Politics always plays a big role at the Edinburgh fringe. But with an outgoing prime minister, multiple Westminster scandals and a fast-moving Tory leadership contest, the potential for material is unusually ripe for performers this year.
As well as sit-down interviews with political heavyweights including Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, and current and former Labour leadership including Gordon Brown, Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Jeremy Corbyn, in the satirical arena politics will loom large.
