Me columnists

Prosecution: Self-obsessed witterers who occupy prominent corners of the national press to tell us about their doings. Got their jobs by relentlessly schmoozing editors, and by being photogenic (although the byline photo is now a decade or more old). What with all this party-going and preening, there’s no time for original thinking, especially when it comes to current affairs.

Defence: Why are you picking on ditzy little me? It’s all very well for these people in Zimbabwe to complain, but they don’t have to make Jemima’s costume for the nativity play, do a book review, go for a manicure, meet Piers for lunch, write this bloody column, and get to our place in the country – all by Friday.

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