You left out FGM another barbaric practice and for whom is that really for?
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Itâs an interesting question, because it often reveals a sort of colonialism.
We want to bring up our own children according to our own culture, which in France would mean prohibiting the hijab. But people in certain Muslim countries merely want to do exactly the same thing: to bring up their children according to their own culture.
When the inevitable sniping at Starmer starts, we should remember how he led the way at the CPS in outlawing this.
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This is not really anything humorous, unless we laugh out of embarrassment
I donât know what AI will make of (some) humans 
Darwinism in action - sucks for the kids in question but they will obviously have picked up terrible parenting genes which are best not passed on.
OK, tongue-in-cheek (but only just).
Probably not, the trains will be told to slow to 20mph so if they do hit a child the child will not die.
Political or not I am seeing the humour that started this thread has disappeared without trace.
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Thats politics for you. TBH the humour went with Boris the clown
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Anybody who doesnât agree with you from what I can gather. Bit like â Leftie Lawyersâ being lawyers who find against the government. So Boris Johnsons lawyers that cost the UK tax payer ÂŁ100,000âs were not âLeftie Lawyersâ but lawyers who claimed the government were acting illegally , were âLeftie Lawyersâ and probably WOKE as well.
I donât know, Truss was hysterically funny.
Iâm fed up of folk using the term WOKE, as an insult. Iâm very happy to be âawakenedâ . It is as others have noted all part of the âculture warâ manufactured by a failing government. This current government remind me very much of Victorian politicians in the days when you had to own property to vote, they gave not a second thought to the working classes and simply spent their time feathering their own nests and those of their mates.
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Not really.
This is satire - the use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticises peopleâs stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
A âpolitical humourâ that goes all the way back to ancient Greece. A more subtle way to openly critique.
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90% of adult people riding bikes are also car owners. It is not the bike thatâs the problem but the person on it. This person is likely a bad driver and a bad cyclist. But⌠a person riding a bike badly is more likely to injure themselves than others, while the same is not true of bad car drivers.
In the UK in 2020: 5 pedestrians were killed or seriously injured by cyclists; 48 cyclists were killed or seriously injured by cars and 305 pedestrians killed or seriously injured by cars.
Ahh, thatâs what the NRA say too. One must also take into account the Atomic Theory, explained in this short video.
https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/comments/lnqjyf/the_atomic_theory_flann_obrien/
Further recommended reading.
The Third Policeman by Flann OâBrien (1940).
Perhaps @billybutcher should consider changing the title of the topic, again, to the or that political satire thread to encompass all you describe?
If you spend half your time on a bike and half in a car, i suppose your atoms combine into a Sinclair C5.
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No need.
Political humour encompasses satire, irony, parody and more
Political cartoons are a useful graphic way to generate public debate with humour
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Shouldnât that be Encyclopaedia Americana?
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Both good but olde Britannica predates
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You stated that
Political humour encompasses satire, irony, parody and more
And then stated
No wonder politicians are able to convince the masses that black is white and the moon is made of green cheese.