Paddington Parodied, Liberal Democrats in Decline and Showgirl Taylor Swift
In this unmissable episode of Mark and Pete, the preacher and the poet tackle three of the week’s most talked-about headlines:
A Spitting Image sketch turns our beloved bear into a cocaine-snorting podcast host
The Liberal Democrats watch their membership plummet under Ed Davey’s quietly chaotic leadership
Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl smashes sales records — and her lyrics sound suspiciously like modern worship songs
Along the way, we ask:
Why does parody sting when it hits close to virtue?
Can a political party without backbone survive the culture war?
Is Taylor Swift the high priestess…
The skinny
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