Beckett, Charlie (2012) You’ve got to laugh: why humour is dangerous for politicians. POLIS: journalism and society at the LSE (20 Sep 2012). Website.
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Abstract
Every time a politician cracks a carefully scripted joke, a little satire fairy dies. The worst are those conference speech gags that only the die-hard supporters find funny – like Peter Lilley’s ghastly Gilbert and Sullivan parody. But now the public produces the gags how should politicians respond?
| Item Type: | Online resource (Website) |
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| Official URL: | http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2012 The Author(s) |
| Divisions: | Media and Communications |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN1990 Broadcasting |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2017 11:20 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Sep 2025 07:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/77213 |
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