Conservative Britain has taken a pasting at the Olympics

[Malcolm Buggeridge]

Mark Steel in the Independent:
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Paraphrasing here but his gist is basically that there should be 2 medal tables showing the number Britain has won and one showing the number Conservative Britain has won which, omitting cyclists, asylum seekers and people forced to move abroad to train because of the cuts, would show one for the dressage - which they're welcome to.

Since when has being a cyclist precluded someone from being a conservative?

[Robinho]

Political parties should be selected on the number of Golds the Olympic teams will choose under their reign.

[wurzel]

Mark Steel - is he that class warrior comedian with the half baked estuarine nasal whine? Didn't know he was still around.

[PorkPie]

Mark Steel - is he that class warrior comedian with the half baked estuarine nasal whine? Didn't know he was still around.

That's the one - the billy bragg of comedy

[stek]

Anyone remember Mark Miwords or however it was spelt - Sheffield lad...

[BrilloPad]

That's the one - the billy bragg of comedy

Ah. It was a comedy article? Well it cannot be serious. Random ideas, badly written.

Maybe he is the atw of the media world?

[PorkPie]

Anyone remember Mark Miwords or however it was spelt - Sheffield lad...

No, next

[vetran]

he tried doing history, good job it wasn't an article on communism, Stalin would be portrayed as a very nice man.

completely biased, but occasionally insightful, a few pearls in the commie swine.

[NotAllThere]

That's the one - the billy bragg of comedy

But not as funny.

[Spacecadet]

Since when has being a cyclist precluded someone from being a conservative?

Boris being a famous Tory and he's a keen cyclist!

Anyway, according to the BBC, most medals when to ex private school athletes, which I guess means the toffs win