A nakedly corrupt and evidently narcissistic leader, surrounded by a phalanx of accommodating acolytes, enriched his supporters with liquidised public assets and spurious government schemes, flagrantly broke international treaties, trashed domestic political standards, systematically flooded social media with fake news, used his power over the press to spread disinformation over many decades, sought to destabilise…
Superyachts seek safe havens. Property portfolios dissolve. Lawyers are engaged, accountants contracted. Politicians confect plausible denials over ostentatious donations. Tory party co-chairman Ben Elliot deletes online boasts of his company’s “15 years’ experience providing luxury lifestyle management services to Russia’s elite and corporate members”. It seems there were oligarchs everywhere, all along. We’ve been living…
Did you know the UK government had a Flickr account? A fast-moving succession of unexplained photographs create an impression that things involving Tory politicians are happening, at a very high level, and at some speed, but offer no explanation of what they mean. It is perfect – the taxpayer-funded, vanity-engineered photo-diary of a group of…
I’m back on the road until August with my five-star standup show, Snowflake Tornado, mouthing confirmation-bias to packed rooms of masked elitists. Over six nights at the Oxford Playhouse, I saw the familiar and friendly staff and crowds return, though the historic Eagle and Child pub sadly appears to have closed. It was here in…
In the old days, vandals and hooligans simply knocked things over, be they flowerpots, bus stops, old ladies or standards of common English decency. But these days anything that is knocked over, as long as it is knocked over with a sense of clear moral purpose, isn’t merely knocked over, it seems, but “toppled”. Indeed,…
“The poor are always with us. So speaks the man who has not learned to use a whip correctly!” And also thus spake the unsung genius comedian Simon Munnery, in character in his 90s parody of impotent bedsit fascism, The League Against Tedium. The act seems arguably less satirical today as its best lines have…
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Bosco239, youtube
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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John Robins, Comedian
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Brighton Argus
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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World Without End, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Idrie, Youtube
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum