Got Quote by Ash Sarkar Download Open image “I mean, the thing is, is that Britain has got a great tradition of irreverent political satire.” — Ash Sarkar ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Got Great Political Political satire Satire Tradition
It's harder to take politics seriously, to understand the issues, than it is to drown it all in a sea of scorn. And while the world cries out for greater analysis and insight, we are distracted by bread and circuses, aka the 'Great British Bake-Off' and 'Tumble.' We should rediscover our tradition of satire. Of speaking truth unto power. — Rory Bremner Copy Share
Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only… — Ben Nicholson Copy Share Image
I like whimsy and satire, and that's what Americans like so much about Brits. We bring subtlety and sense of humor that you sometimes… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
I'm uncomfortable with the word satire. In the U.K., there's quite a bit of sledgehammer weight to that word, which is the antithesis of… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered… — Theodore Zeldin Copy Share Image
I probably owe my political dismay to New Labour, but also my growing sense that the satirical shape of human affairs is international and… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
There's something whimsical, satirical, and silly about British humor, which Americans have always enjoyed, and lots of us come over here because we have… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
It turns out that understanding the British public is not rocket science. The British appreciate honesty and they also have a bonkers, off-the-wall sense… — Nicole Scherzinger Copy Share Image
Britain is perceived as a laughing stock and a mess. It's a very scary and divided place. — Russell Howard Copy Share Image
Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to… — Brendan Coyle Copy Share Image
But communism is the only thing which says all things should be brought into the hands of commons to benefit all people. In the… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
The reason Brexiteers have been so effective is that they have made the fight about broad political values. — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
As a long-termist, I acknowledge there are more pressing causes than the abolition of private property. — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Britain's done a lot of changing in the past 50 years. The decline of manufacturing and heavy industry under Margaret Thatcher ripped the economic… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Our priorities are all wrong if we only care about how long people are in prison for, and not what goes on inside them,… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
It is up to us to push for a transformation in political culture in which the basic human dignity of migrants is unequivocally respected. — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
International Women's Day, if it is to claim any kind of political relevance, has to reject ladies' Christmas consumerism and lowest-common-denominator universalism. Look beyond… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Not all cultural borrowing is a form of social violence: some of it is just cringe. — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
The launch of the National Health Service in 1948, one of the world's foremost examples of something being decommodified in the interest of the… — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Offering a politician's non-apology that accepts everything but responsibility isn't the same as accountability. — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
Ezra Pound was a pioneer of the most exciting aesthetic movement of the 20th century. — Ash Sarkar Copy Share Image
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Growing up I did commercials and things like that, but nothing serious. As I got older, my family is really hardcore into academics. They… — Portia Doubleday Copy Share Image