It was a big weekend on planet Owen after his car-crash interview with Piers Morgan. His fast rate of delivery and knocking over a glass of water on set raised eyebrows…
Turns out Owen has now come clean and tweeted that his appearance may have been affected by prescription drugs for ADHD. Fair enough…
And given @jk_rowling decided to amplify false claims I take cocaine before going on TV:
I wasn’t on cocaine, no. I was on amphetamines. Specifically Elvanse, 40mg, courtesy of the NHS.
It helps ADHD, but it’s not a miracle drug so sadly doesn’t cure fast talking or clumsiness. pic.twitter.com/V35t3qRoRy
— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) July 6, 2025
The extent to which Piers won the argument after a total fail from Owen isn’t so easily explained. Enjoy it again in full…
Green Deputy Leader Rachel Millward said:
“The reality is that it’s Zack Polanski who brought the nation, Andy Burnham. And if we hadn’t had the success of the Green Party in this last year since Zack’s been leading, which has been unprecedented, phenomenal success and a growth from about 60,000 members to 230,000, if we hadn’t had that much pressure on Labour, then we’d probably still be in the Starmer regime, which was pretty much ushering in a Reform government with its lurch to the right. So actually, what we’re seeing now is that we’ve set the political agenda and the government is picking that up.”