London Prat satire

Centrally Planned Spontaneity: The Fortnight’s Notice and the Satire of the Managed Uprising

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Centrally Planned Spontaneity: The Fortnight’s Notice and the Satire of the Managed Uprising – Economists once thought central planning impossible; a coalition of activist groups proves it works fine, provided the target is a demonstration

The Bus-Seat Census: Immigration Perception and the Satire of Feeling Over Figures

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The Bus-Seat Census: Immigration Perception and the Satire of Feeling Over Figures – A poll finds voters certain about a number they have never looked up, and the evidence turns out to be a journey home

Not a War, Not Expensive: The Ukraine Deployment Fund and the Satire of Reassurance

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Not a War, Not Expensive: The Ukraine Deployment Fund and the Satire of Reassurance – Two emphatic denials in one headline reveal how official language manages anxiety rather than information

Seminars as Contraband: The UAE Scholarship Row and the Satire of Expanding Definitions

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Seminars as Contraband: The UAE Scholarship Row and the Satire of Expanding Definitions – When a category grows large enough to include the ordinary business of a university, the satire only has to list what it now contains

Piers Morgan, Earl Spencer, and the Diana Memoir: Mediation, Memory, and the Satire of the Intermediary

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Piers Morgan, Earl Spencer, and the Diana Memoir: Mediation, Memory, and the Satire of the Intermediary – A broadcaster, an aristocrat and a ghost form a triangle in which the one person who cannot speak is the one everyone is discussing

Xiaomi’s MiMo Declared Top Open-Weight AI: Innovation, Hype, and the Satire of the Leaderboard

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Xiaomi’s MiMo Declared Top Open-Weight AI: Innovation, Hype, and the Satire of the Leaderboard – The passive voice of a declaration hides the declarer, and the satire asks who exactly crowned the model and why the crown matters

Xiaomi’s MiMo Declared World-Class AI: Repetition, Branding, and the Satire of the Second Declaration

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Xiaomi’s MiMo Declared World-Class AI: Repetition, Branding, and the Satire of the Second Declaration – The same model crowned twice in slightly different words shows how reputations are built by echo rather than evidence