John Shafthauer, Author at Canary

Seth Abramson is a US columnist, professor, and attorney who has been reporting on the RussiaGate scandal. Another prominent reporter...

The Sun just fell for spoof news, and the internet is in stitches

The spoof site Southend News Network has fooled so many journalists, politicians, and persons of interest that recognising its material...

Theresa May’s election campaign is sinking so fast that even The Sun has abandoned ship

Theresa May has made some erratic decisions in the few short days since the snap election was called. And a...

Are you a Hard-Brexit Loyalist or a Saboteur? [QUIZ]

Are you a Hard-Brexit Loyalist or a Saboteur? Take the quiz to find out! Get Involved! – For more satirical...

‘Quick! Before they realise I don’t know what I’m doing!’ says PM

The current PM has called a general election. But before that happened, she was overheard making some remarks that shine...

Tories release promotional posters for their ‘barista visas’

Many right-wingers celebrated Brexit because it meant we could finally boot out the foreigners! Although this victory has been somewhat...

Conservationists reintroduce ‘Hooliganus footballus’ to the British mainland

Football hooligans (Hooliganus footballus) were on the verge of extinction in the UK. This was because the hooligans' traditional source...

The media is publicly shaming the United Airlines victim. That’s not OK.

United Airlines was criticised this week for the forceful removal of a passenger. And since then, several media outlets have been...

Here’s why super negotiator Boris Johnson will avert WWIII

Many people have been worrying that the world is on the brink of World War III. The US and Russia...

Corbyn’s plan to stop corporations screwing over small businesses is ingenious

Labour's latest reform proposal is designed to help small business owners and the self-employed. Primarily it focuses on late payments,...

United Airlines remove passenger mid-flight following complimentary peanut shortage

United Airlines were criticised this week for beating up an elderly doctor. Yet somehow, the situation has plummeted even further...

The week in satire Vol. #38

And what a week it was! A week in which war crimes became less of an issue than fake Easter...

Alex Salmond just accused Boris Johnson of being America’s political “Mini-Me”

The Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson cancelled a visit to Moscow following Trump's air strike on Syria. Johnson said: I will...

Bombing Syria is actually playing badly with Trump’s die-hard supporters

On 6 April, US President Donald Trump launched cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield. But the move has not played...

REVEALED! Corbyn’s evil scheme to raise school kids on a diet of socialism!

EDITORIAL NOTE: We think this article was originally intended for a tabloid newspaper, but was somehow forwarded to us. Thankfully...

The Sun just found out what happens when you get a pun very badly wrong [IMAGE]