humour

Brits take to social media to find humour in the prospect of lockdown 

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Britons mocked the prospect of a third national lockdown tonight after Boris Johnson unveiled a dramatic set of restrictions for England in a desperate bid to control the new mutant coronavirus.   Social media users tried to find humour at the looming measures which will see schools shut from tomorrow and households banned from mixing as vaccines are rolled out … Read more

Weary Brits take to social media to find dark humour in the prospect of a new national lockdown 

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Here we go again! Weary Brits take to social media to find dark humour in the prospect of a new national lockdown Britons have taken to social media to mock the prospect of a third lockdown Boris Johnson will unveil a new set of restrictions in his address to nation tonight Schools to shut to … Read more

Cartoonist PAUL THOMAS finds humour in this bleak year: How we laughed off lockdown

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How we laughed off lockdown… thanks to our inimitable cartoonist PAUL THOMAS finding humour in this bleak year By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 23:51 GMT, 28 December 2020 | Updated: 23:52 GMT, 28 December 2020 Advertisement Having sensationally stepped back from royal life, Harry flies in for the ‘Sandringham summit’ in January … Read more

Boris Johnson’s speech: Internet users try to find humour in the doom-laden coronavirus address

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Twitter has reacted to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s latest set of coronavirus restrictions after they were unveiled in tonight’s speech.   Boris Johnson warned Britons they faced a long hard winter of police-enforced curbs on their freedom to see off coronavirus, saying the alternative was ‘many more families losing loved ones before their time’. It caused … Read more

Coronation Street legend Thelma Barlow says the soap has lost its humour

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‘I don’t see much to laugh at now’: Coronation Street legend Thelma Barlow says the soap has lost its humour and admits it’s a ‘pity’ that there are too many gruesome plots By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 01:44 BST, 26 June 2020 | Updated: 01:44 BST, 26 June 2020 Coronation Street legend Thelma Barlow … Read more

HENRY DEEDES on the Foreign Secretary’s newfound sense of humour 

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People seem weary of Dominic Raab. Too uncaring, they shudder. Too robotic. Something about those deep set eyes which just leaves them cold. It is true that his remarks yesterday criticising Black Lives Matter supporters for taking the knee were remarkably charmless.  So too was his Tory leadership campaign last year. Watching his speeches I … Read more

Paul Fenech says political correctness has ‘strangled’ humour and affected views of larrikinism

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Fat Pizza’s Paul Fenech says political correctness has ‘strangled’ elements of humour and affected views of Aussie larrikinism By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:44 BST, 14 June 2020 | Updated: 02:44 BST, 14 June 2020 He touched on racial and sexist stereotypical humour as a writer on the controversial SBS comedy series … Read more

Prince Philip is not a ‘lovey dovey’ husband but the Queen enjoys his ‘naughty sense of humour’

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Prince Philip is not a ‘conventional lovey-dovey husband’ but is a ‘great comfort’ to the Queen in lockdown and keeps her amused with his ‘naughty sense of humour’, royal expert claims The Duke of Edinburgh, 98, is isolating with Her Majesty, 94, at Windsor Castle Joe Little, editor of Majesty Magazine says he is ‘a … Read more