Matthew Norman

@IndyVoices

Matthew Norman is an award-winning Independent columnist who specialises in political satire.

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Matthew NormanThe Brexit boys are back in town to put a premature end to lockdown

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Matthew NormanJohnson’s mindless optimism won’t pull us out of this crisis

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Matthew NormanCoronavirus has confirmed men and women are from different planets

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Matthew NormanBoris Johnson needs to grow up and give Britons the bad news

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Matthew NormanTurns out Matt Hancock's pie-in-the-sky PPE was in the sky all along

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Matthew NormanNever was so little owed to so few miserable apologies for leadership

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Matthew NormanTrump’s coronavirus response is disastrous, but at least scrutinised

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Matthew NormanBoris Johnson should have realised the value of the NHS before this

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Matthew NormanTrump's hydroxychloroquine obsession is entirely self-interested

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Matthew NormanYes, Keir Starmer is boring – boring is exactly what we need right now

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Matthew NormanTrump’s coronavirus tantrums have sunk him to new, reprehensible lows

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Matthew NormanThe country is rallying behind the flag – but the PM has made mistakes

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Matthew NormanDon’t count on Pence to actually step in and help to remove Trump

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Matthew NormanRishi Sunak sounds authoritative – and that is enough for now

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Matthew NormanBoris Johnson’s sheepish coronavirus guidance won’t fly for long

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Matthew NormanThe generational fault lines over coronavirus are considerable

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Matthew NormanA brokered convention is the worst nightmare for the Democrats

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Matthew NormanCynicism has no place in pregnancy announcements – but here we are

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Matthew NormanThe Tories can’t be surprised that life expectancy is plummeting

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Matthew NormanForget Prince Harry – Tyson Fury is the royal Britain needs

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Matthew NormanI have just the thing to revive Cummings’ weirdos and misfits movement

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Matthew NormanLike Thomas Cromwell, Dominic Cummings will eventually fall

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Matthew NormanThe idea of Elisabeth Murdoch getting the BBC top job is ridiculous

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Matthew NormanThere’s only one Democrat who can oust Trump

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Matthew NormanThe Iowa caucus fiasco is a metaphor for the state of US democracy

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Matthew NormanThe Horrible Histories storm shows we aren’t ready to laugh at Brexit

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Matthew NormanThe progressive European future we crave isn’t dead yet

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Matthew NormanNow we’ll find out if Johnson can really take back control

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Matthew NormanThe reaction to Trump’s impeachment is a glimpse into Britain’s future

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Matthew NormanMoving the House of Lords has nothing to do with serving the north

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Matthew NormanCan Sanders come back from heart attack to become president?

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Matthew NormanHarry and Meghan’s departure isn’t the disaster you think it is

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Matthew NormanKeir Starmer is making sensible politics appealing again

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Matthew NormanKnighting real-life Scrooge IDS proves honours are a sham

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Matthew NormanRebecca Long Bailey’s obscurity won’t save her this time

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Matthew NormanLabour’s sitcom of a leadership race won’t do the party any favours

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Matthew NormanJess Phillips would be a gamble for Labour – and it would pay off

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Matthew NormanSwinson and Umunna were rivals in the field of suicidal opportunism

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Matthew NormanAshworth provided the perfect ending to this detritus-filled election

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Matthew NormanThe fightback begins as soon as the exit poll is released on Thursday

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Matthew NormanBritain could very well be US territory this time next week

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Matthew NormanCorbyn could win this election if he delivers a second referendum

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Matthew NormanThe chief rabbi doesn’t speak for me, but he’s not wrong about Corbyn

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Matthew NormanPete Buttigieg’s Iowa surge has ushered in a new chapter of hope

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Matthew NormanPrince Andrew, Johnson and how to talk your way out of a scandal

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Matthew NormanIt’s all over for Farage, now he’s our newest historical figure

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Matthew NormanWe have stopped caring about Boris Johnson’s potential wrongdoings

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Matthew NormanCan Democrats take advantage of Trump’s fading appeal?

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Matthew NormanFarage is loathsome – but he may yet become a saviour for Remainers

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Matthew NormanA general election is still the very worst way to solve this crisis

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Matthew NormanIf Jeremy Corbyn cares about the people he’ll step down now

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Matthew NormanThis unhinged Brexit cabinet just keeps delivering the dodgy goods

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Matthew NormanMPs have given us the falsest dawn that ever broke

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Matthew NormanEngland’s horror at racism in Bulgarian football is pure hypocrisy

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Matthew NormanJeremy Corbyn risks becoming a Brexit hero – and an election failure

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Matthew NormanTrump’s behaviour defies explanation. Kicking him out is what matters

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Matthew NormanThe public will let Johnson get away with the Arcuri scandal

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Matthew NormanWhat if Boris Johnson is the treasonous one?

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Matthew NormanA cross-party council of leaders could defeat Johnson’s toxic politics

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Matthew NormanRory Stewart got out of jail free, but prisoners are still suffering

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Matthew NormanBoris Johnson deserves what the Supreme Court gave him: a humiliation

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Matthew NormanSupreme Court judges aren’t radical – no matter how the ruling is spun

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Matthew NormanOur monstrous Brexit teenagers are testing the patience of the adults

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Matthew NormanTwo men who backed something they didn’t believe in to help themselves

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Matthew NormanThe Queen is running out of time to stop Boris Johnson

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Matthew NormanBoris Johnson is scapegoating the EU to cover up his own failings

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Matthew NormanThe government knows no deal will be a catastrophe – yet it carries on

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Matthew NormanWhy has US sent its warmonger-in-chief to talk trade with Britain?

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Matthew NormanThe Queen has to shout if she wants to defend the constitution

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Matthew NormanBeto O’Rourke accidentally said everything about Brexit in a few words

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Matthew NormanDominic Cummings’ no-deal Brexit threat is a very English coup

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Matthew NormanCorbyn will survive a Campbell roasting, but the knives are sharpening

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Matthew NormanCould Rory Stewart lead the anti-no deal Brexit resistance?

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Matthew NormanBoris as PM has a lottery ticket holder’s chance of a happy ending

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Matthew NormanBoris’s chaotic rule begins in less than two days – bring on the shots

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Matthew NormanRacism will boost Trump’s 2020 chances – but there’s a way to stop him

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Matthew NormanJo Swinson needs to come out swinging if she wants to lead a coalition

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Matthew NormanBy Farage’s logic, let’s make Abu Hamza UK ambassador to Iran

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Matthew NormanThe biggest battle standing between Corbyn and No 10 is himself

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Matthew NormanIn this limbo dance of Tory lunacy, how low can they go?

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Matthew NormanSome pictures paint a thousand words. This one of Boris conjures three

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Matthew NormanBoris Johnson’s Steve Bannon connection could cost him severely

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Matthew NormanMay’s legacy mission withers in the hostility she’s left behind

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Matthew NormanA parade of the puny through Tory fantasy land