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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170521060559im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/author_thumb/public/thumbnails/image/2016/07/20/13/mark-steel-byline-square.jpg" title="Mark Steel"></dd> <dt>Bio</dt> <dd class="bio"> Mark Steel is a comedian, broadcaster and author who has presented radio and television programmes including The Mark Steel Lectures and Mark Steel's in Town, and appeared regularly on shows such as Question Time, Have I Got News for You, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. In 2006 he published Vive La Revolution: A Stand-up History of the French Revolution, and in 2000 stood as a candidate in the London Assembly elections. </dd>   </header> <div class="content"> <div class="row" data-tb-region="row-1"><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-conservative-manifesto-jeremy-corbyn-taxation-winter-fuel-allowance-a7743311.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc" style="background-image: url('https://web.archive.org/web/20170521060559im_/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2017/05/18/09/may.jpg');"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-conservative-manifesto-jeremy-corbyn-taxation-winter-fuel-allowance-a7743311.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" 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class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-strong-and-stable-eu-election-fixing-speech-a7718311.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> Theresa May’s EU election fixers speech wasn’t so stable </a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu0" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-2"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/theresa-may-strength-stability-brexit-position-on-general-election-syria-boris-johnson-a7705751.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" 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Steel</span> Theresa May was right to call out Cadbury over dropping 'Easter'</a></h1> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-3"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="ayl" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story grid-mod-half-height " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mark-steel-comedy-stand-up-video-toby-young-i-daniel-blake-living-on-benefits-rings-true-a7668556.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1_half/public/thumbnails/image/2015/08/19/14/Mark-Steel-by-Idil-Sukan-Press-Image.jpg"> <span class="icon-play medium"></span> <a 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All hail Article 50 Day, a glorious moment for Britain</a></h1> <div class="lead"> <p>The Great Repeal Bill, rightly sounding as grand as Abraham Lincoln’s law abolishing slavery, will be full of language like ‘This truth shall evermore be stated, that from this noble day, a nation arose in magnificence to grasp the light of the heavens and tear away the hideous chains of being unable to negotiate a separate agreement on spring onions with Canada’</p> </div> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1" data-locked="true"> <div id="mpu3" class="grid-mod-single-mpu"> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-4"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-wiretapping-us-surveillance-fbi-gchq-america-us-healthcare-obamacare-a7646571.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image 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<div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/03/09/14/donald-trump-0.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-tweeting-a7621196.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-barack-obama-wiretapping-tweeting-a7621196.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> Donald Trump is a breath of fresh air for America </a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="3-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" 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</article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/paul-nuttall-ukip-stoke-by-election-hillsborough-close-personal-friend-a7582961.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/02/15/09/gettyimages-632895990.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/paul-nuttall-ukip-stoke-by-election-hillsborough-close-personal-friend-a7582961.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/paul-nuttall-ukip-stoke-by-election-hillsborough-close-personal-friend-a7582961.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> It's not Paul Nuttall's fault he made a mistake about Hillsborough</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-bill-house-of-lords-donald-trump-european-union-a7572031.html" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2017/02/08/21/brexit-bill-third.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-bill-house-of-lords-donald-trump-european-union-a7572031.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-bill-house-of-lords-donald-trump-european-union-a7572031.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> The House of Lords should block Brexit to rebalance society </a></h1> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-6"><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-campaign-pledges-doesnt-know-how-politics-works-a7559571.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2017/02/02/14/donald-trump-national-prayer-breakfast.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-campaign-pledges-doesnt-know-how-politics-works-a7559571.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-campaign-pledges-doesnt-know-how-politics-works-a7559571.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> Of course the US should ban Syrians – terrorism is contagious right?</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image 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href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-press-conference-fake-news-russia-leak-im-glad-a7524611.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-press-conference-fake-news-russia-leak-im-glad-a7524611.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> I’m glad well known fact-checker Trump has come out against fake news</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/southern-rail-british-railways-typical-europeans-a7511756.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2017/01/04/11/southern-rail.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/southern-rail-british-railways-typical-europeans-a7511756.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/southern-rail-british-railways-typical-europeans-a7511756.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> Typical Europeans coming here to steal the benefits of our railways</a></h1> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-7"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/george-michael-dies-the-sun-political-gay-rights-campaigner-celebrity-deaths-fidel-castro-a7501076.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div 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data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/13/10/victoria-southern-3.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mark-steel-southern-rail-chris-grayling-transport-misery-train-cancellations-a7477836.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/mark-steel-southern-rail-chris-grayling-transport-misery-train-cancellations-a7477836.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> The Southern Rail strike has turned Brighton station into Casablanca</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syrian-refugees-devon-torrington-unleashed-its-anger-a7463946.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image 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class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/christmas-theresa-may-standing-up-for-equalities-human-rights-standing-up-for-christians-a7450286.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-cc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/01/17/22/52-Christmas-Lights-Getty.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/christmas-theresa-may-standing-up-for-equalities-human-rights-standing-up-for-christians-a7450286.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/christmas-theresa-may-standing-up-for-equalities-human-rights-standing-up-for-christians-a7450286.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> Thank God Theresa May is finally standing up for Christmas </a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/11/24/11/farage.jpg"> <span class="icon-play medium"></span> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel-farage-ritz-party-brexit-ukip-ferrero-rocher-chocolates-champagne-anti-establishment-kicking-a7437006.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel-farage-ritz-party-brexit-ukip-ferrero-rocher-chocolates-champagne-anti-establishment-kicking-a7437006.html"><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> Farage eating chocolates at the Ritz feels really anti-establishment</a></h1> </div> </div> <div class="container-half grid-mod-half-story " data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/11/17/16/trump-0.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-muslim-register-database-religious-groups-jews-hitler-genius-idea-immigration-history-a7423491.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-muslim-register-database-religious-groups-jews-hitler-genius-idea-immigration-history-a7423491.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> History tells us Trump's database of Muslims will definitely end well</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="2" class="weight-2"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-labours-sexual-harassment-policy-a7410066.html" data-tb-region-item="3-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size2/public/thumbnails/image/2016/11/09/10/trump-00.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-labours-sexual-harassment-policy-a7410066.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/donald-trump-labours-sexual-harassment-policy-a7410066.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> Expect Labour’s Trump-inspired sexual harassment policy any time soon</a></h1> </div> </div> </article></div><div class="row" data-tb-region="row-9"><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-story bottom-text grow-photo " data-url="/web/20170521060559oe_/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hillary-clinton-just-admit-terrible-president-candidate-donald-trump-vote-voting-times-election-a7395921.html" data-tb-region-item="1-1"> <div class="image_wrapper"> <div class="image image-align-tc lazy" data-original="https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/size1/public/thumbnails/image/2016/11/02/10/hillary-clinton.jpg"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hillary-clinton-just-admit-terrible-president-candidate-donald-trump-vote-voting-times-election-a7395921.html"></a> </div> </div> <div class="content"> <div class="capsules" data-capsule-count="0"> <ul> <li class="shares"> <span class="icon-trending"></span> <span class="label"></span> </li> </ul> </div> <h1><a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/hillary-clinton-just-admit-terrible-president-candidate-donald-trump-vote-voting-times-election-a7395921.html"><span class="media-prefix "></span><span class="media-prefix voices">Mark Steel</span> Hillary Clinton should just admit she's a terrible candidate</a></h1> </div> </div> </article><article data-weight="1" class="weight-1"><div class="container grid-mod-list no-title"> <ul class="simple-news-list"> <li class="story" data-tb-region-item="2-1"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ken-loach-i-daniel-blake-toby-young-life-on-benefits-rings-true-mark-steel-a7383461.html"> <div class="image-holder"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-original="https://web.archive.org/web/20170521060559/https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/storylist/public/thumbnails/image/2016/06/15/11/I-Daniel-Blake-Cannes.jpeg"/> </div> <h2>Of course Toby Young understands what life is like on benefits</h2> </a> </li> <li class="story" data-tb-region-item="2-2"> <a href="/web/20170521060559/http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/refugee-children-calaid-jungle-dental-test-age-older-migrants-uk-mark-steel-a7372156.html"> <div class="image-holder"> <img class="lazy" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" 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