So, given that politicians and public are now creating so much material almost by accident, you could argue that the bar for successful satirists to leap over in terms of making us think (and hopefully laugh) is getting higher and higher. And the growth of social media has allowed almost anyone to share news of their every move over the ether, resulting in every faux pas becoming forever available to bore or amuse. To paraphrase that great Tory patrician, Harold Macmillan, satirists have “never had it so good”, particularly given the current torrent of political incompetence that assails us daily over the news feeds. Fifty minutes of superbly entertaining and cleverly structured comedy, featuring storytelling, poetry and song that was “on the money” from the first to the last stanza.
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