How could I write an April fool madder than current reality? We are living through a year of April Fool’s days.
There is the idea that we leave our own oil and gas in the ground so we can import more from abroad. That means paying tax away to foreign governments instead of having it for ourselves. It means we export the jobs. It means more world CO 2. A treble folly.
How about givjng Chagos away? That means paying lots of money to use something we currently own. It means letting another country damage the marine environment there that we have been protecting. Even more bizarrely it means giving the new owners money for the gift. It means helping a friend of China own a military base we and the US need to keep open the sea lanes. Another treble folly.
How about a growth strategy based on taxing jobs and businesses more? The National Insurance tax on ,jobs has led to rising unemployment, and the big increase in business rates has closed more shops, hospitality businesses and pubs. The farms tax and subsidies to switch out of growing food has led to decline of our farms. Another treble folly.
How about smashing the gangs who bring in foreign illegal migrants? They tried doing this by repealing the Conservative law that said an illegal cannot claim asylum once here, and by cancelling the Rwanda scheme to have somewhere to send illegal migrants to. They gave large sums to France to stop the boats, only to find the French did not allow their police to go into shallow water to physically stop the boats departing. Another treble folly.
How about encouraging more people on benefits to have more children, and granting more sicknotes for life so more people can stay on benefits indefinitely? They said they wanted to control the benefits bill and get more people into work, then adopted policies which do the opposite. Their own Adviser Lord Walker asked it they are becoming the Benefits party, not the Labour party. Only in an April Fools world can a government keep on adding to the numbers and the payments to people on benefits without running out of people and companies to tax to pay for it.
April 1, 2026
Good morning.
My next door neighbour does not work. He sleeps at home during the day and watches TV at night. He does so for reason I shall not go into but, he now has, thanks to this government, more money coming in than I do.
Last month I had to go through the shenanigans of filing my Companies House Statement. In the past this was just a piece of paper (two sides) at a cost of £15. Now I have to do it online, go through various identity checks, and pay £50 for the privilege of doing all the work for the government myself. And I pay tax ! Lots of tax ! All so one person and a wife that works cash-in-hand (hairdresser) with three kids can sit at home.
The governments solution ? Import more people.
April 1, 2026
The Government’s solution is “import more people, many of whom won’t work or will only have minimum-wage jobs, and give THEM welfare as well.”
April 1, 2026
Every day is April Fool’s day with this government
You can say that again, all that’s needed from them all today is to don a court jesters outfit with a hat with dangly bells on it , what a joke this government are
April 1, 2026
It is a pity the April Fools window of lunacy officially closes at 12.00 pm. That is just before PMQs on this April Fools day. I can’t think of a more appropriate opener for Kemi Badenoch to ask the PM than, “can the PM tell the house and the nation how we differentiate between an April Fool’s joke and a current Labour Party policy”?
April 1, 2026
Morning. A piece of goid news, the Judge has agreed that Chagosians have a right of abode in the islands. Another mishap for this crazy government.
Contingency plans to ration petrol when the North Sea is awash with light crude, ideal for aviation kerosene and petrol.
Everything this odious crowd does is anti British.
If only it was April Fool.
April 1, 2026
Deputy PM David Lammy has announced the UK’s temporary reintegration into the European Union, as part of a ground-breaking security pact aimed at enhancing regional stability and security cooperation post Iran war.
The decision, described by FCDO officials as a pragmatic step forward, is expected to reshape the contours of UK-EU relations post-Brexit.
The agreement, effective from 1st April, will see the UK rejoin the EU for a period of six months, during which it will participate in a series of collaborative security initiatives and exercises.
Source; BBC World Service
April 1, 2026
The sentiment is increasingly felt by people across the western world.
In the US, many who once supported Trump are aghast at his administration.
Across Europe citizens are fuming at their governments pursuing de-industrialisation, allowing continued mass immigration, censorsring opposition & free speech, borrowing to spend on Ukraine, and EU interference in their national affairs.
The non-western block seems largely better governed, with citizens somewhat less discontent with their masters.
April 1, 2026
Record output from wind farms has helped boost total clean power supplies in the United Kingdom to new highs so far in 2026 – and allow power firms to pare use of fossil fuels to multi-year lows
Total wind/solar output has in turn allowed utilities to curb use of fossil fuels, especially within the past month when regional gas prices surged following the outbreak of the Iran conflict.
The year-over-year fall in gas-fired electricity production was even steeper during the month of March, when total CCGT output dropped by 26% from March 2025, now making up a mere 33% of UK power generation
Renewables output during the January to March window was the highest since at least 2021, and has helped establish wind power as the UK’s single largest power source, saving £billions in LNG inport costs
Source: Reuters
April 1, 2026
SG. I see no mention of increased import of electricity running at circa 18%. Mainly due to having no reserve gas storage. Self sufficiency my arm.
Were exporting taxes to hostile states to placate milibrains net stupid obsession.
April 1, 2026
Everything they are doing is so obviously extremely foolish, and against both the short term and long term interests of the UK and the British people, that they can only be doing it deliberately.
The people who are really running this country (Two-Tier is just a puppet) are determined to destroy it.
April 1, 2026
The UK is set to acquire a new class of 13 Type 100 Merlin-class stealth cruisers under a programme intended to enhance survivability and operational flexibility in contested environments, according to industry sources.
The vessels, understood to be part of a previously undisclosed MoD maritime capability initiative, will reportedly incorporate an advanced low-observability architecture designed to significantly reduce their detectability across multiple domains.
Officials have suggested that the ships will be “extremely difficult to identify through conventional means,” with one source indicating that visual confirmation may be “challenging under most conditions”.
The MoD reported that managing the cruisers order, priced at £100b, will need an extra 15,000 civil servants and “up to” 250 new Admirals, though this number is “under review”
April 1, 2026
Source; ukdefencejournal.org.uk
April 1, 2026
Totally agree John, the policies are utter madness, but will they change ?
Actions have consequences, did no one think forward and account for reactions, implications, cost, but above all Human Nature.
Did the highly paid army of advisors not see any on this either, or were they simply ignored !