Alt: Early 1989s Ben Elton,with long hair, making a joke about a little bit of politics

Sky’s The War Game put ex-politicians in a simulation where nuclear conflict was inevitable. It was arms industry propaganda pretending to be something serious.

Alt: Fawlty Towers Manuel: I Know Nothing

When a former Labour deputy leader joins a firm built on surveillance and military targeting, it deepens public cynicism – and democracy depends on trust, says Labour MP Clive Lewis

Football supporters have done plenty to demonstrate that they can’t be trusted over the years, but how much of that has actually involved alcohol?

I want him to start the fightback next week against extremists who peddle hate and those who despise this country. That would be true patriotism, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee