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David Mitchell

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The Lib Dems have prospered by swapping values for jet skis

What do the Lib Dems want out of life? It’s hard to be sure. They’re buzzing at the moment, assembling last weekend for a seaside conference two...

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The pub garden smoking ban is a drag on our freedoms

All the recent discussion of the pub garden smoking ban the government says it’s considering reminded me, I was surprised to discover, of Margaret...

08.09.2024 10

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David Mitchell

I’m lost in the foothills of a mountain of TV

The latest research shows that people who work from home spend loads of the time, when they’re supposed to be working, watching TV. What do you...

07.07.2024 20

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Against all odds, it seems we hate to see bookmakers losing

Shall we make this interesting? You must be hoping I will. So, come on, let’s spice things up, introduce a bit of financial jeopardy. What do you...

30.06.2024 10

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Integrity is a rare gift, so why do we expect our politicians to possess it?

How important do we think it is for our political leaders to have integrity? It’s a more complicated question than it seems. We’re quite...

23.06.2024 30

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Now they think they’ve lost, the Tories are full of big ideas

The Tories are full of ideas at the moment. They’ve announced three major new policies in the past week. It feels like someone asked Rishi Sunak,...

02.06.2024 40

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Keep your shirt on, Keir, all this bluster over Nike’s St George’s Cross is a false flag

The new Nike version of the St George’s Cross, revealed earlier this month, looks very nice. I’m sure everyone is agreed on that. It’s neat and...

31.03.2024 50

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If you hate Amazon, blame Rishi Sunak

Sitting in slow-moving traffic on the M1 the other day, I found myself looking at an enormous Amazon warehouse. It took 10 minutes to get past it, a...

25.02.2024 10

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I’m not keen on our aversion to keenness

Controversy raged last week over the issue of whether or not the Princess of Wales has regularly been called “Katie Keen”. In Endgame , his new...

03.12.2023 10

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