Mark Steel's Blog

Some people might have decided that, on entering the worst health crisis since 1920 with a bloke in charge who you regarded as f****** hopeless, you might want to consider replacing him

Who could possibly have known in advance that getting rid of 188,000 people from abroad who did jobs here would leave us with a workforce that was 188,000 short?

That’s the problem, isn’t it, both sides are as bad as each other with their missile-launching

It seems as if Labour's idea for winning votes back is to hope the Conservatives are so terrible that everyone chooses Labour instead, even if they’ve disappeared

Even if the Democratic candidate becomes president, the extent of that victory will feel almost anticlimactic after what the incumbent president likely has in store

Next week, Nigel Farage will tell us his plans to have a boiled egg, shouting: 'I will eat this and if some idiot from Brussels tells me I have to eat asparagus instead, I shall ignore them, because I love Britain'

Ministers like Gavin Williamson are just following rules when they propose something mad, stick to it despite opposition and U-turn on the basis that nobody could have possibly foreseen any issues

Because of political correctness, we have to blame the economic downturn on lockdown. But look closer and you'll see those who really caused it are three refugee kids and their grandma

The next batch may work a little better, although I wouldn't put it past them if it turned out the straps were all made of asbestos

She should have a slot on 'Lorraine', telling the poor why they should grow orange trees instead of ever buying juice