and the Treasury's promise to provide £2.1bn for no-deal Brexit planning

Allegedly ‘skint’ nation finds £2.1bn to spend on preparations for being even skinter

So the good news is that the allegedly skint Great Britain has found another £2.1bn down the back of Treasury’s...

Boris Johnson's face inside a flaming map of the United Kingdom

Boris Johnson’s plan to keep the union together hampered by the ‘Boris Johnson’ part

Despite all evidence to the contrary, Boris Johnson allegedly wants to keep the United Kingdom together. The problem? Well –...

Alastair Campbell clutching at the word 'relavance'

Labour ‘no longer represents people like me’, pines duplicitous weasel

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Alastair Campbell – Tony Blair’s infamous spin-doctor – has left the Labour Party. Or, to be more accurate, he’s stopped...

The 'got milk?' advert with 'milk' crossed out and 'Brexit' written below it

No-deal Brexit ‘so great’ Johnson spends £100m advertising it

Some things just sell themselves. No-deal Brexit, it seems, is not one of them: Campaign So how does one sell...

The week in satire Vol. #129

And what a week it was! A week in which Brexit Johnson became PM! A week in which that somehow...

Boris Johnson plans high speed Northern line to ‘turbo charge’ Richard Branson

Boris Johnson – the man who planned a bridge that never happened – is planning a high-speed railway in the...

Free speech advocate Jacob Rees-Mogg is literally banning his staff using certain words