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mr_tom-
o’rourke can’t be compared to coren. the former is a real writer, his zeal for reagan was depressing but his funny moments were also often self deprecating. Having a craft, being funny and having/showing a modicum of awareness of his own fallibility are three things that he has over coren. Also coren is now, whereas o’rourke’s awfulness wasn’t a context we share, it makes hating him more urgent!
tmevans
Whose father, on the other hand, was a Tory but one of the funniest men alive at one point, and a good friend of Jeremy Hardy. It's too easy to paint everybody who doesn't share your politics as lacking a sense of humour - although I don't think that was @kl 's point, to be fair.