My column on Russell Brand, the media, the noughties - and what I got wrong
Marina Hyde
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Marina Hyde
@MarinaHyde
Guardian columnist. Co-host of The Rest Is Entertainment podcast.
Joined May 2011
- Notable that the Conservatives only use the word “millionaire” as an insult in the case of footballers or people in the creative industries. Otherwise they are forever keen to cast themselves as the party of aspiration and wealth-creation.
- The taxpayer-funded Andrea, when she was education minister, greeting some of the British public
To all the presenters pulling out of the show in solidarity with #Lineker, no problem, why don't you leave the taxpayer funded #BBC then you all can be as sanctimonious and vocal as you like. Or lets #DefundTheBBC 
Because it consists of billions of bidirectional interactions per day, Twitter can be thought of as a collective, cybernetic super-intelligence- My column on the men who simply CAN’T handle Mary Earps winning Sports Personality of the Year, and have consequently tried to ruin it for her
- Imagine being a Member of Parliament and blithely explaining you did something because of “folk” awaiting trial on rape and human trafficking charges🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says he was misled by Andrew Tate and 'other folk with big followings' into incorrectly suggesting that the man charged with the Southport killings 'was known to security services'
00:00 - *deletes column* *opens new document*EXCLUSIVE: I'M A CELEB MP: Former health secretary Matt Hancock joins I’m A Celebrity as bombshell extra campmate - breaker with @RodMcPheeTheSun thesun.co.uk/tv/20284864/ma…
- Reminder: in 2019 there was ONE conviction for in-person voter fraud in the entire UK (handed to a man who had voted twice in the European parliament elections). This is voter suppression.the Electoral Commission has warned of possible problems when the controversial voter ID system is introduced at next May’s local elections ft.com/content/3f82a6…
- My column on Saoirse Ronan burning the chat show circuit down
- My column on the men who simply CAN’T handle Mary Earps winning Sports Personality of the Year, and have consequently tried to ruin it for her
- Crying for himself, again. Save it for the inquiry.Matt Hancock tearfully asks I’m a Celebrity campmates for ‘forgiveness’ independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…
- This picture unfortunately makes it look like Jeremy Hunt is literally pissing on your chipsSome tough decisions for the Chancellor this week, starting with breakfast.
- Absolutely unmissable and important by @gabyhinsliff. Shame on those who have cast doubt on this utter horror
- My column on Prince Andrew being chauffeured back into the Windsor fold by Prince William
