This clip of Rik Mayall in the New Statesman remains very funny and hideously relatable
It’s been 10 years – actually 10 years and a few days now – since we lost the great Rik Mayall, and there have been no end of fabulous clips going viral over the last week or so.
And this one, from his brilliant ITV series The New Statesman in which he starred as Conservative MP Alan B’Stard, is very funny – of course it is! – and still hideously relatable (see if you can spot the subliminal political messaging at the end).
“Our whole campaign was designed to lose so we could put Labour back in and they could carry the can for the collapse of the British economy”
The New Statesman is still relatable because it expertly illustrated a broken political system in which history constantly repeats itself pic.twitter.com/wmfLSgtkgk
— Supertanskiii (@supertanskiii) June 9, 2024
And here’s just a little bit of the love people had for the show (and for Rik Mayall, of course).
So on the nose … https://t.co/sRvzDlU7Io
— Simon Ritchie (@Weirdyweirdtwit) June 11, 2024
I’m sure the tories used it more as a guide than a warning, they’ve certainly been re-enacting a lot of the show’s scenes …..
— Igotnoroots (@Igotnoroots1) June 9, 2024
When life imitates art… https://t.co/O8XeQwiNnF
— Helen May (@Nito_Onna_Helen) June 10, 2024
After all these years, it still so prescient.
— Martin Found (@MartinFound1) June 9, 2024
This is just perfect timing. https://t.co/cxWZUHdalV
— Mgt Miller Socialist (@stmgtthepious) June 9, 2024
To conclude …
Nailed it. Nothing else makes real sense.
— falkonhoof☠️️ (@falkonhoof) June 9, 2024
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