Last night I watched 'Have I got News for You' for what felt like the millionth repeat on TV. The gang were laughing at politicians (as one does) and of course Ann Widdecombe popped into the conversation. The main punchline seemed to be that she shouldn't be in power because she's ugly. 'Ugly!?!' exclaimed David Mitchell in a manner that suggested he was ashamed at how low his friends' humour could get. He went on, as I am about to, describe exactly WHY we should be against her:
She is against abortion and sex education, she supports homophobia and censorship, she doesn't believe in climate change, she is against political parties helping women get into Parliament.
On the plus side I suppose she is against fox hunting, but then she's against stem cell research which she obviously doesn't fully understand... we're not going to make a human/animal hybrid!
Political humour has captivated Britain over the past decade, every day there seems to be a show dedicated to satire and talk shows get the most laughs out of our dear old politicians.... Gordon Brown's so-called 'smile' is still a laughing matter! But let's try understanding our politics in more depth, and not start voting against people just because they're ugly.
