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Mark Andrews: Comedy on prescription, banking scams, HS2, and the 'foetus' comes of age

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Mark Andrews

Mark Andrews: Comedy on prescription, banking scams, HS2, and the 'foetus' comes of age

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Mark Andrews: Work-from-home border czar, villains for hire, and who is the real-life Cliff Barnes?

15.02.2025 10

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Mark Andrews

Mark Andrews: Work-from-home border czar, villains for hire, and who is the real-life Cliff Barnes?

15.02.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Planes, trains and automobiles - why are they all so boring?

09.02.2025 8

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Mark Andrews: Planes, trains and automobiles - why are they all so boring?

08.02.2025 6

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Mark Andrews: Lego falls foul of the woke mob, dirty T-shirts, and rude acronyms in council reports

08.02.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Lego falls foul of the woke mob, dirty T-shirts, and rude acronyms in council reports

08.02.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Helping the public? How last century

04.02.2025 3

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Mark Andrews: Helping the public? How last century

04.02.2025 6

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Mark Andrews: No inquiry will ever stop dangerous people doing dreadful things

25.01.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: No inquiry will ever stop dangerous people doing dreadful things

25.01.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Never mind Blue Monday, we've got to get through another two months of this

18.01.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Evil rap music, why we don't need another inquiry, and Brewdog boss hits the nail on the head

18.01.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Never mind Blue Monday, we've got to get through another two months of this

18.01.2025 10

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Mark Andrews

Mark Andrews: Evil rap music, why we don't need another inquiry, and Brewdog boss hits the nail on the head

18.01.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Frozen fountains, Mad Lizzie eases the winter blues, and Trump's promises suffer with inflation

11.01.2025 6

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Mark Andrews: Frozen fountains, Mad Lizzie eases the winter blues, and Trump's promises suffer with inflation

11.01.2025 10

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Mark Andrews: Frozen fountains, Mad Lizzie eases the winter blues, and Trump's promises suffer with inflation

10.01.2025 2

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Mark Andrews: Frozen fountains, Mad Lizzie eases the winter blues, and Trump's promises suffer with inflation

10.01.2025 2

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Mark Andrews: Snitching on bad drivers, and why can't we invest in green energy and North Sea gas?

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news During Joseph Stalin's 'Red Terror' purges in the 1930s, a youngster named Pavel Morozov became...

04.01.2025 1

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Mark Andrews: Snitching on bad drivers, and why can't we invest in green energy and North Sea gas?

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news During Joseph Stalin's 'Red Terror' purges in the 1930s, a youngster named Pavel Morozov became...

04.01.2025 4

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Mark Andrews: I think my air fryer might be a Chinese spy

Mark Andrews ponders whether his kitchen is a hotbed of espionage I assumed it was a dodgy-bearing or something. Like the sound of fingernails...

28.12.2024 3

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Mark Andrews: Passwords, smiley pensioners and paperless councils can't mask crisis in social care

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 "We're going paperless"...

28.12.2024 3

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Mark Andrews: I think my air fryer might be a Chinese spy

Mark Andrews ponders whether his kitchen is a hotbed of espionage I assumed it was a dodgy-bearing or something. Like the sound of fingernails...

28.12.2024 4

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Mark Andrews

Mark Andrews: Passwords, smiley pensioners and paperless councils can't mask crisis in social care

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 "We're going paperless"...

28.12.2024 5

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Mark Andrews: More strikes on the railways, Royal Mail sale, and why Jude Bellingham never stood a chance of winning Sports Personality of the Year

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Avanti West Coast has...

21.12.2024 7

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Mark Andrews: More strikes on the railways, Royal Mail sale, and why Jude Bellingham never stood a chance of winning Sports Personality of the Year

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Avanti West Coast has...

21.12.2024 7

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Mark Andrews: How to solve the housing crisis, and At Home With the Assads:

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 What with all the...

14.12.2024 4

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Mark Andrews: How to solve the housing crisis, and At Home With the Assads:

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 What with all the...

14.12.2024 6

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Mark Andrews: The Rover's Return wouldn't stand a chance in today's bland, corporate climate

I've never been to the Old Chainyard. So I can't honestly comment on whether it is good, bad or indifferent. But I have heard good reports from...

07.12.2024 2

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Mark Andrews: Students in the battlefield, the Turner Prize, and why things are looking Shaky for the PM

Mark Andrews casts a wry eye over the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 David Davis, the former...

07.12.2024 9

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Mark Andrews: The Rover's Return wouldn't stand a chance in today's bland, corporate climate

I've never been to the Old Chainyard. So I can't honestly comment on whether it is good, bad or indifferent. But I have heard good reports from...

07.12.2024 4

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Mark Andrews: Students in the battlefield, the Turner Prize, and why things are looking Shaky for the PM

Mark Andrews casts a wry eye over the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 David Davis, the former...

07.12.2024 3

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'It's a dark day for ale drinkers like me - Carlsberg will be removing part of Wolverhampton's soul'

Mark Andrews mourns the loss of a brewing institution A headline on the Carlsberg Group's website: 'Carlsberg and Brooklyn Brewery launch first...

28.11.2024 5

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'It's a dark day for ale drinkers like me - Carlsberg will be removing part of Wolverhampton's soul'

Mark Andrews mourns the loss of a brewing institution A headline on the Carlsberg Group's website: 'Carlsberg and Brooklyn Brewery launch first...

28.11.2024 2

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Mark Andrews: Falling foul of hidden cameras, school's out for autumn, and why farming is crucial to our economy

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week that was... Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 The farmers are...

23.11.2024 7

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Mark Andrews: Falling foul of hidden cameras, school's out for autumn, and why farming is crucial to our economy

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week that was... Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 The farmers are...

23.11.2024 5

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Mark Andrews: E-scooters, the four-day week and kids who smell of fish

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Here's some news that...

16.11.2024 3

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Mark Andrews: E-scooters, the four-day week and kids who smell of fish

Mark Andrews takes a wry look at the week's news Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Here's some news that...

16.11.2024 3

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Mark Andrews on Vordeman's meltdown, a politically incorrect car, and a Hollywood actor on the run

In July last year, when it looked like Joe Biden would be going head to head with Donald Trump in the US presidential election, I wrote about my...

09.11.2024 10

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Mark Andrews on Vordeman's meltdown, a politically incorrect car, and a Hollywood actor on the run

In July last year, when it looked like Joe Biden would be going head to head with Donald Trump in the US presidential election, I wrote about my...

09.11.2024 5

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Mark Andrews: PM's dubious fanboy, road tax debacle, and an Adonis like professor who says the Welsh are ugly

The ugliest people in the UK live in Wales, followed by those in Scotland. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565...

02.11.2024 9

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Comment: Rachel Reeves is "othering" non-workers believing they're modern-day graft dodgers

Chancellor Rachel Reeves championed working people with her Budget announcement this week - but her views on non-working people are "othering"...

02.11.2024 2

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Mark Andrews: PM's dubious fanboy, road tax debacle, and an Adonis like professor who says the Welsh are ugly

The ugliest people in the UK live in Wales, followed by those in Scotland. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565...

02.11.2024 5

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Give us our mojo back, Prime Minister! Mark Andrews on Keir Starmer's pre-Budget manoeuvres

The Prime Minister stole my mojo. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 I suppose I should explain a little...

29.10.2024 6

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Give us our mojo back, Prime Minister! Mark Andrews on Keir Starmer's pre-Budget manoeuvres

The Prime Minister stole my mojo. Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 I suppose I should explain a little...

29.10.2024 4

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Mark Andrews: Trump feels the heat, the dangers of covering up, and would you dress your daughter as Jeffrey Dahmer?

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's decision to grant anonymity to police officers who appear in court after shooting incidents is the exact knee-jerk...

26.10.2024 3

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Mark Andrews: Trump feels the heat, the dangers of covering up, and would you dress your daughter as Jeffrey Dahmer?

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's decision to grant anonymity to police officers who appear in court after shooting incidents is the exact knee-jerk...

26.10.2024 4

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Mark Andrews: Dancing robots are all very clever, but I still prefer Pan's People

The funky beats blaired into the balmy, October evening. Thousands upon thousands crowded around the bandstand, frantically waving their phones in...

22.10.2024 3

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