Recent content by Colonel Mustard

It was panned in the Guardian a few days ago though apparently it went down a storm in New York. It’s a pretty incredible feat of memory, regardless.

I’ve no idea what you’re talking about or why you would have any awareness of what I thought about these events — had I known they were happening. If it isn’t clear, let me spell it out. All acts of political violence, whether it involves a ‘little milkshake’ or something more lethal, are the...

The Prescott punch was massive news, you one-eyed cretin.

Shame on you.

Dangerous thinking. Who is the arbiter of whether a politician deserves to be assaulted — you? No. Just don’t do it. Use your brains to attack your political enemies if you must. How long will it be before someone who takes exception to Starmer or Sunak deciding to attack them? A milkshake...

Sorry but I’m going to be po-faced about this. Regardless of who the person is, we don’t physically attack politicians in this country. If you can’t see where this leads, you’re as thick as any Reform supporter.

They’re certainly unconventional but from what I can see, no one seems to mind. They’re more of a protest vote, a magnet for contrarians, than a normal political party. Should the unthinkable happen, and they get big enough to be the official opposition, or at least have a sizeable presence in...

I suspect Tice is delighted to have Farage take back the reins. He was asking for him to rethink his plan to go to the US. Will be interesting to see what the polls say this weekend. It’s surely only a matter of time before Reform overtakes the Tories. They’re already ahead of the LibDems and...

Oh FFS. Some people are never happy unless they’ve something to moan about. And if there’s nothing to moan about, let’s invent a long list of bad things so that we can play-act at moaning. You do my head in.

Fair point. I’m not yet certain what he’s up to but I agree that to get anywhere he needs massive traditional Tory support. A little bit of buttering up would probably go a long way. People don’t like being told they’re bad people for taking another tack on the broad right/centre right. As he’s...

Far too precious. The Mail and Telegraph are Tory papers. They have their base and they give them what they want. The Times carries a wide range of opinion pieces and certainly includes plenty of criticism of the Tories though yes, they’re essentially a conservative paper. The Sun is a...

Do you have any examples of this suppression of opinion?

I can’t think what your opening word could be or why you would choose it. Am I being thick? Edited— ah wait, you’re on a different time zone and that was yesterday’s puzzle. All is clear now.

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I’m quite pleased he’s standing. The campaign has been as dull as ditchwater so far and this is certain to, as I think he said himself, spice it up. I’m in the luxurious position of not being wedded to any particular party or ideology. Elections are a spectator sport. A bit of modest...