Mitch Benn
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The Tory Party is over... but what about the afterparty?
What new right wing parties can we expect to emerge in the coming years? And, who may lead them? → Read More
Underhand, overpaid, the Tories are bungling free
Meet The Wombles as you've never seen them before. (With apologies to Elisabeth Beresford...) → Read More
The cautionary tale of the emperor’s ill-fitting clothes
Rishi Sunak appears to be having a few wardrobe malfunctions. Is he taking a leaf out of Boris Johnson's book? → Read More
Nothing really adds up in little Rishi’s big maths test
Do the government really want a highly numerate populace when their own numbers aren't especially strong? → Read More
What could the big hitter of Twitter shatter next?
After all, once he’s free of Twitter he’ll be looking for something else to do → Read More
Forget Qatar: Let’s stage the next World Cup on Mars
Holding the tournament in the red planet’s temperate deserts would be more hospitable and less oppressive for fans → Read More
The new targets for Leaky Sue’s crown persecution service
Who will Suella Braverman go after next in her attempt to out-bigot the bigots? → Read More
Backseat driver Hunt puts the Age of Truss in reverse
Jeremy Hunt has taken the wheel of Liz Truss’s clown car → Read More
Can’t pay? Just earn more, says Tories’ scary Berry
If you can’t afford to turn on the heating this winter, Jake Berry has a simple solution – make sure you can afford to → Read More
The so long Boris songbook
The songs perfect for the exit of Boris Johnson, as presented by comedian MITCH BENN → Read More
Initial thoughts on what the dim 0.3% see in L.T.
If Liz Truss is investigating policies beginning with the letters "LT" - which ones should we be on the lookout for? → Read More
We’ve suffered Rees-Mogg, why not bring back smog?
The Tory government have relaxed standard after standard. Why stop there? Here are some more they can lower... → Read More
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak: Two irrational irritants debating the irrelevant
It's highly illogical, but Truss and Sunak appear to actually agree on something: Star Trek over Star Wars → Read More
Now, how can we keep the football feel-good factor?
The country is somewhat starved of feel-good stories. So, here are some ways the government could cheer everyone up → Read More
How Johnson could ride out his non-resignation
Comedian MITCH BENN on what Boris Johnson could yet do to avoid leaving Downing Street → Read More
A government addicted to crises of its own making
Here are some more crises the government could engineer to deflect the blame from Brexit → Read More
No overhaul control: Truss plan borders on insanity
Solving impossible problems? It’s all in a day’s work for Liz Truss says comedian MITCH BENN → Read More
It’s time for Johnson to press the new career button
Comedian MITCH BENN offers some suggestions for Boris Johnson’s next job → Read More
Scapegoats and sacrificial lambs in the Johnson zoo
As Sue Gray reports, speculation is mounting as to which and how many necks Boris Johnson will offer to the block in order to save his own → Read More
Trying to paint Mr Rules as a law-breaker is criminal
Comedian MITCH BENN on the government’s rather telling blank-eyed incomprehension of Keir Starmer’s pledge to resign should he be given a fixed penalty notice → Read More