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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson

Joe Lycett overshadows Liz Truss victory online after Daily Mail outrage

Joe Lycett Liz Truss Daily Mail Armando Iannucci Laura Kuenssberg Nish Kumar
Joe Lycett tells Laura Kuenssberg how much he supports Liz Truss.
Joe Lycett tells Laura Kuenssberg how much he supports Liz Truss. Photograph: BBC

On the morning Liz Truss was to be elected as prime minister-in-waiting of the UK, much of the online noise was focused not on politicians but on a comedian.

Joe Lycett, the standup comic and presenter of BBC’s The Great British Sewing Bee, managed to make the front page of the Daily Mail, which turned its outrage on comments he made on BBC’s new flagship show Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

Lycett’s responded gleefully:

Later on Monday, with Truss confirmed as the new leader of the Conservative party and by default the country’s prime minister, Lycett was among the comics and commentators to react to her victory.

Lycett continued his tongue-in-cheek support of the foreign secretary:

The master of political satire Armando Iannucci had a dystopian message:

Others likened the current political climate with Iannucci’s The Thick Of It:

The BBC’s satirical quiz show Have I Got News For You piled in:

Many posted clips of This Morning’s Wheel of Fortune-style competition to win cash for energy bills – one to laugh or cry at:

Political comic Nish Kumar saw some silver linings:

A sculpture by a former puppet builder for Spitting Image, Wilfrid Wood, was popular online:

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