Satire

Who could forget the last 12 months .. even if we all want to? MITCH BENN looks back at 2021 and some of the key events that made it such an, ahem, interesting year.

"As far back as I can remember I always wanted to be a Conservative…"

Comedian MITCH BENN presents his recommendations of what to watch this Christmas. Featuring a few familiar faces...

Comedian MTCH BENN questions the Metropolitan Police's policy of not to "retrospectively" investigate crimes...

Comedian MITCH BENN ponders if the prime minister is making plans to open "Borisland" once his time at No.10 is done.

Comedian MITCH BENN lists his ideas of what the Labour leader could do to increase his standing in the polls.

Comedian MITCH BENN provides a list of other jobs MPs could take.

Comedian MITCH BENN explains it is barely an adequate metaphor to define what this government is doing.

From the same people who brought you the 'watertight' plan to rescue Owen Paterson, their latest proposal will reignite the Brexit debate.

With Boris Johnson looking to approve the next political editor at the BBC, comedian MITCH BENN looks at other decisions Number 10 might want to influence.

Your weekly check on how well Brexit is going (SPOILER: Not very well)

Comedian MITCH BENN has recommendations for Boris Johnson's next holiday abroad.

While Britain is heading towards a Winter of Discontent, the EU is arguing over phone chargers. Comedian MITCH BENN gives his take.

Britain previously relied on foresters from Eastern Europe. Brexit is now putting its stock of Christmas trees at risk.

Comedian MITCH BENN proposes new names for the ministries serving Boris Johnson's government.

Remember when Boris Johnson claimed in 2016 that 'fuel bills will be lower' if the UK voted for Brexit?

MITCH BENN imagines what will happen next if lorry driver training standards are relaxed.

Britain faces a shortage of pumpkins this Halloween, and fewer fireworks on November 5.

Comedian MITCH BENN considers how Abba's new technology could be used in politics...

One writer not only pioneered satire, but also the literary feud, writes CHARLIE CONNELLY

It has been a gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain, as the smell of rotting and burning produce hits the nostrils of all. Or not quite...

During one of the most miserable weeks to be a satirist MITCH BENN tries to find some positives to write about.

It has been a gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain as the supply line crisis continues to threaten our traditional way of life...

MITCH BENN imagines the books right-wing figureheads would release if only they had a few more holidays...

The comedian and broadcaster is back with a conspiracy theorist's guide to the great British holiday

Fast-food chain KFC and German potato farmers face interruptions to normal service after a shortage of lorry drivers

Are you going to the Edinburgh Festival fringe this year? Neither is Mitch Benn! So he's putting on a show right here...

More food shortages and higher prices are likely to be the result of new Brexit checks that come into effect from October 1

Supermarket shortages are being blamed on the 'pingdemic' - but Brexit must take its share of responsibility after 25,000 lorry drivers returned to the EU

Weakened politics... a weekly diary of the latest woes from Westminster and beyond

Mitch Benn looks at anti-maskers, the Boris Johnson U-turn on isolating and more in his review of the week in politics Hello, and let me wish you all a belated Happy Freedom Day!  Yes, the day after which we are all now free to take one look at all our fellow citizens and decide immediately […]

The costs of Brexit continue to mount – and they dwarf what Boris Johnson has set aside for “levelling up” in the regions It has been a gloomy week on the sunlit uplands of sovereign Britain, as the Brexit waste goes on and on without ever making sense – a bit like Boris Johnson’s speech […]