The anti-fraud Tories? You couldn’t make it up… - May 2023 The Observer - By Stewart Lee - May 7th, 2023

On Wednesday, Rishi Sunak opened his tiny mouth wide, as wide as it could possibly go, and announced “a new plan to stop scams at the source and help make it easier for people to protect themselves from fraudsters”. Meanwhile, his former boss Boris Johnson, who had persuaded some mug to pay for his wallpaper…

FROM THE STALINIST WOKE DIKTATORSHAFT GULAG OF Stewart Lee – MAY 2023.1 - May 2023 May 1st, 2023

1. T-SHIRT FRENZY – STEWART LEE “I DON’T THINK THAT’ T-SHIRTS WAX FACE return to the crowded official Stewart Lee t-shirt marketplace with their most self-consciously cool design yet, cynically targeted at the ageing indie-hipster audience that make up Stewart’s delusional following. “I don’t think that. I think the opposite of that.“, is Stewart’s philosophy…

Sunak’s sushi train Tories are like a banquet of filth - April 2023 The Observer - By Stewart Lee - April 30th, 2023

All across the land the emergency alarm went off. Oliver Dowden had been appointed deputy prime minister. The harsh metallic tone of the mobile phone sounded suspiciously like the rattle of a barrel being scraped bare. Metal on metal. There’s not an ounce of talent left in the Tory party. If it was a circus…

Britain is a dying nation in need of new curators - April 2023 The Observer - By Stewart Lee - April 16th, 2023

The Conservatives are a defeated army in vindictive retreat, robbing the museums and cathedrals as they head for the hills; setting fire to, and laying waste to, every institution in their wake; poisoning the rivers and destroying the food supplies; leaving only a barren mess for the incoming Labour government to shoulder the blame for.…

FROM THE STALINIST WOKE DIKTATORSHAFT GULAG OF Stewart Lee – april 2023.1 - April 2023 April 3rd, 2023

1. T-SHIRT FRENZY – STEWART LEE “I DON’T THINK THAT’ T-SHIRTS WAX FACE return to the crowded official Stewart Lee t-shirt marketplace with their most self-consciously cool design yet, cynically targeted at the ageing indie-hipster audience that make up Stewart’s delusional following. “I don’t think that. I think the opposite of that.“, is Stewart’s philosophy…

After Garygate, I’ve shown my BBC licence fee the red card - March 2023 The Observer - By Stewart Lee - March 19th, 2023

On Monday, like some Tunbridge Wells Daily Telegraph Tory who puts his foot through the television in a fury and sends Lenny Henry and Clare Balding the bill, I went online and cancelled my television licence. Why should I subsidise the rotting corpse of the BBC? It was once an idealistic public institution, but the…