Once, Richard Thomas’s Jerry Springer the Opera, to which I contributed unpopular elements, held the TV hate record, with 62,000 complaints. But last week it was out-hated by the BBC’s saturation coverage of Prince Philip’s death, which didn’t even win four Olivier awards and had no singing coprophiles. BBC appeasements of unappeasable bad faith actors…
On 23 March 2020, 74 days after China declared coronavirus to the WHO, Britain went into lockdown. In the interim Boris “I Shook Hands With Everyone” Johnson had ignored emails about a Europe-wide PPE purchasing scheme; ignored experts’ recommendations to close pubs and restaurants; taken a holiday in Kent, back before it became clogged with…
As a Bafta- and Olivier-winning cultural innovator, described by the Times as “the world’s greatest living standup” and by the Scotsman as having helped set “the new gold standard for rockumentaries”, I was invited last week to address a parliamentary select committee meeting on “the statue problem”. The culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, dabbed his two…
Before Brexit, 44% of British musicians, including my showbusiness friend Fish from Marillion, earned up to half their income from now inaccessible European audiences. But, should Fish find some way around the government’s failure to preserve artists’ touring opportunities, his unfortunate choice of stage name could mean he was still subject to time-consuming delays at…
In 2019, Jeremy Hunt, who once hid behind a tree to avoid the press on the way to a party, said politicians boycotting Donald Trump’s state visit were exhibiting “virtue signalling of the worst kind”. Was Hunt also virtue signalling last week, then, when he conceded that Trump “shames American democracy”? Or have the goalposts,…
An eel farmer in Gloucestershire who exports eels to continental Europe, and who voted for Brexit, may lose his business because of eel paperwork incurred by the red-tape-removing Brexit he voted for. One can only pity him, and his eels. The time for filthy Remainer schadenfreude has passed. But regular readers will remember that I…
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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FBC, finalgear.com
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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World Without End, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Brighton Argus
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Bosco239, youtube
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com