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Who Was Our Man Boris Johnson?
Andy Cush · 07/01/16 01:35PMThis week, British Conservative Party politician and Brexit cheerleader Boris Johnson saw his chances of becoming the UK prime minister torpedoed when his ally Michael Gove announced he would also run for the seat. Boris quickly ducked out of the campaign, possibly ending his political career forever. But what a political career it was.
How's Britain?
Alex Pareene · 06/30/16 10:10AMBoris Johnson Fakes Everyone Out, Announces He Will Not Run for Prime Minister
Brendan O'Connor · 06/30/16 06:40AMA Very Short Guide to a Very Bad Idea: "Brexit"
Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/16 08:20AMThis Argument in British Parliament Is Just Extremely Good Shit
Jordan Sargent · 04/12/16 11:11AMHere we have Labour MP Dennis Skinner addressing British prime minister David Cameron with a pithy schoolyard nickname related to Panama Papers revelations as their colleagues howl around them in a mixture of delight and disgust. It crescendoes in Skinner delivering a thunderous applause line and then being tossed out of Parliament by a guy who looks like this:
Tiny British Boy Flagged as Potential Terrorist for Drawing a Cucumber
Sam Biddle · 03/16/16 02:19PMMurderer Still on Prison Roof, Now Dancing to Thong Song as Adoring Crowd Cheers
Jay Hathaway · 09/15/15 01:00PMConvicted murderer turned prisoners’ rights protester Stuart Horner is nearing the end of his third day on the roof of Manchester, England’s Strangeways prison, and a throng of supporters has turned the standoff into a party. Police made some tentative attempts to remove Horner from the roof Tuesday, but he’s thus far held them off. And danced to Sisqo’s “Thong Song.”
There Is Currently a Convicted Murderer Living on the Roof of a Manchester Prison
Jay Hathaway · 09/14/15 11:58AMBritish Music Festival Locks DJ in Cage After Mistaking Him For Rogue Fan
Jordan Sargent · 08/28/15 04:50PMEvian Christ is a British producer and DJ who is perhaps most well-known for co-producing a song on Kanye West’s Yeezus. Today, he played a set at Leeds Festival in England, which is roughly equivalent to something like Lollapalooza. It probably would have been a great all-around day for Evian Christ had festival security managed to not lock him in a holding pen.
UK Bans Tyler, the Creator For Several Years Over Old Lyrics
Jordan Sargent · 08/26/15 07:00PMAmerica has more or less made peace with Tyler, the Creator, the leader of the (now disbanded) shock-rap crew Odd Future. After a period of inciting controversy with violent lyrics and aggressive teenaged snottiness, Tyler has settled into life as a touring artist with a reliable fanbase. The United Kingdom, though, is apparently not quite as accepting.
Disgraceful European Barbarians Practice Archaic Hiring Discrimination
Hamilton Nolan · 06/15/15 08:57AM"Blood Everywhere" After 4 Teens Injured in Violent Roller Coaster Crash
Taylor Berman · 06/02/15 01:56PMFloppy-Dicked Haters Kick Erect Man Out of Naked Bike Ride
Jay Hathaway · 06/01/15 02:05PMSupposedly Gay Celebrity Bull Is Now at Least Bi-curious
Hudson Hongo · 05/31/15 06:35PMR.I.P. Bessie the Cow, British Bovine Shot Dead by Police
Andy Cush · 05/21/15 08:37AMHypothermia Race Looks Fun
Hamilton Nolan · 02/03/15 09:29AM"Sexual Deviant" Found Reeking of Sweaty, Sweaty Horse Sex
Aleksander Chan · 01/27/15 11:33AMFox News Apologizes for Impressively Dumb and Wrong Islam Facts
Hudson Hongo · 01/18/15 01:30PMDid you know there are "actually Muslim religious police" in London and some English cities are "totally Muslim" "no-go-zones" where "where non-Muslims just simply don't go in"? Neither did England until last Sunday, when resident Fox News "terrorism expert" Steve Emerson dropped these ignorance bombs on live television.