the book is complex. it s trying to draw some quite complex intellectual ideas around how anti semitism has been a neglected thing that the people who are very obsessed with identity politics have left behind. i see no reason why a joke in the middle of that would deflate or subvert an argument. i think that s a weird thing that people assume that the minute you go into comedy, you re somehow upending what you re saying. intellectually, i don t see that at all. iam glad. i mean, it s a privilege, really, that, despite being a comedian and probably being best known for being a comedian, the times literary supplement still come to me and say, we d like you to write a book about an essay, a book about anything you like. i say, i want to write it about this, and they don t say, well, don t be ridiculous, you re a funnyman. you know, a little theme i ve been developing is how you ve changed and evolved over time, both in your comedy and your wider life. i mean, you are not a religious
downing street confronting the truth that some of his own mps want him gone. as ministers gathered to agree to ditch some covid rules this morning, some of his own side waiting and watching, thinking about ditching him. is it under control, chief whip? yeah. all is calm. all is calm 7 do you think you might be in denial about that if you think this is calm? i think we need to focus on propping up the country and dealing with covid and making sure we ve got that right. but can it really go on like this? some of your mps are putting letters in. is it all over for the prime minister, do you think? don t be ridiculous. it is not, perhaps, ridiculous, despite his allies claim to suggest their boss could be gone before too long. is it time to resign?! it was no ordinary wednesday. pressure on borisjohnson after weeks of claims about what went on in number ten during lockdown. 20 mps who discussed sending letters of no confidence in their leader,
some of your mps are putting letters in. is it all over for the prime minister, do you think? don t be ridiculous. it is not, perhaps, ridiculous, despite his allies claim to suggest their boss could be gone before too long. is it time to resign?! it was no ordinary wednesday. pressure on borisjohnson after weeks of claims about what went on in number ten during lockdown. 20 mps who discussed sending letters of no confidence in their leader, then a shock. political chat interrupted. hearing christian wakeford, the bury mp, is defecting to the labour party. a huge surprise for his colleagues, and the rest. that is quite incredible. the first tory mp since 2007, christian wakeford, cheered to the rafters in the commons as he defected and took a seat for labour instead. can i start by warmly welcoming the honourable member for bury south to his new place? cheering. and to the parliamentary labour party.