Steve Punt

Steve Punt’s diary: Britain is now living in a middle-class parody of itself 

Plus: Jokes that last longer than reality; stop the parade of TV tat; how Seventies hippies caused a generation that can barely read or write

MGM / THE KOBAL COLLECTION 
issue 07 December 2013

One of the most dispiriting experiences currently available is any commercial break during a televised football match. In a Champions League game, within seconds of the half-time whistle you are pitched into a garish carnival of crap which glaringly and proudly condenses Everything Wrong With Modern Britain into three bombastic minutes, beginning with the laughably pompous Champions League choral theme and then going downhill from there.

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