Irvine Welsh on his Trainspotting sequel: ‘It is that time of life when they are getting serious about romance. It is an interesting time in the lives of men'
He may now be in his mid-sixties, but writer Irvine Welsh is still an enfant terrible. In 2020, he tweeted of Donald Trump: 'Has that tedious fat sex pest f**ked off yet?' At Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee celebrations in June 2020, he told Keir Starmer to 'get f**ked, you ridiculous clown', when the Labour Party leader said it was the 'patriotic duty' of British people to 'revel' in her majesty's reign. And when Priti Patel, who was then UK home secretary, announced that Britain had extended pub opening hours to let them enjoy themselves over the Jubilee weekend, Welsh was suitably in a mood not to revel.
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Irvine Welsh on his Trainspotting sequel: ‘It is that time of life when they are getting serious about romance. It is an interesting time in the lives of men'
He may now be in his mid-sixties, but writer Irvine Welsh is still an enfant terrible. In 2020, he tweeted of Donald Trump: 'Has that tedious fat sex pest f**ked off yet?' At Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee celebrations in June 2020, he told Keir Starmer to 'get f**ked, you ridiculous clown', when the Labour Party leader said it was the 'patriotic duty' of British people to 'revel' in her majesty's reign. And when Priti Patel, who was then UK home secretary, announced that Britain had extended pub opening hours to let them enjoy themselves over the Jubilee weekend, Welsh was suitably in a mood not to revel.
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