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David Mitchell
David Mitchell is an actor, writer and comedian. Star of the BBC television sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look, and the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, he is also a regular participant on TV panel shows. He writes comment articles for the Guardian and Observer on subjects as diverse as sport and politics, and presents Soap Box, a video series wherein he sounds off about stuff
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Life is too short for ‘shopping around’ between companies offering identical sorts of gas or electricity
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Nigel Farage as US ambassador might be only the start of president-elect Trump’s recruitment ambitions for the UK
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The alarming news that MI6 plans to recruit 1,000 more staff makes me hanker for the days when they just kept things to themselves
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The British are a nostalgic people, but there is a context for fond backward glances, and that context is progress
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Of the duke’s approximately £9bn estate, approximately £0bn goes to the taxman, and approximately £0bn to his daughters
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Comedian Mike Ward’s joke about the boy who sang for the pope might not be funny, but is that any reason to fine him $42,000?
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If you think things are crazy now, just wait until the Tories split into two and Russell Brand’s hair-care party swings into action
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The knee-jerk accusation that it’s just typical of you to hold the opinions that you do is a hard one to answer
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Buying our food from an online retailer famous for putting actual shops out of business is surely a recipe for disaster…
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Elected leaders ought to make the big decisions, but David Cameron would rather flatter the public with a referendum than step up and lead
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David Cameron and the Queen’s diplomatic gaffes were only embarrassing because the media said they were
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The Palace of Westminster may be falling down but working there is one of the last few perks MPs have left
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The Norwegian mass murderer is free with his opinions on prison food, Hitler and reality TV – let’s hope he keeps out of the Brexit debate
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No one knows if we will be better off inside or outside the EU. The liars are those who claim to be certain
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Do you ever wonder why we call one thing one thing and another thing something else? Well, here’s a thing…
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From George Osborne’s musical to the John Lewis ad replacing the Queen’s speech, 2016 was a year unlike any other
Let’s not be led any further up the garden bridge