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Tommy Robinson’s ascent was entirely avoidable

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Emily Thornberry for deputy!

Emily Thornberry for deputy!
09.09.2025 10

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Why Gay Times hit the buffers

Why Gay Times hit the buffers
06.09.2025 30

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The glorious campness of Reform

04.09.2025 10

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I longed to swim the Channel, until an Olympic swimmer sent me off in a different direction

I longed to swim the Channel, until an Olympic swimmer sent me off in a different direction
31.08.2025 10

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Rylan is a sign the immigration debate is shifting

Rylan is a sign the immigration debate is shifting
28.08.2025 5

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Where did it all go so wrong for Britain?

Where did it all go so wrong for Britain?
26.08.2025 10

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Politics / Lisa Nandy, Nigel Farage and a tale of two silly political shirts

19.08.2025 10

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This Midlands police officer represents true British values

12.08.2025 4

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Reform’s amateur hour problem

08.08.2025 10

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As a gay man, let me tell you the truth about Section 28

30.07.2025 10

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Stephen Colbert’s Late Show should have been axed long ago

22.07.2025 10

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How Live Aid ruined pop music

13.07.2025 20

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Dazzling dump / The Dubai influencer craze can’t end soon enough

08.07.2025 20

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Why is the BBC so obsessed with Munroe Bergdorf?

01.07.2025 6

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On the box / Why Coronation Street shows the future of TV is doomed

25.06.2025 6

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Gender war / JK Rowling’s takedown of Boy George was a joy to behold

17.06.2025 20

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Dawn French’s Gaza video is unforgivable

10.06.2025 30

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TV / Doctor Who needs a break

03.06.2025 9

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End of the rainbow: Pride’s fall can’t come soon enough

29.05.2025 10

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Will Gary Lineker please take the BBC with him when he goes?

20.05.2025 20

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I Kissed A Boy / Why has the BBC’s gay dating show got a trans contestant?

13.05.2025 10

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The National Theatre just gets worse and worse

06.05.2025 10

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No joke / How Ian Hislop failed the gender test

29.04.2025 10

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The hypocrisy of Virgin Atlantic’s new flights to Saudi

25.04.2025 10

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TV / Have I Got News for You is a sad, unfunny spectacle

22.04.2025 20

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Schlock and awe / Bring back gory book covers!

16.04.2025 30

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TV nightmare / The sad death of ITV

15.04.2025 10

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Bring back gory book covers!

12.04.2025 20

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Bring back gory book covers!

10.04.2025 7

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The cringeworthiness of showing Adolescence in schools

08.04.2025 10

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I’m woke right. Maybe you are too

06.04.2025 10

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What happened to trash TV escapism?

01.04.2025 10

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Paddington Bear and the new idolitory

26.03.2025 10

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Taking the rap / Stormzy isn’t cool

25.03.2025 10

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The plight of James O’Brien

18.03.2025 30

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Corporation lax / The sad truth about the BBC

11.03.2025 10

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Lowlights / The Trump-Zelensky clash was the most awkward TV in decades

04.03.2025 10

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Special relationship / Why Brits keep getting a tongue lashing from Team Trump

25.02.2025 30

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Lost in space / How Star Trek invented DEI

18.02.2025 10

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Alles klar / Why the Germans don’t do it better

18.02.2025 10

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Andrew Gwynne and the truth about WhatsApp

11.02.2025 10

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Politics / The voice coach row reveals how Keir Starmer will come unstuck

04.02.2025 40

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The triumph of Otto Schenk

28.01.2025 60

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The strangeness and sanity of Donald Trump

20.01.2025 10

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Why we’re horrified by Bonnie Blue and Andrew Tate

17.01.2025 10

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The ‘grooming gangs’ delusion is finally being shattered

14.01.2025 10

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The grooming gang scandal needs to change our entire worldview

The recent re-eruption of the grooming/child rape gang scandal has been disorienting, seeming to blow up from nowhere. It has re-emerged – as far as...

07.01.2025 10

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The joy of Kemi and Farage’s Christmas feud

A feud can be very tedious and tiring if you’re one of the combatants. But let’s be honest: for onlookers, feuds are fun. Videos of spats in which...

31.12.2024 10

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Pulp have always been in the wrong place at the wrong time

Pulp, the legendary band fronted by Jarvis Cocker, have revealed that they’ve signed a new recording deal with equally legendary independent label...

27.12.2024 10

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