The Sandgrounder

Satire

Because some things are best said with a cartoon of a pig.

A pig bureaucrat in a pinstripe suit writes in a large dictionary titled Official Definitions: Southport Regeneration Edition while a second pig holds a Regeneration Milestone Award 2024 trophy. Three filing cabinets read FOI Pending, FOI Declined, FOI Commercially Sensitive. The bin contains crumpled Vacancy Rate and Accountability papers.

Satire20 May 2026

The Southport Regeneration Glossary

A public service. Twenty terms in common use across Southport's regeneration ecosystem, with accurate definitions. None of these definitions appear in the documents where the terms are used.

Council pigs in chef hats run a chaotic kitchen under a Losses 1.945M Today's Special sign while a scrutiny committee pig reads a newspaper undisturbed in the corner

Satire20 May 2026

How to run a hospitality business: a guide from SHOL

Sefton Council has been running a hospitality company for four years. Losses stand at £1.945 million. Here is what they have learned.

Council officials celebrating in front of the unfinished MLEC construction site, banner reading Celebrating Our Success, someone holding a falling vacancy rate graph

Satire20 May 2026

The MLEC: what we expect

The Marine Lake Events Centre will open. At some point. Here are our predictions for when it does.