Grandson of the late Lord “Bill” Deedes, inspiration for William Boot in Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop! This columnist for the Daily Mail has the driest of wits and is particularly anti Chelsea tractors.
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Robin Leach (1941 – 2018)
“With champagne wishes and caviar dreams” was the famous signoff of London born Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous host Robin Leach. Harrow High School educated, this one-time Daily Mail reporter moved to the US in 1963 with $145 in his pocket and after briefly becoming a shoe salesman founded a music publication named Go […]
David Bishop (AKA ‘Lord Biro’ and ‘Bus-pass Elvis’)
Described by the BBC as “a serial fringe candidate,” Broxtowe, Nottingham born ‘Lord Biro’ attended the late paedophile Jimmy Savile’s funeral dressed as Elvis. He threw a 99p bunch of flowers into his grave as “a mark of respect.” A divorced painter and decorator, wacky David Bishop adopted his first moniker (‘Lord Byro’) in […]
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Henry is a top man. Period.
A long way to go, before you are as
witty as Quentin !!
I think he is.
In fact when Quentin left I thought Henry Deedes was a nom de plume so that he could double up and retire early.
No. He is a gutter press functionary. He’s not funny, and his opinions are stereotypes. Look at him with his smile and his flute of champagne. He’s the epitome of a Brit who thinks he knows it all when he knows damn all. He delivers tired memes on behalf of the the power structure in the Daily Rag.