John Crace

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theguardian.com‘I, The TrUssTER, will NeveR die’ – Liz Truss’s Bank Job, digested by John CraceShe’s back with another book – and it’s a lot like the last one. Our sketchwriter spares you the 100 pages

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theguardian.comAndy Bloke appears vaguely normal on Gogglebox – but Kemi dodged a bulletPM and the Liverpool mayor prove to be naturals at watching TV, with a genuine connection and sense of fun

theguardian.comAndy Bloke appears vaguely normal on Gogglebox – but Kemi dodged a bulletPM and the Liverpool mayor prove to be naturals at watching TV, with a genuine connection and sense of fun

theguardian.comIf ITV were going to film Zia’s Reform colleagues being racist, they might have asked firstThe channel really ought to have written to him personally, asking permission to expose racist and misogynist views in his party

theguardian.comAs Miatta ignites the speaker’s gas-fuelled inferno, Reform show up as snowflakes | John CraceThe energy secretary’s trip north provokes Hoyle’s futile rage, while ITV’s exposé leaves Zia Yusuf immensely sad

Tickets available for my Worcester show on November 26. Please do come worcestertheatres.co.uk/whats-on/joh...

theguardian.comNige seems tired and bored of himself as Kemi conjures a telepathic budgetThe Tory leader has glimpsed the future and it involves Labour putting every last UK citizen on benefits

theguardian.comITV’s exposé of racism and misogyny in Reform? Just a few (more) bad apples | John CraceWhile the party’s MPs went into hiding, it was left to its failed byelection candidate Matt Goodwin to defend it

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theguardian.comDigested week: No Nobel again for Trump but he looks a cert to retain Fifa peace prize | John CraceWith his war in Iran and siding with Russia, it’s hard to think of someone who has done more to make the world a safer place

theguardian.comJust as Saint Nige thought it was safe to reappear, along comes pesky ITV | John CraceHow dare the channel reveal more racism and bigotry within Reform just as he was planning a press conference?

theguardian.comThat Kemi is spectacularly wrong about almost everything is a big help to the PM | John CraceOne good poll has convinced the Tory leader she is invincible. She was back in her happy place with a scattergun PMQs

theguardian.comWes Streeting might be an unlikely defence secretary – but he’s still a better bet than Penny MordauntFor the first time in his life, Wes is enjoying keeping secrets – though he did admit he isn’t ‘keen on fighting a war’

theguardian.comIf Russia had interfered with the Brexit vote, Nige would have been the first to knowBurnham was lying, Farage told a press conference on Monday. This was clearly just another plot to undermine him

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I'm gobsmacked by ministers' failure to defend Burnham's claim about Russian interference in Brexit (and Tories' claim that he has no proof of it) when there were well-documented troll farms, funded by Russia, spewing out aggressive pro-Brexit attacks on social media at the time

komedia.co.ukJohn Crace: What The Hell Just Happened?Join John Crace for an evening of comedy exploring the chaos of British politics over the last decade and more.

I’m an idiot. My show at the Komedia in Brighton is on Sunday October 18. Not Friday October 16. My apologies www.komedia.co.uk/shows/john-c...

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macbirmingham.co.ukJohn Crace: What The Hell Just Happened? | Mac BirminghamThe last 10 years of British politics has been one long psychodrama. The Scottish referendum. David Cameron’s surprise election win. Brexit. Theresa May. B

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komedia.co.ukJohn Crace: What The Hell Just Happened?Join John Crace for an evening of comedy exploring the chaos of British politics over the last decade and more.

Last few tickets available for my Brighton show on October 16th. Please do come www.komedia.co.uk/shows/john-c...

Last few tickets for my show at Birmingham MAC on October 31st. Please do come macbirmingham.co.uk/events/john-...

theguardian.comAll hail the Kult of Kemi – captain, coach and owner of the Conservatives | John CraceThe Tory leader is now too big for the party to allow her to fail, so everything she does is acclaimed a work of genius

Extra tickets just released for my show at Birmingham MAC on October 31. Please do come. It will be fun macbirmingham.co.uk/events/john-...

theguardian.comDon’t mention the Iron Dome: comedy genius Kemi on warpath at Tory conference | John CraceConservative leader’s ‘It’s a Britannia Shield’ announcement proves no one does farcical improv better than her

komedia.co.ukJohn Crace: What The Hell Just Happened?Join John Crace for an evening of comedy exploring the chaos of British politics over the last decade and more.

Last few tickets available for my Brighton show on October 16th. Please do come www.komedia.co.uk/shows/john-c...

theguardian.comNo queues, empty seats and the worst speech ever heard: welcome to the Tory conference | John CraceBirmingham event is like a safari park attraction where we get to see the remnants of a party in a protected habitat

theguardian.comFor Kemi, being the Nasty party is not toxic but a badge of honour | John CraceThe Tory leader says the party’s plans to cut people’s benefits are no more than ‘common sense’

Though my show at Birmingham MAC on October 31 says it is sold out, a few more tickets are being released on Monday. Apologies for inconvenience. Please be patient

theguardian.comAt Brighton, Polanski raised his arms in triumph. It felt more like a wave goodbyeThe Greens’ leader seems long on agitprop but short on ideas – and one byelection away from losing his job

theguardian.comDigested week: My heart sank at seeing Labour’s ‘Hope Again’ conference slogan. But then came Andy Burnham | John CraceThe prime minister gave far and away the most powerful, emotional and gamechanging leader’s speech of the century

theguardian.comWelcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John CraceNige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in Nige

theguardian.comDo parents make the politician? Find out on the Today programme’s psychotherapy couchDad’s the word for Andy Burnham, so maybe all party leaders should be seen afresh through a Freudian lens

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theguardian.comReality pays a visit to the Labour party conference, but it’s the ‘Hope Again’ that kills youMost MPs are clinging to this year’s Beckettian slogan, but the chancellor brought his own brand of despair