their strategy going forward. and what followed that was the insurrection. so even though this was this hilariously weird historic event at this landscaping company by mistake, or for planning, it still there s a grimness to the whole thing knowing what came after. so kimberly to that point. when you look at where the polling is today on this. some poll suggest as much as 60% of republicans believe the election was stolen. they believe the big lie. it s even higher for people who use fox news as their main source of information, or who trust it. i think it s in the low 80s. how do you begin to even counter the big lie? when you have that many people buying into it? it s difficult, and to be sure, this was amplified by donald trump and his campaign. but it goes back so much farther. we have to remember that the idea of the big lie, and why it
of useless people we have in power, people might give up on democracy. they might give up on voting. what do you say to the charge that private eye does promote a kind of cynicism about politics? if you get a brand new prime minister who says, i ve got this brilliant theory, i thought of it when i was a student, i m going to try it out. for real. and then she bankrupts great britain, er, it s reasonable to have been sceptical beforehand. it isn t cynical to say, my god, she s bonkers, and this is really dangerous. that s not undermining cynicism, that is sceptical and, as it turned out, an underestimate of the damage that she would do. nobody s asking you to give up. what you re asking people to do is.is to be better. how does the role of humour, comedy, change in a time when there is such grimness around? you know, we re talking, of course, at a time when there s a war in europe that s lasted for nine months, when there s a cost of living crisis and people are feeling a real s
of useless people we have in power, people might give up on democracy. they might give up on voting. what do you say to the charge that private eye does promote a kind of cynicism about politics? if you get a brand new prime minister who says, i ve got this brilliant theory, i thought of it when i was a student, i m going to try it out. for real. and then she bankrupts great britain, er, it s reasonable to have been sceptical beforehand. it isn t cynical to say, my god, she s bonkers, and this is really dangerous. that s not undermining cynicism, that is sceptical and, as it turned out, an underestimate of the damage that she would do. nobody s asking you to give up. what you re asking people to do is.is to be better. how does the role of humour, comedy, change in a time when there is such grimness around? you know, we re talking, of course, at a time when there s a war in europe that s lasted for nine months, when there s a cost of living crisis and people are feeling a real so
private eye does promote a kind of cynicism about politics? if you get a brand new prime minister who says, i ve got this brilliant theory, i thought of it when i was a student, i m going to try it out. for real. and then she bankrupts great britain, er, it s reasonable to have been sceptical beforehand. it isn t cynical to say, my god, she s bonkers, and this is really dangerous. that s not undermining cynicism, that is sceptical and, as it turned out, an underestimate of the damage that she would do. nobody s asking you to give up. what you re asking people to do is.is to be better. how does the role of humour, comedy, change in a time when there is such grimness around? you know, we re talking, of course, at a time when there s a war in europe that s lasted for nine months, when there s a cost of living crisis and people are feeling a real sort of pinch as we go into winter. mm. how does that affect the role of some of the stuff that you ve done for many decades, which is try a
constantly saying what a bunch of useless people we have in power, people might give up on democracy. they might give up on voting. what do you say to the charge that private eye does promote a kind of cynicism about politics? if you get a brand new prime minister who says, i ve got this brilliant theory, i thought of it when i was a student, i m going to try it out. for real. and then she bankrupts great britain, er, it s reasonable to have been sceptical beforehand. it isn t cynical to say, my god, she s bonkers, and this is really dangerous. that s not undermining cynicism, that is sceptical and, as it turned out, an underestimate of the damage that she would do. nobody s asking you to give up. what you re asking people to do is.is to be better. how does the role of humour, comedy, change in a time when there is such grimness around? you know, we re talking, of course, at a time when there s a war in europe that s lasted for nine months, when there s a cost of living crisis