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An epic tale of David and Goliath proportions, as complaints by Scientology land a 16 year old protester in legal trouble. The trouble is, Scientology fought the lulz… and the lulz won.

So who or what is responsible for Boris’ victory? An ill-informed public, a TV show and a Tory rag. Have I Got News For You, a show meant to satirise and mock politicians, provided Boris an ample opportunity to expand his fanbase to previously inaccessible quarters and sell an image of a “lovable rogue”, while The Evening Standard has run a near-daily hatchet job on Ken Livingstone for the past 6 months.

Is a deeply racist, homophobic bigot who carefully cultivates an image of being a bumbling buffoon really a good choice for governing the lives of nearly 8 million people?

How to describe Girl Talk? He’s like Negativland’s hipper younger brother or Soulwax with ADHD. His performance was like a night out at a shit pop club compressed into 40 minutes of awesome.

…fingers crossed this makes it to production. I’d like to see what sketches he’s been working on and hopefully more new stand-up material.

I had high expectations for the gig and thankfully they didn’t disappoint despite the fact that most of the set focused on tracks from the recent War Stories album