Claims: How I’ve Tried to Change the World by Alexei Sayle review – does protest make a difference?

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1. title: How I’ve Tried to Change the World by Alexei Sayle review – does protest make a difference? (alleges; supported) Source
2. url: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/aug/20/how-ive-tried-to-change-the-world-by-alexei-sayle-review-does-protest-make-a-difference (alleges; supported) Source
3. summary: The comedian charts his life in demos from 1960s Liverpool to 2020s London in this fiery and addictive book At 74, the comedian Alexei Sayle is approaching a dangerous phase for veteran British leftists: becoming a national treasure. Once described by special branch, in a surveillance file gleefully quoted in this memoir, as an “intellectual thug” who made “foul-mouthed comments about the royal family”, Sayle now appears regularly on Radio 4. His jolly, self-deprecating, man of the people s… (alleges; supported) Source
4. published: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 06:00:44 GMT (alleges; supported) Source