Brighton DomeWunderbar is packed with surreal sugar – delightful animals and gobbledegook – but the pill of messianic politics is hard to swallow‘This is my last tour before politics,” says Eddie Izzard, who plans to stand as an MP at the next election…
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Continue ReadingHe’ll be quick-witted and funny – but how can Volodymyr Zelenskiy possibly lead a country? A comedian gives his verdict on the new president and other gag-cracking politicians‘Ukraine have elected a comedian as president,” the text message began and, a…
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“Afternoon, Trina!”
Trina jumped. Usually she caught the black flat cap shark-finning over the top of the allotment fence in time to prepare herself. But today he’d caught her off guard. She sighed.
Shedding a proud tear, he moved to the second shelf: Chess Club – Attendance; Rugby – Most Sick Notes; Choir – Loudest
Continue ReadingCan funny songs change the world? Jonny & the Baptists and Grace Petrie join Josie Long for a spirited night of comedy that imagines nationalising the queen’s swans and banning Daily Mail readers from seeing their grandchildren
Prospects have changed dramatically for UK lefties over the last six months. As recently as spring, leftwing politics was strictly for masochists, as the Labour party – according to received wisdom – set its course for electoral oblivion. Now, it’s the government in waiting, even after losing that June election. “I know we lost,” says protest singer Grace Petrie on stage tonight. “But it was my favourite one we’ve lost.”
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