John Shafthauer, Author at Canary

When Boris Johnson said the EU can “go whistle” over the Brexit ‘divorce bill’, most people thought: Oh look –...

‘She just forgot you can’t say racist stuff in public anymore,’ the Tories explain

When Tory MP Anne Marie Morris used the phrase ‘n****r in the woodpile’, most people thought: Well, that’s that bastard...

Darth May asks Jeremy Corbyn’s Rebel Alliance for help running the Empire

Against all the odds, Jeremy Corbyn’s plucky Rebel Alliance managed to blow up Darth May’s Death Star earlier this summer....

Brexit now guaranteed success as reliable man promises great deal

There’s been some worry about whether Brexit will be a success. Especially as it transpired that when Boris Johnson said...

Boris Johnson worse for your brain than horse tranquilisers, study confirms

A new study into the impact of ‘bad shit’ on the human brain has concluded that Boris Johnson is worse...

Watch Labour’s Richard Burgon nail exactly how successive governments have screwed it up for the young [VIDEO]

One of Labour's key successes in the 2017 general election was increasing the youth vote. Although the right wing have...

A senior Tory had a Trump-style tantrum about the media. The internet responded [TWEETS]

The International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has claimed the BBC would "rather see Britain fail than see Brexit succeed". The...

‘What have firefighters done for us lately?’ asks shameless, austerity-pushing failure

Emergency service staff are increasingly famous for getting the job done despite all the odds being stacked against them. David...

Documents reveal David Cameron’s own office had ties to far right extremists banned by Theresa May (Exclusive)

David Cameron called people who support emergency services ‘selfish’. But that wasn’t the worst thing about his speech.

In a recent speech, former prime minister David Cameron called politicians who oppose the public pay sector cap "selfish". What's...

Tucked away on the Conservatives’ own website is some very good news for everyone who wants the Tories out [IMAGE]

A second general election would likely be bad news for the Conservatives, after Labour has leapt ahead in recent polls....

PM pulls out of accepting Guinness World Record for ‘Most U-turns’ three times in one morning

Having realised that she has nothing else to offer, Theresa May has been going after the Guinness World Record for...

‘No need for a second election because Corbyn’s already calling the shots,’ PM confirms

Many people have expected a second election to happen in 2017. Or at least in 2018 anyway. Because if not...

Nigel Farage is seeing red after his advice to Corbyn supporters spectacularly backfires

There have been numerous attempts to brand Jeremy Corbyn and his Labour Party as 'Marxists' or 'communists'. One of the...

DUP deal the ‘most stable’ option, says David ‘Stability McStrongface’ Cameron

Theresa May is famous for pioneering the dual virtues of strength and stability. But she wasn’t the inventor of these...

Far-right group Britain First has taken being duped to a whole new level

Like many figures of the gullible right, Britain First is well known for being fooled by satire. But the blundering hate-spreaders...

Tories pay £1bn for the right to carry on saying there’s no money