{"id":44546,"date":"2026-04-26T10:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/44546\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:11:09","slug":"snl-uk-mocks-keir-starmer-over-mandelson-appointment-and-fake-farmer-jeremy-clarkson-in-brutal-sketch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/44546\/","title":{"rendered":"SNL UK mocks Keir Starmer over Mandelson appointment and \u2018fake farmer\u2019 Jeremy Clarkson in brutal sketch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Saturday Night Live UK<\/a> didn\u2019t pull any political punches as it returned from its weekend off last night \u2013 mocking Sir Keir Starmer\u2019s appointment of Peter Mandelson as British ambassador to the U.S.<\/p>\n

It comes after The Independent revealed last week that Mandelson had failed the vetting process<\/a> before being given the role, with the prime minister insisting that he and his ministers were not aware of this until recently. Mandelson was sacked months after his appointment over his links to Jeffrey Epstein and is currently facing a police inquiry over claims that he leaked sensitive government documents to the child sex offender while in his role as business secretary.<\/p>\n

In light of the recent Starmer drama, Saturday Night Live UK\u2019s show on Saturday (25 April) opened with a parody of ITV\u2019s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, renaming it to Who Wants To Remain A Millionaire with the prime minister becoming a contestant.<\/p>\n

Al Nash played the role of former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson<\/a>, who wasn\u2019t spared by the show\u2019s comedy writers.<\/p>\n

\"George<\/p>\n

George Fouracres and Larry Dean as Sir Keir Starmer and Peter Mandelson (Sky)<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m your host, fake farmer and real arsehole Jeremy Clarkson,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s bring out our contestant for the night. You hate him, I hate him \u2013 it\u2019s prime minister Keir Starmer.\u201d<\/p>\n

George Fouracres reprised his role as Starmer from previous episodes, with his bumbling caricature of the prime minister being asked the question, \u201cis it ever a good idea to give Peter Mandelson a job?\u201d Reading out the multiple choice answers, Clarkson said: \u201cA. No. B. Of Course Not. C. Not In A Million Years. D. Yes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a tricky one, Jeremy,\u201d Starmer replied. \u201cI think I\u2019m going to have to use a lifeline on this one, I\u2019ll ask the audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the results were overwhelming in favour of C, Starmer asked to use the 50-50 lifeline and when that left just C and D, he chose to phone a friend \u2013 Peter Mandelson, described as a \u201cpaedophile-adjacent Bond villain\u201d by Nash\u2019s Clarkson.<\/p>\n

SNL UK star Larry Dean played the role of Mandelson, who was shown in a white robe bearing the initials \u201cJ.R\u201d \u2013 referencing the photographs of Mandelson found in the Epstein files<\/a> of him in the same attire while in the paedophile\u2019s company.<\/p>\n

\"Al<\/p>\n

Al Nash as Jeremy Clarkson (Sky)<\/p>\n

Starmer asked Mandelson whether it\u2019s ever a good idea to give him a job, with Mandelson responding: \u201cMe? A job? I\u2019d be careful if I were you,\u201d before laughing villainously as the lighting turned red.<\/p>\n

Despite being given the chance to use the 50:50 lifeline again and being left with C, Starmer said: \u201cI know it\u2019s not conventional but I\u2019d actually like to bring back one of the previous options because I\u2019m going to go with D \u2013 final answer.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked whether he\u2019s sure, Starmer said: \u201cOh, never.\u201d Unsurprisingly, it\u2019s revealed to be the wrong answer, with Starmer telling Clarkson: \u201cJeremy, it\u2019s clear to me now that that was the wrong decision. Would I make the same decision again, knowing what I know now? Quite possibly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Independent has reached out to the Cabinet Office, Peter Mandelson and Jeremy Clarkson for comment.<\/p>\n

The clip has found fans on social media, with one viewer writing on X: \u201cgeorge fouracres is a better keir starmer than keir starmer is.\u201d<\/p>\n

While another tweeted: \u201cstarmer\u2019s even getting rinsed on tv now. when the jokes write themselves, you know the government\u2019s a mess.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show poked fun at the story later on in the show, with Weekend Update co-host Paddy Young saying: \u201cAs a result of the Mandelson fallout, civil servant Olly Robbins has been sakced. No! Not Olly Robins! Sir Oliver Robins, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs in the United Kingdom! Who\u2019s that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier in April, Starmer sacked Robbins for failing to tell him that Mandelson had failed vetting for the role of ambassador to the US. Starmer stood by his decision to fire him this week, saying that the former Foreign Office chief only faced the \u201ceveryday pressure of Government\u201d<\/a> during the vetting process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday Night Live UK didn\u2019t pull any political punches as it returned from its weekend off last night…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[5014,664,28252,264,28253,6102,24704],"class_list":{"0":"post-44546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-keir-starmer","8":"tag-george-fouracres","9":"tag-jeffrey-epstein","10":"tag-jeremy-clarkson","11":"tag-keir-starmer","12":"tag-larry-dean","13":"tag-peter-mandelson","14":"tag-vetting-process"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116470473343065225","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}