Mark Steel
Commentator and stand-up comedian Mark Steel has presented several radio and television programmes, and appeared on Have I Got News for You and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2006 he published 'Vive La Revolution: A Stand-up History of the French Revolution', and in 2000 stood as a candidate in the London Assembly elections.
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How dare anyone ask David Cameron to take part in TV debates – don't they know who he is?
12 March 2015 06:27 PM
The PM says he's done his best to ensure the debates take place, but all the other leaders keep getting in the way by agreeing to everything
All Nigel Farage did was construct a party against meddling foreigners, and for some reason it seems to have attracted racists
05 March 2015 05:53 PM
Who would've thought that blaming our problems on immigration had any downsides?
Cameron is right — nothing keeps you in touch with the common person like being paid £5k a day
26 February 2015 05:04 PM
Without second jobs, will the Tories now try to raise the minimum wage to £67,000?
If HSBC can help rich people avoid paying tax, why don't they help the poor avoid paying their fuel bills?
19 February 2015 04:55 PM
I’ve got just the idea for the bank’s next move
Premier League deal: And still they don't have enough money to pay the living wage...
11 February 2015 07:02 PM
Soon these clubs will become countries of their own
The trouble with Parliament is it just doesn’t have enough privately educated MPs
05 February 2015 06:26 PM
Can’t these 17th-century traditions be a bit more, well, 11th century?
There's nothing wrong with Labour’s modernisers except how outdated they look
29 January 2015 07:23 PM
With the return of Blairism, it's no wonder Labour has lost so much support to the Greens
Give Chilcot a break – he’s probably still working on his inquiry into the Battle of Hastings
22 January 2015 05:39 PM
Or maybe the report’s taking so long because it’s being handwritten by Franciscan monks
What a perfect tribute to satire the Paris march turned out to be
15 January 2015 06:58 PM
Perhaps "I don't agree with what you say, but defend your right to say it" gets lost in translation to Arabic
Charlie Hebdo: Norway's Christians didn't have to apologise for Anders Breivik, and it's the same for Muslims now
08 January 2015 06:34 PM
It's as if no one in any Western country has ever gone berserk with a gun in a public place before
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Nigel Farage brands LGBT activists 'filth' and 'scum' and accuses them of scaring away his children after they invade his local pub
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Russia threatens Denmark with nuclear weapons if it tries to join Nato defence shield
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Council tenant wins right not to be sent to Milton Keynes
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Jeremy Clarkson suspension: Richard Hammond and James May 'refuse to film Top Gear' without him
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Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system
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Vote Ukip, says far-right group Britain First
- 1 Is this bridge haunted by the ghost of nu rave?
- 2 JK Rowling responds to fan who tweeted she 'can't see' Dumbledore being gay
- 3 Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its education system
- 4 Eating quinoa and whole grains every day could help you live longer
- 5 Timothy Robenhorst: Dad who forces son to make humbling apology after discovering he is a bully says 'swastika is symbol of his beliefs'
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