Tag Archives: obama

Not just Obama

That we share a language with a superpower is a mixed blessing. That the superpower in question tends to be more politically conservative than the UK is definitely not a good thing for the centre-left. Don Paskini has a great post up telling us to look a little beyond Obama if we're looking for examples [...]

How we gonna make this shit funny?

Ted Heath is reputed to have said that That Was The Week That Was caused the death of deference in British society. It's perhaps questionable from a sociological point of view but a nice soundbite all the same. It also highlights one of the key aspects of political comedy - it's disrespectful. It's hard to [...]