Lisbon Treaty Void as Brown "Mispells Own Name"

The Lisbon Treaty has been declared null and void after the Prime Minister Gordon Brown failed to spell his own name correctly when signing it.

After months of complex diplomacy, two referenda in Ireland and numerous protests by the Conservative Party, the Lisbon treaty can no longer be implemented after Gordon Brown mistakenly signed the ratification papers “Gawden Broon”, rendering the document worthless.

"I need a new pair."

The shock comes after all Brown’s papers had to be re-evaluated following the revelation that he had mis-spelled a soldier’s name in a letter of condolence. After the incident came to light, all the documents Brown had written since becoming Prime Minister had to be rechecked, leading to the discovery of a vast catalogue of errors.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling, is believed to be fuming as the £175 billion bank bailout has now emerged only to have cost £1.75 Million. The larger figure was added, due only to Brown’s poor spelling. A treasury source said, “I can’t believe it, everybody just assumed the figure was right, the banks said nothing either, no wonder they’re now giving themselves a bonus!”

Whilst the Tories were initially pleased at the news that the Treaty is now dead, David Cameron faced a new blow, as it emerged Gordon Brown had accidentally won an election two years ago, when he misread a document that he thought quashed speculation that a general election was imminent, when in fact the paper meant an election was held without anyone noticing. The only person to notice the error was the eagle eyed Ed Miliband, who hadn’t realised nobody else had noticed. The single vote led Labour to vistory with a 100% majority, giving Brown another three years in power.

A Downing Street Source said “Gordon is going to carry on as he was, he can’t see why there is a problem. It's not surprising as to be fair, he can’t really see much at all.”