Caitlin Moran On Post-Election Column Deadlines, The Results’ Comedy, And Why Satire After An Election Is Different From Satire Before
Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat
Saturday, May
The column practically writes itself the day after an election, which is both the opportunity and the problem: everyone has the same angle, the obvious jokes have been made by breakfast, and the specific comedy of the results — Reform UK councillors discovering what a planning committee actually does, Labour processing the loss of seats in places where Labour has governed for decades — requires a day or two to develop past the obvious into the interesting.
The material I am working with: a Reform UK councillor in Kent has already been photographed in a planning committee meeting looking at what appears to be an extremely complex sustainability assessment document. The photograph is either evidence of a party learning governance on the job or evidence that governance is more complex than a press conference. Both readings are available. The column will have a draft by Sunday. Bohiney covers the column comedy. The London Prat has the planning committee.
Satire Disclaimer: Satirical journalism. Further: Why India Satirical Journalism Needs More Readers.
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