We need the return of spitting image. So much material
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
It’s returned. It turns out the writers evolved into your typical right wing boomers and use their satire to attack people like Greta Thunberg instead while giving the Tories a very soft and silly form of satire.
Ugh. Disappointing
Why would you waste time attacking a young lady like Greta. The state of this country is so ridiculous
Tories were all over twitter this morning calling it lefty because Charlie Stayt dared ask a tough question of Zahawi.
Your average working Tory isn't very bright. I know we're supposed to pretend otherwise but the evidence is in everyones faces 24/7.
In fairness they did Priti Patel quite dirty but somehow depicting her as a vampire who eats babies doesn't fully reflect the true horror of her personality.
We need a new Chris Morris to create a modern version of The Day Today or Brass Eye to lay into them with no holding back. It turned out that Brass Eye was just current affairs programming 20 years ahead of time.
Astonishing.I like Kuenssberg. As long as you see her as a troll whose job is to drive people insane then you can really appreciate the craft.
The Tory way of levelling up.
Tory councillor in Worthing suspended over alleged support of far right
Party is investigating Tim Wills over support for Patriotic Alternative, which promotes ‘white genocide’ theories
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...g-suspended-over-alleged-support-of-far-right
Tory councillor in Worthing suspended over alleged support of far right
Party is investigating Tim Wills over support for Patriotic Alternative, which promotes ‘white genocide’ theories
https://www.theguardian.com/politic...g-suspended-over-alleged-support-of-far-right
Levelling up? Another pointless slogan from Boris. They haven't a clue what they will be doing next week,let alone in ten years.
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When Chris Morris did that interview where he said comedy needed a 'point' or it's just like a supplicant putting on a show to please the court he couldn't have asked for a better example than the new Spitting Image. I've never seen a show with so much contempt for both it's audience and the very concept of humour. The fact that it's still being made is embarrassing for the television industry.
That is so grim.
Perfectly put.
Maybe spitting image should have stayed dead after all
Another article to make your blood boil.
It’s a report laying out just how little the private hospital sector did to relieve the NHS during the pandemic despite being paid multiple billions to do exactly that.
£400m a month of tax payers money was going to these private hospitals who averaged just 8 covid patients a day, 39% of days during the pandemic they treated no covid patients at all, 20% just 1 patient and their planned NHS procedures was also down 43% on previous years.
There should be an enquiry into this and the money should be recovered or rolled over to this year and next year. It won’t though as long as some of it finds it’s way back to the Tory party.
It’s a report laying out just how little the private hospital sector did to relieve the NHS during the pandemic despite being paid multiple billions to do exactly that.
£400m a month of tax payers money was going to these private hospitals who averaged just 8 covid patients a day, 39% of days during the pandemic they treated no covid patients at all, 20% just 1 patient and their planned NHS procedures was also down 43% on previous years.
There should be an enquiry into this and the money should be recovered or rolled over to this year and next year. It won’t though as long as some of it finds it’s way back to the Tory party.
Funny how they can always find the cash for their mates. £20 a week extra to feed your kids? feck off!
I'm past despair at this point.
Johnson defies all previous points of reference for a Tory PM. He slags off business leaders, his private life is a like a Renaissance pope and he is so obviously just bluster and BS that even the Daily Mail has been calling out his conference speech. And yet he would be odds on to get a majority if there were an election tomorrow.
Satire just doesn't work as well anymore. Standards have changed.
Because we have a complicit media and an opposition with no vision.
Government took an absolute battering on QT last night by all accounts from a predominantly pro Brexit, pro Tory audience.
Been said many times but this should be an absolute open goal for a competent opposition at the next election.
Been said many times but this should be an absolute open goal for a competent opposition at the next election.
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Did the people writing and producing this nothingness reckon it was funny themselves?
Somebody must have done for it to get to air. I'm baffled.
People have been saying that since 2016 but it seems to overlook the fact that the majority of the country is pro-Brexit and Tory and for many that is an unshakeable part of their identity.
Maybe the real life situations and personalities of the politicians are more surreal and ridiculous than any parody could ever be.
Difference being is now they're actually seeing a detrimental effect to their own livelihood. I'd argue that inherent selfishness is more an intrinsic part of their unshakeable identity, hence the the silent Tories starting to become more vocal.
That may well be true and was for Trump certainly but there was nothing even close to what I would call a joke in the whole segment.
Dimbleby is probably a Tory cnut but didn't come off half as condescending as Fiona Bruce.
Course they carefully select the audience.
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Thoughts with this person’s family. He lived for 53 years and then died.
saying the quiet part out loud
I'm pretty sure the original Spitting Image was much more of a mixed bag than people remember with their rose-tinted glasses on, but this is dreadful, actually painful. I hate the tone of it, poking fun at a perceived bumbling ineptitude, rather than targeted, vindictive policies smeared in cronyism.
Forget "low hanging fruit". That's the leftover core after everyone else has eaten the apples.
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They really are scumbags. But scumbags who have turned the BBC into their own propaganda arm.
The Tories Level Up!