2025 tour
For two decades I have feasted on politics, stalking the corridors, pubs and restaurants of Westminster. Now I have all the ingredients to cook up a brand new show looking at parliament's feuding food factions and how politicians really are what they eat.
From Keir Starmer’s fish and cheese, to Kemi Badenoch’s hatred of sandwiches, from Nigel Farage’s proper milk to Ed Davey’s fig rolls, everything (and everyone) is on the menu.
WARNING: Politics may contain nuts.
"A show full of well-sourced and often spicy ingredients" - The Herald
"A hugely engaging, acidic overview of the state we are in" - The Times
"Much-needed comic relief at a politically gloomy time" – Manchester Evening News
"Unlike many political acts, you don’t leave a Chorley stand-up feeling hopeless or angry: just comfortingly reassured that we voters are the sane ones." – the i paper
"Engaging, funny, entertaining" – Rory Bremner
THE BACKSTORY
How I got here
I have been a journalist for almost quarter of a century. God I'm old. I started out on the Taunton Times, then moved to London, working first for the Press Association, getting my break as a press gallery reporter in the Commons. Then the Western Morning News, Independent on Sunday, MailOnline and The Times.
More of my (working) life story here
Where to find me
Today you can find my on BBC Radio 5 Live each weekday live from Westminster from 2pm, each Monday on the Americast podcast, each Friday on BBC Two's Newsnight, and occasionally on things like ITV's Lorraine and BBC One's Have I Got News For You, when they can't find anyone better.
THE SOCIALS
THE MUSINGS
THE MAILING LIST
THE BOOK
Looking for a gift for someone who likes politics? Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors: 50 Places That Changed British Politics comes recommended by Joe Lycett, Ed Balls, William Hague and actual Lorraine Kelly.