WOTM June 2022

Probably the closest competition in a long while, with apepper, Wren, me, stewartbarclay, ModelMaker and SteveB all in contention until the last few days, with the honours going to apepper.

Congrats to all who pitched subs and got published.



A.L.Shaw

Britain awakes from Jubilee weekend remembering precisely none of it

apepper

£10 notes 'cheapest source of fuel'

After Brexit referendum and 3 changes of leader latest vote of no confidence "sure" to unite party

Archbishop of York "Not related to the Duke"

Covid denier defiantly has sex with monkeys

Johnson considering fictional ethics advisor

Jubilee beacons "mistake" as 5000 Rohirrim arrive over horizon

Nation stunned: "Johnson has an ethics advisor?"

Officials convince Boris Johnson he's going to Rwanda for "conference"

Palace reassure public, "Queen booed PM from home"

Rees-Mogg: "All UK mobile phones to use same coal scuttle standard by 2024"

Tory party divided about whether Tory party is split

Chipchase

Nation breathes a collective sigh of relief as Colour Trooped without a hitch

Chrisf

Kate Bush invests in a Fitbit to track runs up roads, hills

Mick Lynch to join Marvel Cinematic Universe

Phew, what a scorcher! The lazy tabloid journalist's guide to writing about heatwaves

Six phrases just as annoying as 'Platty Joobs'

DavidH

Johnson in keeps Dorries out, admits intern

Dominic_mcg

Staunch republican forced to take two extra days off work

Filthy Rich

Spike in cot sales as 'compassionate' anti-abortion victors welcome

Gary Stanton

Government advises potential rail suicides to make alternative arrangements

Gerontius

Windrush monument ‘deported to Caribbean for having wrong paperwork’ confirms Patel

Granger

Big Pharma's Next Big Killing

Lockjaw

2150 CE. Archaeologists discover remains of HS2 line

We've not been watching the Jubilee. We can't afford the leccy.

Midfield Diamond

Microbiologist denies naming parasite species after ex-wife

Remote workers vote to strike from home

Modelmaker

Boris decides that one a day is enough

Cost of fuel creates business opportunity for false numberplate dealers

Disappointment for giraffes on World Giraffe Day

Government solves cost of living crisis with photocopied pictures of nutritious food

Government to announce plan to help SUV drivers park their cars

Government proposes to ban barcodes on goods and reintroduce price labels

Jubilee pudding set to become star sandwich filling as unsold stock gets recycled

Large turnout in churches expected as evidence there may be a God after all emerges

Newsbiscuit Editorial Team

Boris 'Would be mad to seek psychological help'

Paul L

Second cost of living payment to be turned into a Squid Game style competition

Robowurzel

A wet owl never flies at night

Sarah Tipper

Modern Thermometers Annoyed That Journalists Still Say They Contain Mercury

Trifle Bowls Horrified At Being Returned To The Back Of The Cupboard

SimonJMr

All Russian homes and streets to get state sponsored patio heaters

Flight Simulator 2022 : UK Flights Edition to launch

Fury at BMW on empty motorway

New statute celebrating Brexit to be commissioned

Sir Lupus

If Putin were a woman I'd invade her, confesses Boris

StanlyM

Not for the government to ‘do its job’, says Shapp

SteveB

BBC edit out PM being booed so that Nadine Dorries doesn't seem so f*cking useless

'Bloody leftie woke snowflake Royal Family' scream Conservatives

Conservative Party fundraiser at V&A Museum raises enough money to overthrow the Queen

Government to set fire to immigrants as best deterrent to people smugglers who've already been paid

Shy Secretary of State for Incontinence relieves himself from the cabinet

Times newspaper cancels itself

stewartbarclay

Dorries demands Mumsnet gets privatised

Drawing a line under things and moving on

No way to predict passenger numbers say airlines who sold tickets

'Pick a policy, any policy'

Queen asks Paddington to form new government

Rainbow reboot to feature senior Tories

They think it’s been legalised... it has now

Tiverton and Honiton the new Luhansk and Donetsk

Wanted: Ethics Advisor, must have GSOH

TheNewsWalrus

Peter Hitchens to read CBeebies Bedtime Story

Throngsman

First immigrants sent to Rwanda 'disappointed' flights are by Ryanair

Jabba the Hutt to sue Keir Starmer

Johnson spin doctors to take control over booing

Man finds a use for SOHCAHTOA at aged 33

Mars Rover now better supported than NHS computer systems

Police detectives to be trained to ask supplementary questions

Rwanda flights to be filled by victims of other crimes

The Only Way is Ethics dropped after season 2

urbanhermit

PM Considering Giving Every Household in the UK one billion pounds

Vertically Challenged Giant

Fireman Sam will not resign despite arson charges

Walter Eagle

Microsoft Clippy returns as Prime Ministerial adviser

NHS surgeon fails to remove malignant tumour from Downing St

UK won't follow EU's plans for common charging cable

wileyp

House of Commons Library to start stocking "top shelf" publications

Wrenfoe

99% of Jubilee will be speculation about the Queen's health

Boss quibbles over maternity leave, but not your abortion

BTS to go solo, but BS still going strong

GPs replaced by Druidic Apothecaries

Infinite number of monkeys fail to secure second book deal

Living rent free in someone’s head is the only rent you can afford

Shock as MPs that hated Boris, still hate Boris

Turkey tells UN it will be now known as ‘Nut Roast’

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:

jeremynh        

Times is hard all over

Modelmaker    

Civil servants lament job losses

Jubilee Preparations

From out the mouths of babes and Lego men

When TVs needed a shilling to make them work

The best time to go AWOL

It's just the booze talking

Boris at Madame Tussauds poses for his waxwork after confidence vote

Never ceasing to quack us up

When you don’t feel as if you're living unless you're killing yourself.

If things could talk, I'm sure you'd hear, a lot of things to make you cry, my dear

The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday - but never jam today

What the papers say

Taking us for mugs

We tried to deliver a knock knock joke. The punchline is now at the post office

Mood music

The one that got away

Love from Nadine XXX

Oh what a thing is a nose

Something else showing on Boris buses

All at sea

A week in politics

You win some and you lose some

Political leader application forms

Every picture tells a story

SteveB

Never slag off Birmingham

Suspicions grow that 'Girl With a Pearl Nose Ring' might be a fake

What really happened to the dinosaurs

da Vinci's masterpiece 'Lady With Ermintrude' might be a forgery

And the winner is...ModelMaker's The best time to go AWOL


Tickers

Adrian Bamforth         

Paddington Bear now part of Bond Cinematic Universe

apepper          

Queen overwhelmed by having to bestow 211 knighthoods

ChrisF 

Monkeypox becomes notifiable disease in England, and a hanging offence in Hartlepool

Deskpilot3       

Chinese electric car death - charges expected

Monkeypox now called PoxyMcPoxface

Peak bunting expected within 24 hours

Students rejoice as Government cuts student loan interest to a mere 7.3%

dick everyman

Inflatables banned from Rwandan hotel swimming pools

Jacob Rees-Mogg falls off penny-farthing

dominic_mcg  

Athlete we all thought was a lesbian turns out to be a lesbian

Burning Ford Fiesta on local wasteland not an official Jubilee Beacon, say police

Football fans celebrate in an area the size of Wales

Johnson gets to live in Downing Street forever under new Right To Buy legislation

Phil and Kirstie to present new Rwanda-based TV show: Relocation, Relocation, Relocation

Republicans celebrate 70 years since the death of the last king

Russia threatens to send Adam Sandler to Ukraine

Second hand car prices double (if they've got half a tank of petrol)

ian searle        

No 10 admits pressuring The Beano to drop Lord Snooty and His Chums

Jim Skinz        

Wet Wipe Island is not a sequel to our reality dating show, ITV stresses

Lockjaw          

Prince Andrew to receive the Order of the Boot for his service to the Royal Family

MADJEZ

Boris lost us seats vacated by a nonce and a w@nker respectively claim Tories

Prince William beaten by Romanian gang leader for not selling enough Big Issues

Midfield Diamond        

Sacked proofreader drew line under ‘it’ and moved ‘on’

Modelmaker    

400,000 bees stolen from Scrabble factory

Culture Secretary plans to make booing a criminal offence

oshaughnessy

Prince George abdicates after being forced to sit through Craig David and Lloyd Webber

Queen begins four-minute working week trial

Queen given written warning due to poor attendance record

Traces of integrity virus found in Whitehall sewage

Paul L 

Osteopath patients left in awkward position as clinic closes down

rogerg 

"Cities of the East are dead" says mayor of Bridlington

SimonJMr       

Grey squirrels first on the plane to Rwanda confirms Patel

Landfill crisis expected from tomorrow due to Jubilee tat

Rwandan asylum seekers eligible to compensation after flights delayed and cancelled

sinnick

Johnson - the floater that just won't flush

Johnson announces party to celebrate scraping through vote

Sir Lupus        

Social mobility "shouldn't go too far" says Social Mobility Tsar

SteveB

Perfectly convenient timing of Jubilee Covid suspiciously saves Royal shame

World supply shortages caused by Chinese workers shift to bunting production

stewartbarclay

Bono's half brother revealed to be BoJo

Only 59% of Tory MPs have confidence in new series of Love Island

Railway Children to join strike

Sydalg

Asylum-seekers face fines for taking their children on cross-Channel trips in term-time

Boris warned it won't be any easier to count his children under imperial system

Nation resigns itself to prospect of "Long Boris"

Throngsman   

Grant Shapps won't intervene in rail strike. Nor will Michael Green or Sebastian Fox, apparently

Patel deports Windrush statue to Rwanda

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