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From the NS archive: Where are all the right-wing stand-ups?
16 April 2013: It’s hard to find a comedian who votes Tory.

By Stewart Lee
02 September
Culture
Brexit confusion is scuppering my show – what next?
My week, from spinning records with Baconface, Brexit block and visiting comedy graves.

By Stewart Lee
28 October
Culture
Where are all the right-wing stand-ups?
Yes, Jimmy Carr avoided tax and the BNP loves Al Murray’s Pub Landlord, but it’s hard to find a comedian who votes Tory.
By Stewart Lee
16 April
Culture
A View from a Hill
A ghost story.
By Stewart Lee
19 December
Culture
The big art sell-off
The effect of David Cameron’s “big society” will be to drive artists and performers into the arms of
By Stewart Lee
02 August
Culture
When a knob joke is better than Brecht
Comedy has ruined Edinburgh. The Fringe, formerly a venue for alternative theatre, is now merely a s
By Stewart Lee
22 August

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