This could be anything form political comic strips, television shows known for taking jabs at political figures, and well known comedians who aren’t shy about sharing their opinions.


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  1. For the UK:

    *Yes, Minister* and *Yes, Prime Minister* – 1980s sitcoms following an MP (later Prime Minister), and his struggles to get anything done with the bureaucracy within our political system. Best known for this quote:

    > **Hacker:** Don’t tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers. *The Daily Mirror* is read by people who think they run the country; *The Guardian* is read by people who think they ought to run the country; *The Times* is read by the people who actually do run the country; the *Daily Mail* is read by the wives of the people who run the country; the *Financial Times* is read by people who own the country; the *Morning Star* is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country, and *The Daily Telegraph* is read by people who think it is.

    > **Sir Humphrey:** Prime Minister, what about the people who read *The Sun*?

    > **Bernard:** *Sun* readers don’t care who runs the country, as long as she’s got big tits.

    *Spitting Image* – a 1980s comedy sketch show, often with political sketches, featuring rubber puppet caricatures of politicians at the time (Thatcher, Major etc).

    *The Thick of It* – very sweary 2000s sitcom satirising the running of a fictional government department and the sort of advisers and communications managers they had. It’s said that Malcolm Tucker was loosely based on Tony Blair’s director of communications, Alastair Campbell. Coined the term *Omnishambles*.

    *Have I Got News For You* – long-running panel quiz show that often features current affairs and political questions. Panellist Ian Hislop edits my next answer:

    *Private Eye* – investigative weekly newspaper that often breaks major stories, for instance the Post Office “Horizon” computer scandal. Editor Ian Hislop is said to be the UK’s “most sued man”, as Editor he is often in court when PE finds itself in legal trouble.

  2. One example would be some major TV channels having evening shows (at like 9, 10 PM) that involve two guys satirically commenting on the events of the day. It involves showing funny statements of politicians, some snippets from the news and interaction with viewers through SMS or phonecalls. Examples are *Szkło kontaktowe* on TVN and *Kwiatki polskie* on TVP.

    Many newspapers have satirical columns or include satirical drawings. Some have comic strips on the back page. One famous illustrator drawing satirical pictures about politics is Andrzej Mleczko.

    Back when the populists were in power there was a sitcom *Ucho prezesa* (*The chairman’s ear*), focusing on satirical depiction of the inner workings of the government and PiS party.

  3. Ireland;

    Scrap Saturday ’89 to ’91- Dermott Morgan & Co, satirical radio sketch show the impersonations & the jokes are right on point.

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