Elevenses: Satire Is Dead
From the newsletter: Spitting Image exposes a deeply unfunny crisis in British political comedy.
From the newsletter: Spitting Image exposes a deeply unfunny crisis in British political comedy.
"I could never be a bystander watching someone beaten up for no reason - and I'd do it the same again despite my injuries."
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"We're talking about the biggest crime in human history imposed by the rich against the global poor."
The issue will be high on the agenda as Conservative delegates meet for the party conference in Manchester.
"You’ve said something that isn’t true, you’ve said something that isn’t true about wages," Andrew Marr said.
"We're framing this as 'how to prevent another Sarah Everard', and not 'how to prevent another Wayne Couzens," Ash Sarkar said.
"So women, first of all, need to be streetwise about when they can be arrested and when they can't be arrested,” Philip Allott said.
“Advising people to run away from police if they are uncomfortable or to wave down a bus is not the answer," a human rights group said.
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