Jeremy Hardy


Jeremy HardyJeremy Hardy is a comedian and writer who regularly appears on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue.

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Jeremy Hardy thinks… about the state September 2013

'Not the state we like, which is about schools and hospitals, but the other one'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about people’s concerns July 2013

'Most people are not cold-blooded and are quite shocked when they learn how low benefits actually are'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about the right to exist May 2013

'We’d all say a person has a right to a home, but we wouldn’t say their home has rights.'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about entitlement February 2013

'Well might we muse upon the entitlement of a chancellor who, upon his father’s passing, will be titled'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about the death of the coalition December 2012

'Conservatives have never truly been convinced by this country’s experiment with universal suffrage'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about competition October 2012

'Did sibling rivalry make you happy? Would you like to be treated by a more competitive doctor?'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about greed August 2012

'In a market-driven society, it is a tribute to human decency that anyone behaves with any morals at all'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about the press June 2012

'The fact the country is not overrun with lynching parties must mean not all readers take the papers seriously'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about the jubilee May 2012

'Do we really want the bother of an elected president? Isn’t a Windsor a familiar and convenient alternative?'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about Margaret Thatcher April 2012

'I have no wish to speak ill of the dead, even when they are still alive'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about a planned economy December 2011

'Millions of people have mind-numbing and soul-destroying jobs manufacturing crap we don’t need'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about Ed Miliband August 2011

'The reason he’s terrified is that he knows in his heart that capitalism doesn’t work'

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about hating the Tories May 2011

The Tories have taken on human form, which is when they’re at their most dangerous

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about the royal wedding April 2011

We are all products of our environment, unless you believe everything is hereditary, which I suppose you do if you’re a prince

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about Nick Clegg February 2011

Last spring, they loved Nick Clegg. Now they think he’s a scumbag

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about genes November 2010

Are our political opinions in the blood?

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about immigration October 2010

I’ve seen those criminals, bent double over the fields of Kent, up to no good

Jeremy Hardy thinks… about militarism August 2010

As a young boy, I was an avid militarist, partly because I thought we were still at war with Germany for most of the 1960s

Change we can’t believe in May 2010

When Labour won the 1997 election, Jeremy Hardy got 'joyously drunk'. But the years that followed were pretty sobering, in terms of both foreign and domestic policy, and he just can't summon up any enthusiasm about this one





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