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Alan B’Stard’s secret? His hair

How did you meet Laurence Marks?

We grew up within about half a mile of each other and we first met at the Jewish Lads’ Brigade which we were compelled by our parents to join.

How do you work together?

Attritionally, through a dialectic of shouting and bullying…

How did you get on with Rik Mayall?

We loved him.

Did any particular MPs inspire Alan B’Stard?

He was really a compendium of Tories and I was very keen to

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