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Stephen Pollard

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Stephen is a journalist and author who started professional life at the Evening Standard. He subsequently worked at the Daily Express, leaving in 2001.
He has been a political columnist with The Times and the Daily Mail as well as writing for The Independent and The Sunday Telegraph.

In November 2008, he became editor of The Jewish Chronicle and, later, Editor At Large, stepping down to concentrate on pursuing other projects. He continues to write a regular column for the paper and contributes to The Spectator, The Telegraph and The Critic magazine.

Stephen has been a Spurs fan since the days when they were generally quite good. Yes, that's a long time.

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July 7, 2026

'Boiling Piss' & 'We're Massive'

Spurs are currently operating like a drunk with a stolen credit card, and we are here for the chaos. From dropping £85m on a guy we only discovered was great after watching his YouTube video, to Sandro Tonali who was planning his romantic return to AC Milan before his medical.. Are we actually a serious squad now, or are we lumbering ourselves with a bunch of players who aren't up to the job? Remember how we spaffed the Bale money? We talk Kulu, selling teenagers to Brighton, why Djed is c...
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April 28, 2026

Scratching The Four Month Itch

We started with 30 minutes of actual football and ended with a casualty ward and a goal so ugly only a mother could love it. But, hell, it's three points! On the Menu: The Injury Curse: Solanke out, Xavi out. Is the medical team to blame (spoiler alert: no), are refs letting opponents turn our boys into mincemeat, or is something else at play? The Muani Hill: RDZ is prepared to die on it, but we’re ready to move to Tel Mountain. We break down the Mathys Tel necessity. Kinsky’s Rede...