Think of Britain and what do you think of ?
Based on this website, Britain: What a State is a send-up of an entire way of life. From the unique British class system to pubs and our beloved transport network, every element of our society is brilliantly explained and illustrated in a series of wincingly accurate spoof official forms from the DoSS.
Think The Framley Examiner meets the entire output of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and you have Britain: What a State.
The Department
of Social Scrutiny
It will probably come as a surprise to you, but most of the stuff on this site is fictional - I know, I know - it might all seem real, but it isn't.
But this is: the Little Black Book of Red Tape is available on November 1st and you can get it from Amazon, Waterstones, Foyles and many others.
The Department of Social Scrutiny's guide to your entire life in Britain.
Includes all necessary tax and identity card application forms and a full
guide to the British public transport system, as officially sanctioned
by Notwork
Rail.
Plus: New retirement guide "Are You Alright, Dear", handy graduated tea strength colour matching chart and official guidelines for the consumption of cake, biscuits and other snacks served at ambient room temperature.
�Thank God: a book that's both clever and funny.
Deserves a place on the lap of every comedy fan in Britain.� Charlie Brooker
�If you wince at the word 'benchmark', this neat
parody could be
just the thing to cheer you up.� Sunday Telegraph
Magazine
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