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Jonathan Coe@jonathancoe.bsky.social |
Alexei Sayle: 'Austerity is the idea that the global financial crash of 2008 was caused by there being too many libraries in Wolverhampton.' Many a true word spoken in jest, etc ...
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Lynne McNulty
@linners.bsky.social
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Clever guy - Israel is a “teenager of nation states”
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Carkeykieran
@carkeykieran.bsky.social
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Love alexei!A true socialist!
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Jonathan Coe
@jonathancoe.bsky.social
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Here (thanks to @kumararepublic.bsky.social) is the exact quote:
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hammancheez
@hammancheez.bsky.social
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Alexei was a real one from the start
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Mike
@ksmikey.bsky.social
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I thought it was from another comedian
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Cath Martin 59
@cathmartin59.bsky.social
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More Alexi Sayle needed!
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James
@jameshut.bsky.social
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At least there'll never be a Global Financial Crash.
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Peter Cripps
@petercripps.bsky.social
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Clearly a huge problem. Good this is now under control and this huge wastage is to be dealt with.
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Môr Leidr
@bartiddu.bsky.social
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That’s not true?
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realism retweeteur
@elvish.bsky.social
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Those libraries were scrounging off the taxpayer John.
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Michael Ellis Day
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I interpret that phrase to mean "the speaker thinks they're joking but inadvertently says the truth" but Alexei Sayle tells the truth and knows it, but he makes the truth sound like a joke so people will see how ludicrous the truth is.
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💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️
@kumararepublic.bsky.social
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At 14:25 in...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Evelyn M Dorr
@bsky-social-wshen.bsky.social
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Yeah 2008 📈
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