Big Sam’s Big Scam
Sam Allardyce has been toppled by press subterfuge and entrapment. But the job of the press should be to report news, not make it. If ever a personality captured the essence of the British...
The Satiric Verses
Writer Jacob Whitehead takes a satirical look at the week’s news.
Stitched Up Like a Kipper: The Uncertain Fate of Ukip
Moving from the sublime to the ridiculous, the glory of the referendum victory to Stephen Woolfe’s exclusion from an increasingly fractious leadership election, the coming months without “Our Nige” will seemingly be make or...
Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair: The Shakespearean Tragedy of British Politics
The return of The Satiric Verses sees Jacob Whitehead explore if Brexit is to be or not to be, if Andrea Leadsom doth protest too much, and if it is soon to be the...
The Hipster Hegemony
Following on from his “1,000 Days of Daily Mail Rule,” Jacob Whitehead turns his fire on the “Guardianistas”. I’m just going to come out and say it. There’s something inherently comedic about the right....
MAN MOVES HEAD
Jeremy Corbyn didn’t bow properly. What a scumbag. Corbyn’s tenure is in trouble. Not because of anything he’s actually done in the Houses of Parliament, mind. That would be far too a genuine reason...
The First Furlong
Jacob Whitehead returns from his short break with the latest edition of The Satiric Verses, this time focusing his attention across the pond. Sorry about my disappearance last week. I was preparing to attend a...
Heading for the Chop
Everybody remembers how brutal the French Revolution was; up to 40,000 people killed by the guillotine; the rise of Napoleon; responsible for Hugh Jackman’s singing in Les Miserables. Hopefully never to be repeated. Sadly...
5 Pence Penury
Jacob Whitehead’s The Satiric Verses continues this week with a look at the Armageddon 5p can cause. We’ve been warned of the apocalypse twice this week. The first was when an American radio host...
Cruel Britannia: Daily Mail Britain
In response to The Daily Mail’s “Prime Minister Corbyn… and the 1,000 days that destroyed Britain,” Jacob Whitehead kicks off his new satirical column with a look at the first 1,000 days of The...
