Ian Searle
Ian Searle
@iansearle.bsky.social
Humble TV Techie by day, International Comedy Writer by night. My jokes are originals (I believe) - feel free to share and I retweet stuff that makes me laugh
Scots MP Gordon McKee's video explaining UK debt with custard creams has gone viral.

It also includes a warning about ‘Get Rich Tea Quick Schemes’.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Cauldeen Primary School in Inverness has been forced to cancel its Christmas show after receiving "racist and abusive" online messages.

Police are investigating just who it was that ordered a Cameo “Good luck” message from Nigel Farage.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The public is being asked to record sightings of feral pigs to build up a map of where the animals are across Scotland.

People should be on the look out for any houses made of straw, sticks and brick.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
According to a study, Fame reduces a celebrity's life expectancy.

This was obviously true for Irene Cara, who always claimed she was going to live forever.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Scientists have revealed that our brains go through five distinct phases in life.

Coincidentally these are the same as the five stages of grief are childhood bargaining, adolescence anger, adulthood depression, early aging denial, and late aging acceptance.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Reeves said her three priorities would be: "Cutting the cost of living, cutting NHS waiting lists and cutting the cost of debt."

If it all goes badly, next week she could be on ‘gardening leave’, cutting the lawn.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
With all the pre-budget leaks, the real thing was an even bigger let down than last year's Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has said she gets by on just two to four hours of sleep a night.

Jacob Reese Mogg used to get that much during a day in parliament.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A controversial Australian senator, who wore a burka in parliament as a protest, has been suspended for seven days.

There are fears she may never show her face in public again.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Queen’s Sir Brian May has hinted that the band will star in a new AI hologram show after the success of Abba Voyage.

To meet with new energy saving guidance, high-pressure sodium lamps will be used to create Freddie instead of higher powered mercury lamps.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
After a council vote in Northern Ireland, a road called Prince Andrew Way is set to be renamed.

They are considering changing it to something less controversial, like Epstein’s Close.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Rupert Grint has told the BBC, even some 14 years after the release of the final Harry Potter film, he is unlikely to ever "step out" of Ron Weasley's shadow.

The trick is to use a light spell such as Luminous Maximus.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The publisher of the Daily Mail has agreed to buy the Daily and Sunday Telegraph for £500m.

This is despite the fact that the views of both newspapers are a little bit too left wing for Mail’s usual readers.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
An investigation has been launched after a naked man was reportedly seen walking the streets of a town in Inverclyde.

The Police say the public do not need to worry, it is just a small thing, but that is probably due to the recent cold weather.

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November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Gary Lineker is understood to be in talks with Netflix to feature in its US coverage of the 2027 Women’s World Cup.

They just have to agree his fee, and stance on Gaza.

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November 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sky Sports has scrapped its new female-focused TikTok channel, Halo, after it faced a backlash online with its posts described as "patronising" and "sexist".

A spokesperson for the company said, “All right, keep your knickers on. We’ve taken it down, love!”

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November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Groundbreaking DNA analysis of Adolf Hitler's blood has uncovered some extraordinary findings about the dictator's ancestry and possible health conditions.

If you were wondering where they got his blood from, it was just a small prick.

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November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Investigators made the discovery this week that the'Toxic Culture' at Downing street is one of Tony Blair's discarded old fruit yoghurts.

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November 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
More legal trouble for the BBC this week after former 'Vision On' viewers say they may take legal action despite the apology that they were “very sorry, but no paintings could be returned".

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November 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
East Dunbartonshire Council may build a new school on land previously found to have contained contaminated soil, a proposal that has sparked angry protests from locals.

Quite right too, have the planners never watched any 1980s horror films?

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November 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A US investment group, RedBird Capital, has pulled out of a deal to buy the Daily Telegraph, which is odd, because I saw it on sale at my local newsagents for just £3.50.

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November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
An Australian has written a Bogan War & Peace, a slang-filled remake with Russian princesses as sheilas and princes, drongos. His next project, Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’, becomes ‘Well Up the Duff’, and Shakespeare’s ‘All's Well that Ends Well’, ‘Everything’s turned out fair dinkum, mate’.
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Paul McCartney has joined the music industry protest against AI by releasing a silent track.

John Cage saw all this coming in 1952!

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November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Lilliput Church of England Infant School in Poole, Dorset has banned the singing of songs from hit Netflix film KPop Demon Hunters over concerns they are not in keeping with its "Christian ethos".

Just wait until they find out why Jack and Jill REALLY went up that hill.

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November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Speaking at the unveiling of a new statue celebrating her most famous creation, author Helen Fielding refused to rule out taking her story further, saying you should "never say never".

Look out for the release next year of “Bridget Jones: Mad about The Money”

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November 21, 2025 at 6:17 PM