The contradictions of the Brexit era confound comedy. Having publicly extolled the virtues of Northern Ireland’s access to the single market on Tuesday, Rishi Sunak was momentarily so engorged by exciting economics he forgot the ideological implications of what he was saying, while Tory advisers chewed off their feet backstage. The Tory Brexiter Sunak is…
It’s half term and I am rewriting the opening topical 20 minutes of my touring standup show. Again. Damn Rishi’s rollercoaster ride. The current Conservative cabinet has had more lineup changes than the Fall, but will not leave as significant a cultural legacy, bar a similarly large succession of weighty books trying to make subsequent…
I was extremely surprised last week to learn that the Tory chair, Nadhim Zahawi, who famously used public money to warm the stables of his chilly horses, had finally tasted the fist of justice. Last year, Zahawi said: “I’ve always declared my financial interests and paid my taxes in the UK.” In fact, it seems,…
I have tried to avoid knowing anything about the revelations in Prince Harry’s book, so that I could use the privilege of these column-inch opportunities to ridicule something more significant. But the Harry headlines snigger from the newsagent shelves, elegant sirens shouting about sex and drugs but in the gruff tones of high-street newspaper vendors.…
It seems there is no depth to which the current crop of Conservatives will not sink, monetising every aspect of modern life in an attempt to create backdoor pathways to funnel any available wealth into their own pockets and those of their donors and cronies, the rivers and seas fouled with excrement, the bodies piled…
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk