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Politicians and comedy: a rather funny business by Brian Logan

Donald Trump tried to be witty on Saturday Night Live, Barack Obama has honed his own standup style and Boris Johnson continues to play the clown. But are politicos' attempts at humour amusing, or even appropriate?"I did these revues in which I did standup," said Tony Blair of his university days, in a stage interview with the political comic Matt Forde earlier this week. "A lot of them were really dire, [but] then I…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:05PM on November 27, 2015

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