Fantastic news for anyone concerned that the United Kingdom was about to have an outbreak of pragmatism and a less fantastical democracy today.
“We all know that Disney has just bought Rupert Murdoch’s Fox empire for $51 billion,” our Mickey Mouse Guv correspondent says, “probably because the kids were all too thick to be trusted with it? I don’t know. Anyway, he’s cashed out. He wants to spend more time moaning to Jerry about his corns,
“Well we would know, if the Mickey Mouse outfit in 10 Downing Street didn’t dominate the news day in and day out. At any case, Murdoch threw in HMG for a quid. Just to get rid of it, so he could spend more time complaining to Jerry about the quality of the soup.”
It’s not certain yet what changes, if any, the voters of the United Kingdom will notice with the change in ownership, as Disney are apparently happy with the workings of the franchise as it stands.
“You’ve the wicked witch in power already,” a Disney spokesman noted, “the sorcerer’s apprentice running about setting fire to everything that moves or is related to transport, Goofy running the health service, Pluto overseeing defence, Scrooge McDuck is the chancellor, Captain Hook is LOTO and the Mad Hatter in a blonde wig, so…you get the picture streaming live constantly through your flat screen or mobile device,
“There’s not a lot we can do to improve on the situation except turn the Palace of Westminster into a theme park? But many are saying it’s that already. We could perhaps have Aslan appear on College Green and savage some pineapple vest rent a fascists? But we’re not yet sure if we want to write a happy ending to the saga of Brexit.”