The 16 funniest jokes that are making the election campaign bearable

It’s three weeks away from voting day in the UK’s third general election in four years, which is being held to try and resolve Brexit because it would be undemocratic to have another referendum. Prince Andrew and Donald Trump’s impeachment aside, there’s not much else on the news, so the Twitter comedians have been out in force, putting a funny spin on events.

These are our favourites from the last week.

1.

Wow, how big is the lie going to be? https://t.co/hGmaB3BpJT

— Tiernan Douieb (@TiernanDouieb) November 15, 2019

2.

When a guy who wants to build a bridge between Britain and Ireland calls a universal broadband scheme “crazed”, it is hard to know what his standards of “sanity” are.

— mary beard (@wmarybeard) November 16, 2019

3.

"Lib Dems: We're tories" is a slogan that needs work. pic.twitter.com/06yBzEOPE8

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) November 19, 2019

4.

There's a helpful rule of thumb in Election ballots. Identify any would-be PM who you know through copious past evidence to be a copper-bottomed gobshite. Then do not vote for that person to have the most powerful job in your country. Because that would be silly.

— Stephen McGann (@StephenMcGann) November 18, 2019

5.

I find the phrase "unleashing Britain's potential" a little sinister – surely most of its potential is for food riots, and possibly some kind of race war.

— Frankie Boyle (@frankieboyle) November 18, 2019

6.

I thought Annunziata was his only sister. pic.twitter.com/7atQ694YE7

— Ally (@AllyMrJam) November 18, 2019

7.

Bitter with a thick head. The beer looks nice though. pic.twitter.com/skIRAZNIfY

— Peter Smith (@Redpeter99) November 19, 2019

8.

On December 12th Britain faces a simple and inescapable choice – stability and strong Government with Dr Robotnik, or Chaos Emeralds with Sonic the Hedgehog.

— Sooz Kempner (@SoozUK) November 14, 2019