Bid to ban marriage between cousins is 'war on countryside'

A CONSERVATIVE MP is accused of striking at the very fundamentals of rural life with a bill to ban marriage between cousins.

The Archbishop of Canterbury on... Reform voters: zombies who've eaten their own brains

WAKING with a hangover that has caused me to throw up a large chunk of my liver, I swallow an aspirin and reflect on a request for spiritual guidance on the LA wildfires.

Which university to attend if you're posh but too thick for Oxbridge: A guide for the wealthy

HAVE you been excluded from Oxbridge on the totally unfair basis that you’re too stupid? Here are some alternatives for posh rejects, handily listed in descending order of snobbery.

Friends who always cancel don't like you
FRIENDS who always cancel plans to go out do not like you and are not your friends, research has found.
The age verification form you'll have to fill in for porn: A preview

FROM July you’ll have to verify your age to view internet porn. Here is a leaked draft of the questions you’ll be asked to prove you're a responsible masturbator over the age of 18.

Cow tipping in Dyfed, with Zendaya

HEY everyone! Zendaya here. The most famous person in the world if you're under 25. So famous I'm known by only one name, like Cher, Bono or Shipman. 

What to do if you give even the slightest shit about Molly-Mae's love life: An emergency guide

HAVE you done something stupid like clicking on an article about Molly-Mae Hague kissing her ex and reading it all the way to the end? Follow these life-saving procedures immediately.

Plucky Israel sues for peace

THE brave but beleaguered nation of Israel has given up its spirited fight against the war machine of Gaza and called a ceasefire.

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Politics

Fairly bright 11-year-old tipped to be next chancellor

AN 11-YEAR-OLD who is top of his primary school maths class is set to replace Rachel Reeves as chancellor, he claims.

'Your vegetable likeness infringed on my client’s trademarks': The next six legal letters sent by Liz Truss

LIZ Truss has threatened to sue Keir Starmer for saying she crashed the economy. And her legal delusions do not end there.

My lesson in 'gammonomics' for Rachel Reeves. By Roy Hobbs

I COULD have told you Rachel Reeves would bugger up the economy. She needs a lesson in ‘gammonomics’ - economics based on good old common sense. And I'm happy to oblige.

Farage doesn't have what it takes to lead The Nigel Farage Party In Association With Nigel Farage Starring Nigel Farage, claims foreigner

ELON Musk has advised Reform, a party owned by, starring and entirely built around Nigel Farage, that Nigel Farage should go.

E-bikes not as irritating as normal cyclists even though they might kill you
PEOPLE who ride e-bikes are less annoying than normal cycling dickheads, even though they could probably kill you, it has emerged.

Society

'Start, you absolute twat' car warning issued across the UK

THE Met Office has issued desperate, tearful pleading with your car warnings for huge swathes of the country.

Barista spells your name wrong deliberately because you're a twat

A STARBUCKS staff member who always writes a terrible misspelling of your forename on your cup does so because the consensus of the staff is that you are an arsehole.

Estate agents still not vile enough to put Britain off buying houses

BEING condescended to and looked down upon by estate agents is still insufficiently demeaning to stop people buying houses, it has emerged.

Man excited to see house on TV following grisly murder in street

A MAN was delighted to catch a glimpse of his own home on TV during a news item about a killing just metres from his front door. 

2025 gone to shit in record time

2025 has defied expectations by descending into a grim hellscape within a single day, it has emerged.

'For the love of Christ, play with your new toys' child told

A CHILD complaining of boredom has been handed the ultimate slapdown with a suggestion he play with his new toys though it is the last thing he wants to do.

Sadly I have realised Gary Lineker was Batman to my Joker. By gammon Roy Hobbs
AT first, I was elated. Lineker is almost gone, with his replacements confirmed this week. But then a thought struck me - what if I am the Joker, and Gary Lineker is Batman?

Lifestyle

A mouldy cupboard or a house where you can't use the kitchen: The six types of spare room listing

LOOKING to rent a room in one of Britain’s finest overpriced cities? Here are your options from bad to worse to somehow even worser.

Air-kissing, and other things that might not be sexual harassment but are f**king annoying

A JUDGE in Croydon has ruled that air-kissing is not sexual harassment. So which other friendly gestures aren’t criminal but remain incredibly irritating?

Six ways to make your friends' resolutions all about you

ALL your WhatsApp groups sharing irritating aspirational resolutions? Here’s how to transform their commitment to bettering themselves into your moment to shine.

Woman wakes up to realisation she hates every item of clothing she owns

A WOMAN has sprung out of bed spontaneously filled with a primal disgust for every garment in her wardrobe and the compulsion to replace them.

We ask you: Are you free for a drink with Nick Clegg as he's not got many friends?

NICK Clegg has left Meta and will fancy going to the pub once he's back in the UK. But after austerity and tuition fees he’s not too popular, so would you mind going as a favour?

Five reasons nobody except knobheads make telephone calls anymore

TELEPHONE calls are rarely made by anyone except annoying twerps these days, and for good reason. Here’s why.

Sport

We ask you: which FA Cup giant-killers will we condescendingly congratulate for winning a football match today?

TODAY, professional football players will play others who earn more, subjecting their team and town to patronising media write-ups. Who will be the plucky victors?

BBC to win back gammon football fans by replacing Lineker with a woman

THE BBC has apologised to right-wing football fans for employing a man with vaguely left-wing views and hopes this woman will make up for it.

Money to host 2034 World Cup

HUGE sums of dirty money have been chosen to host the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia.

That's the club I know and love, say 90s Man City fans

ALIENATED 1990s Manchester City fans admitted seeing their club blow a 3-0 lead against Feyenoord last night was like coming home.

Ten iconic Premier League managers ranked by what bastards they'd be as father-in-laws

THE storied history of the Premier League is rich with legendary managers, and Christian Gross. But which would you least look forward to seeing every other Christmas?

Gary Lineker's reign of terror to end

LIBERAL despot Gary Lineker, who has cruelly ruled Britain from his throne of football lies for decades, has announced he is to step down.

Science & Technology

Britain to be first nation to convert all its citizens to human batteries for AI

AN AI revolution will make every British man, woman and child into productive little batteries to power their artificial intelligence overlords.

No more fact-checking, promises horse-f**ker Mark Zuckerberg

META boss Mark Zuckerberg, who enjoys regular sexual congress with thoroughbred horses at his Palo Alto home, has told his platforms to drop fact-checking.

King Charles becoming a horse, and nine other news alerts from Apple's AI

APPLE’S fantastic new AI is providing false news alerts including Rafael Nadal coming out and Luigi Mangione shooting himself. Expect these over the day.

'How to get Oasis tickets or are they shit': The top Google searches of 2024

GOOGLE has released the UK’s most frequent search terms of 2024, no, not the porn ones. The results will surprise and depress everyone.

The sad bastard's guide to using entirely inappropriate websites to try and pull women

IS a woman under the age of 55 asking for plumber recommendations on Nextdoor? Or flirtatiously adding career goals on LinkedIn? You should definitely make a move. Here’s how.

Boris Johnson's semi-aquatic beaver sex harem shut down by Labour
PLANS to create a 3,000-acre beaver sex paradise where former prime minister Boris Johnson could roam naked and free have been shut down by Labour.

Arts & Entertainment

Mantra of the Cosmos, and other supergroups formed to destroy their members' legacies

A GALLAGHER brother and Shaun Ryder are teaming up to triangulate monetisation of their fanbases. These supergroups were failures from their first moments.

Five ways to drive yourself up the f**king wall looking up a song

GOT a song in your head but can’t remember anything concrete about it? Here’s how to drive yourself insane while trying to find it.

Brat vs Dark Side of the Moon: The dad's guide to totally unfair album comparisons

THE bestselling albums of 2024 have been announced, and they prove today’s music is rubbish compared to what dads listened to in their youth. Let’s compare totally different things.

Sex on Fire, and other songs so terrible they overshadow anything good the artist ever achieved

IT only takes one appalling song to undermine a musical legacy. Here are the tunes that ruined everything for the talented idiots who wrote them.  

Sophie Ellis-Bextor's guide to doing karaoke at your local pub

HORRIBLE people have criticised Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s New Year’s Eve BBC show. However the singer feels it was a performance worthy of any pub karaoke night. Here are her tips.

Mum forcing family to watch old, shit film

A MOTHER is selfishly forcing her entire family to watch a film that was made before 1990 and is therefore a slow, cheap, boring torture.

Are you becoming a distraction who must resign from your job? Take our quiz
ARE you doing your job perfectly, breaking neither rules nor codes, but should resign anyway because you are becoming a distraction like Tulip Siddiq? Find out.

Business

How to really, really enjoy it when it all goes to shit for Elon Musk

RIGHT now he’s flying, but Elon Musk is in a precarious position with Trump known to ditch anyone not completely subservient at whim. Stand by to savour his inevitable downfall.

Which shops on your high street are money-laundering people-smuggling fronts? A Mash investigation

A CANDY store. A Turkish barber. A newsagent which also does parcel returns. One of these must be genuine, but which? Reporter Emma Bradford investigates.

Water: How hard can it f**king be?

WATER: it falls from the skies. Collect it, treat it, send it out through the taps, sieve out the turds, treat it, job f**king done. Is that so hard, water companies?

Renationalised rail firms to be as great as local councils

THREE rail operators which are to be renationalised next year will soon have the same fantastic quality and customer service as your local council.

Of course, Kate is great at remission
PRINCESS Kate’s brilliant remission from cancer has come as no surprise because she is supremely talented at everything she turns her hand to.

Work

Boss suddenly cool with working from home

A BOSS who is firmly against homeworking and demands all his employees attend the office in person is fine with it today.

"I'm at work, you f**kers"

HAVING a good time? Sat on your sofas, stuffing your faces, watching Saturday Kitchen? Christ I hate you. I’m at work.

Hot desking, and other workplace initiatives to guarantee a hostile environment

MODERN jobs like to advertise perks to improve your wellbeing at work. But while they're appealing in theory, you'll soon start to feel it's oppression of the workers.

Photocopier planning to skip office Christmas party

A PHOTOCOPIER has decided not to attend this year’s office Christmas party because it finds it always a degrading experience, it has confirmed.

Not sitting next to the boss: Office Christmas party options you wish were on offer

THE time has come to select your flavour of forced festivity with workmates. But you’re offered bone-dry turkey or pan-roasted hake when these are the options you want.

Homeworker only in office for the biscuits

A HOMEWORKER has begun to come into the office every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday purely for its selection of biscuits, colleagues believe.

Six shite albums you paid £10.99 for because of one decent song
THE history of popular music is littered with platinum albums that were largely filler. You bought these and wished you’d waited for the greatest hits.

Alcohol

Three days snowed in at the pub: what it's actually like and why you'd hate it

A GROUP of drinkers spent three days snowed in at a Yorkshire pub and are gamely pretending they loved it. They didn’t and nor would you.

Nation excitedly begins countdown to Dry January

THE UK is excitedly counting down the hours, minutes and seconds until Dry January can begin, it has emerged.

How to shock the nation with disgraceful scenes of drunken behaviour, but at home

TONIGHT photographers will be prowling to catch shameful scenes of pissed-up Britain showing its knickers and urinating publicly. But how can you do this at home?

Britain still lying about how drunk it is

THE UK has yet to meet even minimum standards of honesty about its level of intoxication, it has emerged.

Claims that Gen Z do not drink slightly undermined by prevalence of pissed-up kids

ASSERTIONS that sensible younger people avoid alcohol are being challenged by the sheer number of hammered teenagers everywhere you go.

How to make any pint into a Guinness

A LOOMING Guinness shortage will deprive millions of their favourite tipple, but don’t despair – following these simple tips will turn any pint into a Guinness.

Patsy Palmer, and other Brits who live in LA for no discernible reason
YOUR shock at the images of devastation in LA was equalled by the discovery that Patsy Palmer, of all people, has a house there. Alongside these British celebs...