Cutting through the waffle since common sense left.
Up and down the country, visionary local councils are making the tough decisions that lesser minds simply cannot comprehend. Why repair a road when you could commission a bespoke mural celebrating intersectional awareness? Kevin Sparks ranks the finest examples of municipal genius from this past year.
Mar 12, 2026
The civil service has discovered a bold new qualification for shaping national policy: having once felt a bit awkward at a work do. Nonsense Watch UK investigates the booming industry of 'lived experience' consultants, wellbeing tsars, and the logical conclusion of it all — a Cabinet made entirely of people who simply identify as their department.
Mar 12, 2026
I walked into a London coffee shop and asked for a builders tea. What followed was seventeen minutes of existential theatre, a QR code, and a young man named Cosmo who appeared to be physically pained by the word 'milk'. This is my testimony.
Mar 12, 2026
Congratulations on your new position. Before you touch the kettle, there are forty-seven things you need to know. Derek Flinch has read the employee handbook so you don't have to — though frankly, he wishes he hadn't.
Mar 12, 2026
Alistair Bogg attempts to survive seven days consuming only foods that haven't been taxed, shamed, or issued a stern warning by a publicly funded quango. The results are, predictably, both depressing and faintly absurd. Britain, it turns out, is running out of permissible pleasures.
Mar 12, 2026