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Wes Streeting's Mariah Carey method
Just how stupid does the cabinet minister think we are as he denies the extent of his relationship with Peter Mandelson? Very.
Feb 10
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Shock! as 'Prince of Darkness' revealed to be a dodgy, duplicitous wrong 'un
Journalists who used Peter Mandelson as a resource for years are now pretending to be surprised about his character.
Feb 4
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Reporting on the Minneapolis ICE shooting, BBC News is soaked to the skin but still not sure if it's raining...
In an attempt to maintain balance, the BBC is letting obvious lies go unchallenged.
Jan 26
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Keir Starmer's Chamberlain Cosplay
While the Prime Minister sticks with appeasement, even Britain's most unhinged newspapers are saying it's time to stand up to Trump.
Jan 19
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'If my thought-dreams could be seen...' Stuck inside one Bob Dylan song in a time of chaos
A strange edition of this newsletter for strange times.
Jan 14
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Trump, Venezuela, and why every critic is being painted as an 'apologist' for dictators
The right-wing British press had decided anyone who doesn't back Trump must be mad for Maduro.
Jan 5
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The 25 Worst Columns of 2025, Part Five: Second World War Brain, Imaginary Theme Parks, and Sympathy for Andrew
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Possibly. Will you wish you'd forgotten this final painful pentalogy of bad columns…
Dec 31, 2025
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The 25 Worst Columns of 2025, Part Four: An A-Bomb on Glastonbury, Mamdani derangement syndrome, and the least surprising Tory turn...
It's the Christmas gift that definitely wasn't on your list: The penultimate part of this year's countdown of catastrophic column writing.
Dec 24, 2025
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