Writer of the Month February 2022

 SteveB has done it again, pipping the Big O by a couple of points.  Surprisingly newcomer Putin hasn't made any impact on the leaderboard - maybe better luck next month unless he's preoccupied!


As per last month all the data including the Front Page/News in Brief/Features links plus the Cartoon of the Month winner and the full list of tickers are reproduced below.





apepper

All night garages braced for Valentine's Day shopping spree

Man whose penis froze during Olympics weirdly proud

Rees-Mogg confident on finding yeti "soon"

Rees-Mogg: "There's no connection between Storm Eunice and trees being on the blown over"

Chipchase

Johnson abandons sanctions in favour of 'Williamson Doomsday Solution'

Westminster man denies being Boris Johnson

Chrisf

5 Winter Olympic Sports Team GB would medal in

10 annoying corporate phrases that are sure to 'move your needle'

Dan. F

Who should replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister? YOU decide!

Demonicgroin

Who should replace Boris Johnson as Prime Minister? YOU decide!

Deskpilot3

Incompetence to be inducted as fifth horseman of the apocalypse

eppursimuove

Brussels recognises breakaway republics of Hampstead and Islington

FlashArry

Russian Army Ramblers upset by NATO Posturing

Frank Optional

Biden: Wales could invade Cornwall at any moment

Classic Russian Playbook' banned from children's libraries after invasion of Ukraine

Putin misses open-mike spot at the Moscow Chuckle Club

Masked avengers to sue government for lost earnings

Gary Stanton

Ukraine's internet connections still outperforming TalkTalk Broadband

Gerontius

Devon estate agent first in UK to use war as reason for sluggish housing market

Drunk, texting motorist driving unroadworthy car still waiting for police report

'Hank the Tank put on standby’ warns Biden

‘Let’s get back to headlines about dead people and fraud’ Johnson urges Cabinet

More misery for Johnson as Larry the Cat resigns from Cabinet

'Russian oligarchs could be limited to £2m donations' warns Johnson

helenrushworth

Anti-abuse charity ramps up its 'Go Means Go' campaign

UN calls for subjective sports to be phased out of Olympics

Ian Searle

All the King's Horses and all the King's men resign over Dumpty's remarks

Man with no backbone runs the country thanks to wealthy donors

Willy Wonka to scrap 'Golden Ticket'

jeremynh





WHO wards off Ukraine invasion with brilliant Covid-based peace plan

Midfield Diamond

League Against Cruel Sports calls for end to Boris baiting

NewsBiscuit Editorial Team

Government to enshrine vacuous promises in law

Nice Admin Lady

Feng Shui is just Chinese for ‘Health & Safety’

Teachers told to be unbiased except when we need them to be

nickb

Boris Johnson denies being Boris Johnson

oshaughnessy

Boris wins Oscar nomination for best song & dance routine in Westminster Side Story

Government confident of a gold medal in the wine fridge bobsleigh

Useless British sporting losers can be pelted with rotten eggs & fruit says minister

London Mayor insists Russian tanks will pay the congestion charge like everyone else

Man with no pets traumatised by advice to keep pets safe during storm

NEWSBISCUIT offer: Free BORIS QUITS! cut and paste headline for all our readers

psamantha

90% of UK court backlog is due to Royal Family litigation

Johnson's Mission To Ukraine Fails To Find Out If They've Been To Peppa Pig World

Robowurzle

He's got other stuff to get on with today

Prime Minister triumphant after by-election landslide

Ransomware infects Tory party.

Sarah Tipper

Second Hand Hot Tub Market Buoyant

Sir Lupus

Aristocrats all want COVID now the Queen has it

Cummings still waiting for job reference from last employer.

Nation plans street parties to mark Boris' departure.

StanleyM

Local woman urges immediate publication of full Sue Gray report to end the bad jokes

'We have to learn to live with World War Three, Boris says

SteveB


Boris Johnson gone. No more. Ceased to be. Kicked the leadership bucket. He is an ex-Prime Minister.

Guaranteed National Insurance hike is more progressive than your nan

Jimmy Savile receives required number of letters

New government chief of communications positive spin machine installed wrong way up

Russian sanctions against the West will be the harshest since the great Lada shortage of 1981

Sexed-down dossier on Russian infiltration of British high streets declassified by UK government

Trumpton accuses neighbouring town's gas supplier of 'Camberwick Green-washing'

'Unspired' - residents of Wells living in fear of more events from the film Hot Fuzz occurring

stewartbarclay

British sports fans gripped by Winter Olympic fever

Local news reporter needlessly out in storm

Primark ‘We want kids to be sexy not sexist’

Putin wins Masked Singer with Anarchy in the Ukraine

Rees-Mogg gets Brexit opportunity for ‘Sunlit Uplands’ screenplay

Suburban Dad

The Repair Shop still not sure about “Granny Vibrators”

Throngsman

Animal sanctuaries braced for more evacuated mutts

UEFA hope to knobble Russia by taking GazProm sponsorship

Government denies confusing messages as Brits leaving Ukraine forced to have PCR first

Government denies cost cutting as it launches Pre-Loved lateral flow kits and PPE

Russia denies Rhyl is part of Russia

The new Metropolitan Police caution

Vertically Challenged Giant

Fears grow for covid after it is infected by Laurence Fox

Wrenfoe

Guide to being an edgy comedian

Holly Willoughby is still flirting with you

Justice for imprisoned Post Office workers still ‘in the post’

Police Commissioner resigns after beating a confession out of herself

Schrodinger's Queen is both dead and alive

Trudeau presses large button marked 'panic'


Cartoons

The Cartoons editor Lockjaw, who again has posted a huge amount of cartoons this last month, has recused himself from being chosen as cartoonist of the month (COTM), but has agreed to cast the vote for the winning cartoon.

The nominations are:

jack yates          

Brexit promises inspiration in supermarket

Tense moments in World Championship Floral Air-Hockey semi-final

Modelmaker     

HaircutsRus

Hello comes to No. 10

No 10 morning alarm sounds

Solution to how far Boris can be thrown before he can be trusted

ron cawleyoni   

New favourite appears for the Grand Nationalist

Sinnick 

Putin spends time with Xi

SteveB 

Aesthetic appreciation from a true artist

Authenticity of Vermeer's 'Girl with Pearl Nosering' questioned

Baldrick Boris lets cunning Ukraine plan cat out of bag

Something not quite right about Leonardo's masterpiece Lady With An Ermine...

Trumpton invades Camberwick Green

Ukraine invasion delayed until after 'Richard Osman's House of Games'


And the winner is:  

Modelmaker with Hello comes to No. 10


Ticker list


Adrian Bamforth            

Downing Street residents hit by cost of lying crisis

Al O'Pecia          

UK dispatches Paddington Bear to Moscow to give Putin a Hard Stare

apepper             

Debrett's clarify correct form for addressing Prince Andrew as "Your Disgrace"

Ukraine bitterly regrets building such interesting churches

Camz

Army on standby as Storm Vladimir approaches from the East

Deskpilot3         

Adele wins Brit award for best cancellation of the year

Boris tells Russia to steppe back

Boris thrilled that no-one's talking about parties any more

EU response on Russian sanctions isn't swift

Lemming population plummets

Levelling Up destined for the same fate as Big Society

Man with severed spine walks. PM with no backbone fails to walk.

My Ukraine peace mission a brilliant success, says Macron

Queen's platinum jubilee celebrations already over budget by £12m

Threat to take Russia Today off air upsets both viewers

dominic_mcg    

Nadine Dorries to decide what Brits are allowed to laugh at

Postmasters felt like second class citizens

Prince Andrew's gofundme page not quite as popular as he hoped

Putin furious after Carol from Dudley changes her profile pic to Ukraine flag

Russian soldiers who entered Ukraine were just fetching their ball, says Kremlin

Gerontius          

'I know when someone has pulled out and when they haven't' confirms Johnson

Storm Eunice does more levelling up in 10 hours than Tories have in 10 years

Ian Searle          

Angry dog makes fortune with bit coins.

Jacob Rees-Moog warns people to baton down their Nannies

US denies looking for pretext to invade Wordle

jack yates          

Panorama special on Brexit Britain wins 'Best Dystopian Drama' award

PM's barrage of sanctions against Russia to include not ordering caviar for No 10 parties

jim Skinz/ron cawleyoni

'Light duties' of Covid-hit Queen include writing cheques for second son

Landfill

Have a career break. Have a kick kat.

Lockjaw

Wicked Witch of the East dies in fluke flying shed incident

MADJEZ             

Boris tells Putin 'I said restrictions were over and people were free to travel, I didn't mean...'

Conservatives to answer questions on Downing Street parties with 'Yeah, but Jimmy Carr....'

Prince Edward: It's a Royal Knockout doesn't seem so bad now eh!

Sadiq Khan gets Dick out.

Mick Turate      

Aleksandr Orlov and Sergei to have their assets frozen

Midfield Diamond          

Boris Baiting to become pay-per-view on Sky Sports

Five leaving parties or one biggie?

oshaughnessy   

Boris and Starmer tailor made for Savile row

Low income families celebrate as Waitrose limits price increase on organic quail eggs

Measles cases not being spotted

Pipeline no longer in the pipeline

Putin no longer eligible for free covid tests

Trump: ‘What’s the problem? I just paid Storm Daniels to go away’

WINTER OLYMPICS LATEST: Team GB skating on thin ice

Paul L   

GCSEs and A-level exems in 2022 will be graded more generosly

ron cawleyoni   

People WFH confused by Met Office 'Stay at Home' warning!

Public advised to say a little prayer, as Storm Franklin approaches.

Sinnick 

Met police hoping to find a black person to blame in those 300 party photographs

Sir Lupus           

Energy crisis: Govt to insulate UK homes with the cavity in Sunak's soul

Putin moves troops away from Ukraine border and into Ukraine

SteveB 

Brits bracing for storm F*ckface

Theresa May tells Boris Johnson 'Leave means leave'

'We don't want Boris to go' says Britain, 'Unless it's to prison'

stewartbarclay 

£109.9m EuroMillions winner able to afford shopping and heating

Sydalg  

Antique bottle of Tipp-Ex becomes corrector's item

Charles pays Queen undisclosed sum to die within next six months

Titus     

Russian grandfather wins Olympic medal after mix-up with grand-daughter's drugs

Underconstruction         

Giant, freak waves? Why not walk your dog along the promenade?

Wife of skier with frozen penis ‘thought it was Fab’








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