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Observing The Spectator's Lowest Life
Lloyd Evan's grim column is another entry into the magazine's annals of awfulness.
Apr 18
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Excessive Truss issues
Whether their reviewers are mocking or mollifying, the British press is giving Liz Truss' book something it doesn't deserve – attention.
Apr 17
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All The Newsnight's Women
Netflix's interview drama was almost as puffed up as the Prince at its centre.
Apr 6
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March 2024
Ofcom closes barn door, points at the horse in the distance.
GB News has breached the rules again and the regulator is really, really going to do something about it next time.
Mar 19
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Mic Wright
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TalkTV’s broadcast shutdown isn’t about money…
… it’s about influence and ageing. Rupert Murdoch simply found it too embarrassing.
Mar 7
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The Enemy Within (Remix)
Rishi Sunak reheated an old 80s hit with a fascist backbeat and the opposition and most of the media joined in on backing vocals.
Mar 3
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February 2024
If Starmer wins, The Sun won't be wot won it...
... and it never was. The myth of Murdoch the Kingmaker most serves the man himself.
Feb 28
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The Paul Marshall Plan
Marshall's extremist views are a perfect fit for The Daily Telegraph, yet the rest of the media ignore them or cling to a nostalgic idea of a paper…
Feb 24
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Furrowed brows at the Clown College
Political journalists did a bad job of pretending farcical scenes in Parliament didn't delight them.
Feb 22
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How are non-U?
On the Marmite history of Nancy Mitford-style commandments on what's posh and what's not...
Feb 15
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Starring Piers Morgan as Norma Desmond
Piers Morgan is trying to make his retreat from broadcast television sound like a victory. You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh.
Feb 12
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A more elegant way of being awful
The British media's columnists and commentators were bothered by Sunak's trans jibe only because it made them feel awkward.
Feb 8
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