Vote no to the thinktank pod people trying to body-snatch the National Trust The conservation organisation once again faces being infiltrated by climate crisis deniers and oil-funded groups The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2023
A note of caution about the withdrawal of cash Without coins and notes, unaccountable banks can know everything we’re spending. Is that good? The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2023
What, a school revamp once every 440 years isn’t enough? Rishi Sunak is evading his duty of care after slashing millions from the budget for repairing schools when he was chancellor The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023
The Tories watering down protections for polluted rivers? I smell a rat One thing the Conservatives have achieved: the comprehensive choking to death of our waterways The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2023
The Edinburgh fringe is just another choking canary in the toxic national mine But if I’m going to watch the Britain I loved expire slowly, I’d rather do it from the top of the Royal Mile in August The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023
As Britain drowns in filth, the Tories want more toilets Kemi Badenoch wants gender-specific lavatories in new venues, but is it wise to release more excrement into our fatally compromised sewage systems? The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023
This dying, sweary Tory government wants to drag us down with it They’re trashing our energy policy, asylum system and global reputation on the way out… and the language! The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2023
Rishi Sunak – a total investment banker What kind of person opposes initiatives designed to protect the future of our planet so his enfeebled party can retain power? The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2023
Europe burns while the Tories’ net zero plans are set to go up in smoke Rishi Sunak needs to understand that investing in green initiatives is a lot cheaper than flying all his hedge fund manager mates to Mars The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023
If the Tory degree plan is dopey, look who’s selling it Those charged with explaining the policy had been sent into the field without any clear idea of what the word ‘good’ actually meant The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023
The UK’s Mickey Mouse news agenda deserves only contempt The BBC presenter scandal was absolutely not the main story last week The Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2023
Can fleeing Tories be turned into quality TV? With more than 40 Conservatives seeking new employment before the next election, media careers could be on the cards The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2023
Never mind the fate of life on Earth, what about the cat-children? Confected controversies and Jonny Bairstow’s supposed heroics generate more concern than genuine unfolding catastrophe The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023
Who would pay to hear our drivel? That appears to be the Tories’ logic Charging journalists to attend their party conference suggests the Conservatives hope to win the next election by staying under the radar The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2023 If wanting fair, accurate political coverage means I’m a nerd, knit me a tank top Luckily the great British public were on hand to help Laura Kuenssberg correct the record last week
The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2023 Would you put an erect penis on a packet of cheese? Absolutely no whey Removing the incongruous image of the Cerne Abbas giant’s member from a dairy product was the upstanding thing to do
The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023 Never mind his WhatsApp messages – can Boris Johnson himself be disappeared? Escaping the toxic radioactive half-life of his degraded legacy means the Tories will also have to vanish the former PM
The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023 Take it from someone in a TV duo: Holly and Phil are simply sick of each other Whatever the specifics of Willoughby and Schofield’s quarrel, a major cause can be summarised in two words: you again
The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023 Rishi Sunak’s football video is a political own goal The PM’s scattergun attempts at image projection tell us nothing about who he really is
The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2023 God save the king? What about the planet? The eco-minded king’s silence about the detention of climate activists at his coronation speaks volumes about his convictions
The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2023 The anti-fraud Tories? You couldn’t make it up… Rishi Sunak’s war on fraudsters might as well have been announced with an animation of a cartoon fox advising us on how to protect chickens
The Guardian - UK · Apr 30, 2023 Sunak’s sushi train Tories are like a banquet of filth Oliver Dowden’s appointment as deputy PM proves that the Conservatives’ shallow well of talent is as rancid as our waterways
The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2023 Further maths from Sunak is still a fail The PM banging on – again – about numeracy doesn’t look likely to provoke the conflict he’s hoping for
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 Britain is a dying nation in need of new curators The Tories’ scorched earth policy has wrecked our rivers, our NHS, our freedom of movement. Now even 6 Music is at risk
The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2023 Struggling with nouns? Robert Jenrick can help The immigration minister has allowed me to see things more clearly after a bout of post-Covid brain fog