Ladybird books find surprising humour in Brexit fiasco

Ladybird Books for Grown Ups have been around for a while now, with titles such as The Husband, The Hangover, and The Midlife Crisis, they speak to us on a personal level…

The first 8 books were published back in 2015 and now there are over 30 titles in the collection written by the comedy geniuses Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris. the pari are also well known for their work on television series Miranda, Mitchell & Webb, and Charlie Brooker’s satirical Newswipe.

Some topics such as ‘The Meeting’ or ‘The People Next Door’ give an otherwise dull subject matter a witty and cheeky slant, and the latest book in the project is one subject we are all getting rather sick of – Brexit.

The Story of Brexit was brought about through pressure from fans of the first Ladybird books for grown ups. Jason Hazeley told the papers:

“We did about a year and a half of literary festivals and we got asked so many times – when are you going to do a book about Brexit? – that we eventually concluded it was the will of the people.”

Despite the issue causing arguments throughout government, across social media, and in practically every other corner of British life- the authors did not want the book to come across as partisan. They have instead focussed on the inept way it has been dealt with, and kept it light-hearted.

“We are living in a time when we have a huge political upheaval coming thundering at us and at the same time, I would say, we’ve got a lousy government and a lousy opposition. It does feel like we’ve been left swinging in the breeze.”

The Story Of Brexit

Hazeley and Morris have announced that The Story of Brexit will be the penultimate parody title in the Ladybird books for grown ups series. The final title will be The Wonderful World of Ladybird Books for Grownups: “an enormous collection of helpful guides to everything from worryingly high cholesterol to worryingly high mortgages – from teenagers you can’t understand to prizewinning novels you can’t understand – all presented simply and colourfully, in a way that even the most jaded, exhausted, baffled grown-up can enjoy.”