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POLITICAL SATIRE MATT FORDE The Stand, Edinburgh, Sun 10 Apr
When it comes to modern British politics, there’s never a dull moment. This is manna from satirical heaven for a comic such as Matt Forde, a man who can impersonate any political leader at 20 paces and, despite his past as a New Labour adviser, will happily stick it to them all. ‘Politics in Britain is in a wonderful state of chaos,’ exclaims Forde as he prepares to Get the Political Party Started in Edinburgh. ‘The Tories going bonkers over Europe, Labour going bonkers about everything, the SNP still energised by the last referendum and desperate for another, and UKIP paradoxically having the moment they've always dreamed of while not quite capitalising on it themselves. In short: it's nuts. Which is good.’ While Britain i ghts over Europe and with the
Scottish parliamentary election campaign almost being lost in the Brexit-vote clamour, much attention has turned to the US with its quasi-insane Presidential nomination process cranking up the lunacy on an almost daily basis. Quite how crazy it will get in the autumn when it comes down to a straight i ght between (presumably) Hillary and Donald is anyone’s guess. For political comedians on both sides of the Atlantic, it looks like a win-win situation whoever gets into the White House. ‘Trump is a massive, technicolour, HD dickhead,’
considers Forde. ‘Morally it’s shocking but in entertainment terms there’s something perversely thrilling about it all. I don't want to see a President Trump but there’s part of me that just wants to see how crackers it would really be.’ As Forde looks ahead to what should be a similarly spirited 2020 UK general election, what does he think Jeremy Corbyn can do to take the No 10 keys from the Tories? ‘Change his name to Boris Johnson.’ Ouch. (Brian Donaldson)
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