Once upon a time this was comedy before the conservative movement got COMPLETELY hijacked...

[Soph0571]

...by racists, theocrats and billionaires - a toxic mix of nasty that has been brewing over the last 40 years... Rowan Atkinson was taking the piss out the of the Tories because we knew they thought what he is verbalising but would never dream of saying it publicly. Now - there is no satire left..

[DFW]

1. Now, a so-called "Conservative" can make that same speech

And he will be taken as perfectly serious and wildly cheered.

[Dennis Donovan]

2. MP Edmund Blackadder

Finally, a Blackadder descendant that makes Prince Edmund look smart!

[gristy]

3. Agreed. Used to be comedy.

But not anymore, for the reasons you say.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. "But now that we've got the recipe..."