Charlie Brookers “Weekly Wipe” was a piece of TV genius, here’s a yank foreigner (Doug Stanhope) to explain what’s going on today…
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Charlie Brookers “Weekly Wipe” was a piece of TV genius, here’s a yank foreigner (Doug Stanhope) to explain what’s going on today…
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As a Derry man 2 decades in the states I enjoyed that
I miss this show! The end of the year screen wipe was always gold too 🙌
One part that gets me is the guy said
“I would be ashamed if that guy took my job”
But one reason migrants are hired is because they work for lesser pay without knowing a lot of their rights.
Doesn’t really have anything to do with ability.
Why would I be ashamed to say that I lost my job for someone willing to work it for less?
“… and that’s why I drink” is such a classic line. It never wears off on me.
1/4 of schools white British are minority.
50% of births this year white British.
This is not like any other time. The majority of this has happened in 20 years for a country that is over a thousand years old. Comedians cannot brush this away trying to shame people into not being concerned.
This shtick worked in 2008. Not anymore.
The irony being Stanhope’s close association with lynchpin of far right disinformation and Trump endorser Joe Rogan.
Why does he keep saying Bulgarian?
As much as I like Stanhope and Brooker, this aged like milk.
Much as I like Charlie Brooker, this kind of liberal snark feels extremely dated & actually pretty mean-spirited.
No wonder cultural tide turned the way it did.
Posting this out of date wank on the day the grooming gangs report was released
You people are dead from the neck up
Me as a Romanian watching this:

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