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Pull the other one
The BBC’s new director-general Tim Davie's complaint about left-wing bias in comedy is disingenuous in the extreme, says CHRIS NINEHAM
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MARY CONWAY is disappointed by an incoherent show that fails to question stereotypical assumptions about the Soviet Union
JOHN McINALLY welcomes a rigorous class analysis of the history and exploitation of sectarianism by the Scottish ruling elite
WILL STONE, JAMES WALSH and MARIA DUARTE review Souleymane’s Story, Sunlight, Good Fortune, and After The Hunt
ALEX HALL recommends an exhaustive investigation of the means by which the Starmer faction assassinated the left
DAVID MORGAN recommends a refreshingly inspiring novel that features encounters with some tremendous women
Tim Davie thinks one of the BBC’s big problems is that it employs too many left-wing comedians. He must be having a laugh.
First of all, there aren’t very many left-wing comedians at the BBC.
In fact, the BBC has a long record of promoting bigoted and right-wing comedians going back to the days of Jim Davidson, Kenny Everett and beyond.
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