1 hour ago Keir leaves your eyelids sticky with desire for sleep... the tedium of tone, an overwhelming greyness. What a stodge! QUENTIN LETTS AT WESTMINSTER

What happened to the aphrodisiac of power? In the orbit of a male PM even the most heterosexual chap used to feel a tingle, not exactly of lust - but of interest.

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4 h. ago Keir leaves your eyelids sticky with desire for sleep... the tedium of tone, an overwhelming greyness. What a stodge! QUENTIN LETTS AT PMQs

What happened to the aphrodisiac of power? In the orbit of a male PM even the most heterosexual chap used to feel a tingle, not exactly of lust - but of interest.

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3 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing fans rage 'I'm not wasting my time watching!' as Christmas special winner LEAKS weeks before BBC air date

Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left fuming after the winner of the Christmas special leaked online weeks before the show is due to air.

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5 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Covid face masks were suffocating, dehumanising, manky and damp and turned us into a nation of furtive, beaten souls bullied by goose

Must we 'really, really' heed Mr Elkeles and the other functionaries and ninnies who quickly echoed his demand for masks?

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5 d. ago Kemi's lipstick glistened with merriment as the oblong potato in front of her honked and hummed: QUENTIN LETTS sees Badenoch grill Starmer at PMQs

Each week Kemi Badenoch leans a little further across the Commons despatch box at PMQs, edging closer to Sir Keir Starmer . Each week he pretends to be unbovvered.

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6 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Brother Torsten shimmered, beamed and lovingly stroked his girlishly smooth throat...

Treasury Questions and Torsten Bell was in da building! Little Torsten is that London think-tanker who used to pop up on BBC programmes as an allegedly non-partisan commentator.

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6 d. ago 5 thrilling news dramas to watch as BBC Shetland comes to an end

As Calder and Tosh wrap up the latest crime in Shetland, many viewers will be wondering what new dramas they can sink their teeth into

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8 d. ago The War Between the Land and the Sea and Doctor Who link explained

The War Between the Land and the Sea stars Gavin and Stacey's Russell Tovey but do you need to be a Doctor Who fan to watch the new BBC series?

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8 d. ago The ‘best British crime drama series of all time' is streaming now on BBC iPlayer

Line of Duty has been hailed as 'The Best British Crime Drama Series' by Variety, with fans calling the BBC show a '10/10 masterpiece' and not only can you watch it for free but series seven is also in the pipeline

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: The genius of Starmer... just put off any election you look like losing

Sir Keir Starmer's people have hit on a brilliant way of not losing elections: keep postponing them. This, admittedly, means a junior minister must face tricky questioning in the Commons.

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1 week ago Shetland star 'started to worry' after he was rejected for role in BBC series

The latest series of Shetland is well underway as BBC viewers watch DI Ruth Calder and DI Alison' Tosh' McIntosh continue to try to solve Eadie's murder

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: Kemi's confidence has grown... she looks much happier than the grey spud opposite her

There was a salty moment as Sir Keir Starmer left PMQs. 'Never again!' he was told by Sir Lindsay Hoyle. 'I'm not having it, forget it,' continued the enraged Speaker.

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: Mr Lammy claimed the Victims' Commissioner backed his proposal. In fact, she died a few weeks ago. Eek...

For Downing Street technicians, another disappointing day. They had again fitted the hypersonic Lammy to their launch pad and topped its liquid oxygen levels.

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2 w. ago The RMS Starmer was going round in circles, some crew trying to scuttle the ship, while the chief purser locked herself in her cabin: QUENTIN LETTS

Here at the worm farm we had a day of wriggling. Westminster's slippery invertebrates writhed and waved their maggoty forms in the air as they vied for supremacy.

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2 w. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Lie, lie, lie, lie... the word kept echoing round the cavern of her brain

A bruised, stale, defensive Rachel Reeves cut a sad figure on Sunday-morning television. It was not easy to watch. A boxing referee might have stepped in to put the Chancellor out of her misery.

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2 w. ago WRU bosses to face grilling hours after Wales' total humiliation

Welsh Rugby Union chiefs will face member clubs at today's annual general meeting, in the wake of Wales' brutal defeat to South Africa on Saturday

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2 w. ago Number of complaints about BBC to watchdog decreased in year to March – report

The report comes at a time of ‘significant crisis’ for the BBC, Ofcom said.

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2 w. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Jenrick fired quality harrumphs by the yard, but where was Lammy?

David Lammy, previously a champion of the jury system, declined to come to the Commons to explain the Government's plans to, ahem, scrap juries for all but 'the most serious cases'.

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2 w. ago Christmas TV schedule 2025: What’s on the BBC, from The Traitors and Strictly to The Night Manager and Amandaland

From festive specials of much-loved shows to new dramas and family-friendly viewing, the BBC has got Christmas covered

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2 w. ago Vernon Kay says he's 'not sure' as he shares views over watching Strictly with Tess Daly

The BBC Radio 2 presenter was speaking on his morning show about watching Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman presenting Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday night

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