Actually he's the only one I could think of in recent years who would cross the line occasionally, esp when talking about war and imperialism. But then he got the BBC gig and made all his graun journalist friends and it was over. Stewart Lee flirts with the unsayable but always maintains the deniability of 'it's just the character' or steps back at the last minute. Bremner, Bird & Fortune were the last ones I remember being surprised that they would let them on the air, esp around the '03 Iraq invasion/occupation.