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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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Bosco239, youtube
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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John Robins, Comedian
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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World Without End, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Brighton Argus
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian