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The Daily Show on Britain’s general election

About 90 seconds into this clip, there’s a perfect example of the huge politico-cultural gulf between the US and us lil’ islanders over here.

Sun 15 May 2005 at 16:13   ·


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Posted by
MacDara 
Sun 15 May 2005
at 16:19

What Jon Stewart doesn’t mention in the clip is that Question Time is a regular weekly BBC programme (though normally a panel discussion; the episode here was a one-off).

There’s nothing quite like it in the States. Sure, America has C-SPAN — but that’s still politicians talking at the public, not with them.

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You are reading The Daily Show on Britain’s general election, a Microlog entry by MacDara Conroy. It is filed under Arts & Culture, and was published in May 2005.

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This day in history: 15 May


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