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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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RON JACOBS welcomes a timely history of the Anti Imperialist league of America, and the role that culture played in their politics
STEVE ANDREW appreciates a passionate account of the Scottish Club during the ‘lost decade’
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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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