There are yards and yards and yards of abuse every day. I ignore the lot of it.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 August 2023 source ↗
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What is the worst thing anyone has said to you?
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“You pinko!” by a Tory minister signing off at the end of an interview with me during the EU referendum campaign.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 March 2024 source ↗
The melanoma has returned in your lung.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗
I get trolled on a daily basis so it probably involved my teeth, but that was until I learned to love my teeth.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 December 2025 source ↗
On X, I am regularly called a traitor, a fraud, a grifter, a weakling, a narcissist, a coward and a child molester.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 January 2026 source ↗
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