Mark Steel on The Independent

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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Mark Steel: They can't license the Olympic spirit

23 May 2012 10:00 AM

Coca-Cola has spent $100m in sponsorship just because they love badminton

Mark Steel: Starve the Greeks and they'll feel better

16 May 2012 12:00 AM

The bill for rubber stamps alone comes to twice that of the defence budget

Mark Steel: What do we want? More of the same!

09 May 2012 12:00 AM

Labour might as well have their policy unit run by an expert strategist from 1793

Mark Steel: How should we sort the
crisis at Heathrow? By holding the
Olympics there instead!

02 May 2012 12:00 AM

Visiting tourists could be entertained by turning the queues into a formal marathon

Mark Steel: Give credit to Bernie Ecclestone - every despot should have a Grand Prix

25 April 2012 12:00 AM

Why stop at Bahrain? If Formula One spread to Syria, Libya, and the rest, we might see democracy in the Middle East yet

Mark Steel: Shall we let rich people
decide who gets treated in our hospitals?

18 April 2012 12:00 AM

Patients could just lie there screaming, hoping a banker rescues them

Mark Steel: Galloway and Aung San Suu Kyi – so alike

04 April 2012 12:00 AM

His win has proved that people, including the young, can be reconnected with politics

Mark Steel: Watch out! Democracy is dangerous

28 March 2012 12:00 AM

Perhaps strike votes should be disallowed if the number in favour is a prime number

Mark Steel: That's an awful lot of bad apples

14 March 2012 12:00 AM

The best way to win the people’s hearts and minds? Burn copies of their holy book

Mark Steel: We need a minister for Abu Qatada

07 March 2012 12:00 AM

If al-Qa'ida were smart, they would get 50 of their men to make a DVD each

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