Talk:Mark Thomas

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Contents 1 First time on TV? 2 Political views 3 Comedian praised over weapons trade sting 4 New Statesman

[edit] First time on TV?

I'm pretty sure that MT's first TV appearance was a short spot on [Friday Night Live] on Channel 4 in the spring of 1988.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.172.147 (talk) 13:09, 5 April, 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Political views

In an interview for the Guardian in 1999, Thomas described himself as a "libertarian anarchist" (which is tautological: surely all anarchists are libertarians? anyhoo...) This fact should be slotted into the article here. It's worth mentioning that, unusually for an anarchist, Thomas said that he would be voting in the 2005 UK General election -- for the Green Party. I don't know to what degree he supports them, but it's worth adding, I think. -- james—Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.138.189.76 (talk) 21:34, 22 May, 2005 (UTC)

The categories link takes you to a page full of Libertarians. Which would be fine, but there's something of an American cultural bias on here, so it takes you to a page full of Capitalists, Randists and Libertarians as understood in the USA. Mark Thomas definitely isn't any of those. -- Kroppie 22:47, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comedian praised over weapons trade sting

The parliamentary committee which oversees weapons exports commended campaigning comedian Mark Thomas for his undercover work, which led to official warning letters being issued to a number of companies.

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I'd put it in myself, but i'm pissed with this site and input being undone whilst at the same time not improved on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.13.116.249 (talk) 05:32, 3 August, 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Statesman

He doesn't have a column anymore, for shame, they appear to have let him go. Which means the News Statesman is only worth buying for Pilger and since you can read his columns on the net, it's not worth buying at all. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.131.33.209 (talk) 08:17, 7 April, 2007 (UTC)