The reaction of the hard left to Tracey Ullman’s latest show on the BBC suggests they have finally lost their marbles. In it, Ullman is made up to look, but not sound, just like Jeremy Corbyn in a sketch where he talking to, amongst others, his old sparring partner Sinn Fein/IRA’s very own Gerry Adams. Ullman also took the piss out of various Tories, including Theresa May but of course the Corbynistas can’t see beyond those BBC conspiracists and many react as you would react: by being racist.
A ludicrous myth quickly spread around the internet that this particular episode had been written by David Baddiel. This, of course, meant that it was an Israeli/Jewish plot because, as you might know, Baddiel is Jewish. Ignore the fact that Baddiel is an atheist Jew who has said very publicly that he doesn’t care about Israel. It’s all these Zionists trying to take over the world and, worse still, to attack the Absolute Boy himself, the sainted Jeremy Corbyn.
For the sake of conspiracy theories, Tracey Ullman is also Jewish, even though she isn’t. This is not just bonkers: this is out and out racism.
Imagine what these poor loves would have been like in the era of Spitting Image, where politicians were satirised, even ridiculed, on a weekly basis to the Nth degree. Some argued that there careers were damaged by what were in reality elaborate puppets, albeit with voices ‘speaking’ the words of the finest comedy writers in the land. It was hard-hitting, ruthless, hurtful and above all very funny. As was Ullman’s sketch about Corbyn. And why? Because it struck a raw nerve. We don’t want less satire: we want – need – more, far more.
This latest nonsense is nothing more than a continuation of the anti-Semitism, combined with rampant paranoia and ludicrous conspiracy theories, that has gripped Corbyn’s Labour. It won’t go away until Corbyn and his rag, tag and bobtail comrades are booted off Labour’s top table. And the sooner that happens, the better.
