writer about serious things and a serious documentary maker. you ve already told me a little bit about yourjewish family history, you ve explored in documentary form holocaust denial. you have written a book this one, jews don t count, which looks at what you see as the failure of the progressive left, particularly in the uk, to take full account of anti semitism as one of the discriminatory prejudices that taint society, you think somehow. ..as your title suggests, jews don t count. is it easy to tackle these serious subjects when your reputation is that of a very funny man? i don t know. i mean, for some people, it will be. for me, it isn t. the book has got quite a lot ofjokes in it. i don t really see clear boundaries between funny and, i guess, intelligent or whatever you might call it. that wasn t a very intelligent sentence, so it doesn t bear that out very well.
writer about serious things and a serious documentary maker. you ve already told me a little bit about yourjewish family history, you ve explored in documentary form holocaust denial. you have written a book this one, jews don t count, which looks at what you see as the failure of the progressive left, particularly in the uk, to take full account of anti semitism as one of the discriminatory prejudices that taint society, you think somehow. ..as your title suggests, jews don t count. is it easy to tackle these serious subjects when your reputation is that of a very funny man? i don t know. i mean, for some people, it will be. for me, it isn t. the book has got quite a lot ofjokes in it. i don t really see clear boundaries between funny and, i guess, intelligent or whatever you might call it. that wasn t a very intelligent sentence, so it doesn t bear that out very well. but what i mean is
writer about serious things and a serious documentary maker. you ve already told me a little bit about yourjewish family history, you ve explored in documentary form holocaust denial. you have written a book this one, jews don t count, which looks at what you see as the failure of the progressive left, particularly in the uk, to take full account of anti semitism as one of the discriminatory prejudices that taint society, you think somehow. ..as your title suggests, jews don t count. is it easy to tackle these serious subjects when your reputation is that of a very funny man? i don t know. i mean, for some people, it will be. for me, it isn t. the book has got quite a lot ofjokes in it. i don t really see clear boundaries between funny and, i guess, intelligent or whatever you might call it. that wasn t a very intelligent sentence, so it doesn t bear that out very well.
and one time, i don t think i can say it on hardtalk, there was a very big runner about me and. yeah, i can t talk about it. it s a sexual thing. and she just turned to me afterwards and said, you know i have to go to the school gate tomorrow and pick up our children, and everyone will know that you ve been totally honest about this thing that you do. let me get away from being the professional funnyman for a bit and get to you, as you ve become a serious writer about serious things and a serious documentary maker. you ve already told me a little bit about yourjewish family history, you ve explored in documentary form holocaust denial. you have written a book this one, jews don t count, which looks at what you see as the failure of the progressive left, particularly in the uk, to take full account of anti semitism as one of the discriminatory prejudices that taint society, you think somehow.