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Ian Hislop relentlessly tore “cockroach” Michael Gove apart to his face on HIGNFY, and it will be 4 minutes of your time...

We turn now to Michael Gove, the Brexit-embracing former Tory party leader wannabe turned editor of the Spectator. No, wait come back, it’s worth it, we swear! Gove appeared on thi...

Ian Hislop’s magnificent takedown of Gary Neville just went viral again on Twitter and it’s proper man of the match stuf...

Have I Got News For You is back on our screens and it’s fair some people think – 70+ series in – it may be past its prime. Fair enough, you might think, but it’s still a hugely ent...

Reform or Restore? A guide to the choice Britain’s worst arseholes are making

IN the constituency of Makerfield, knobheads face an agonising dilemma: Nigel Farage’s Reform or Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain? We help them decide.

Is Harry and Meghan's pal - whose supporters claim is the victim of a smear campaign over his views on Israel - REALLY t...

Misan Harriman, chairman of the Southbank Centre, promised his 567,000 followers on Instagram that 'I will never let the truth slip away' - yet there is a glaring omission in his s...

Who twatted Andrew? A Daily Mash investigation

ANDREW Mountbatten-Windsor, who remains beloved by his public, has somehow been on the wrong end of a right twatting. But who could have done it? We investigate.

How I ended up in the Mandelson files

Political editor David Maddox discusses being named in exchanges involving Peter Mandelson and how The Independent’s stories have embarrassed the government

John Humphrys criticises his 'irritating' successors on BBC Radio 4's Today programme for carrying out a 'gushing contes...

Mr Humphrys, who presented the radio show from 1987 to 2019, hinted the programme's new hosts and guests are guilty of engaging in a flattery contest with one another.

Rupert Lowe vows to defund the BBC because Have I Got News For You mocked him and Musk, if you were wondering how far he...

In case you’d missed it, the former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe had an epic parting of the ways with that party and has started his own – Restore Britain. It’s the preferred British o...

TCW’s 12 of the best: Savile, Sir Cliff, now Bashir – one more outrage the BBC will brazen out

In the final 12 days of TCW, to mark our 12 years we are republishing a selection of our best articles – the ones we are most proud of, that dared say what others did not, that cha...

Phil your boots as Comedy Award winner Nichol returns to Fringe - Vladimir McTavish

This year’s Fringe programme launched on Thursday and it’s the usual case of too much choice.

Jeremy Clarkson and Kirstie Allsopp address ‘most divisive issue of all time’

Jeremy Clarkson and Kirstie Allsopp have addressed the "most divisive issue of all time".

Should you put your money in a slice of Nigel Farage? An investment guide

NIGEL Farage is facing yet more controversy over his generous, unmotivated donors. Clearly he’s open for business, but what returns can you expect from shares in Nige?

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor ran ‘Find the Lady’ game in St James Park for thirty years

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor received an undisclosed, supplementary income from a ‘Find the Lady’ game he ran in St. James’s Park over thirty years, the public spending watchdog has...

ITV's last picture show: Britain's creative industries should be better protected, says ALEX BRUMMER

There is a lack of clarity as to which of Andy Burnham's brains trust of economic advisers will emerge as most influential.

Count Binface represents the Silly Sausage Britain I know and love | Sofie Jenkinson

Mr Blobby, the Liz Truss lettuce, Boaty McBoatface … the Clacton hopeful is part of a rich tradition – and a reminder that it’s laughter that defines us, not hateNigel Farage’s poi...

TV review: The Repair Shop and Rik Mayall: Magnificent B’Stard

THE REPAIR SHOP (BBC1, Wednesday) has a wholesome format, seemingly inspired by Bagpuss. Aged and precious items are taken to a mock-up repair shop to be fixed and made new. Each i...

The quiet scandal behind the Pride brand

from Graham Linehan on X

'He Should Be Ashamed': Lammy Tears Tory MP Apart For Joking About Arson Attacks Targeting Starmer

Matt Vickers and David LammyDavid Lammy told the Conservatives’ deputy chairman he should be “ashamed of himself” after he mocked the arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer.Two Ukrai...

Ridicule, Reform, and Recall – the dangerous political power of laughter

If Farage does beat a bin, and a fox, in an odd mirror of the count at Makerfield just to get his old job back - the result will be rubbish, if the Standards Committee simply carri...

Wait until you find out who I rented the cottages to, says Andrew

How Roy Hattersley overcame cruel jibes from Spitting Image and his own party to 'save Labour from the hard Left' - befo...

Roy Hattersley never held high Cabinet rank, nor did he come close to leading Labour, the party he served in Parliament for more than 50 years. He had neither charisma nor oratoric...

Victoria Derbyshire just ran rings round Richard Tice and Nigel Farage’s £5m ‘security’ gift

To the studios of BBC2’s Newsnight now, where Victoria Derbyshire was keen to talk security with Nigel Farage’s righthand man, Richard Tice. Specifically, the questions Reform UK a...

Robert Peston wasn’t letting Robert Jenrick’s nonsense lie and it showed up the Reform UK man for exactly what he is

To the studios of ITV’s Peston, where presenter Robert Peston was entertaining Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick. And it’s fair to say their exchange got heated – very heated – after thou...

Charles, Ditherer of the Faith

AS A child, I was the sort of clever-clogs who examined his pennies before spending them on sweets. So I learned early on that Fid Def – or simply F D – imprinted around the head o...