Just as politicians should avoid telling gags, so comedians should avoid soapbox politics: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/if-you-cant-beat-nigel-farage-become-him-9454058.html
There is nothing in Mark Steele's article that is funny. He relies on extreme exaggeration to create a dissonance the effect of which is designed to make one laugh. This might work once or twice, but over twelve paragraphs it is a bit thin.
There is nothing in Mark Steele's article that is funny. He relies on extreme exaggeration to create a dissonance the effect of which is designed to make one laugh. This might work once or twice, but over twelve paragraphs it is a bit thin.
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