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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: Sign up now and win a heart bypass!
21 March 2012 12:00 AM
It rests on the premise that society can't provide adequate care without a profit motive
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
Mark Steel: As Jesus said, you're ruining it for tourists
29 February 2012 12:00 AM
To advance their cause, the occupiers should have taken the riot police head to lunch
Mark Steel: Iraq was such a laugh, let's do it to Iran
22 February 2012 12:00 AM
Why can't our leaders think up new stories to justify a military attack?
Mark Steel: If religion is 'marginal', I'm the Pope
15 February 2012 12:00 AM
Baroness Warsi is clearly committed to making religion look ridiculous
Mark Steel: How to get efficient or die trying
08 February 2012 12:00 AM
If hospitals were converted into flats, we could enjoy an efficient health service
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