Rosie Holt’s satirical take on the UK-Saudi relationship was almost too realistic
Comedian Rosie Holt has a real talent for nailing the worse excesses of Tory politicans in interviews, to devastating satirical effect.
Rosie’s hilarious MP character came out in full-throated support of Boris Johnson’s Jimmy Savile slur agains Keir Starmer, perfectly parroted the Tory line of not knowing whether they’d attended parties, and had a head-spinningly awful condemnation of taking the knee.
Her Spidey senses must really have been tingling this week, when Boris Johnson set off for a chat with Saudi officials to ask for help plugging the UK’s impending shortfall in Russian oil imports.
It went as well as you’d expect.
— Massive Attack (@MassiveAttackUK) March 16, 2022
So to recap: Johnson goes begging in Saudi Arabia, shows his support for liberal democracy is utterly superficial, they execute three people while he's there & he comes home with fuck all. https://t.co/BueVJYuhtB
— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) March 17, 2022
The government sent Liz Truss out into the news studios to defend its cap-in-hand-to-dictators approach.
Susanna Reid’s very good here & Liz Truss simply has no answer to turning a blind eye to human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/U7usZA0lKK
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@TobyonTV) March 16, 2022
With her trademark clever editing and note-perfect script, Rosie nailed the essence of the government’s stance – but with added laughs.
“Behind every great democracy is a great dictator” MP defends PM meeting with Saudi Arabia pic.twitter.com/kkahfE3Z6C
— Rosie Holt (@RosieisaHolt) March 17, 2022
It really is erm, you know, Russian roulette on whether you end up married to a very bad dictator or a very bad dictator.
As always, some people missed the joke.
However, the majority both got it and loved it.
Once again, @RosieisaHolt nails it. The last bit is especially apt. So far as I can see, it must simply be an accurate description of what happens when UK "voices concern" about mass executions and other human rights abuses in meetings where ask the Saudis to pump more oil. https://t.co/QHDhAFBBFR
— David Rose (@DavidRoseUK) March 17, 2022
I love that little wince of pain you get your eyes at having to deal with people beneath you
— Eleanor Tiernan (@eleanortiernan) March 17, 2022
When satire is so brilliantly close to reality that one wonders if it is true … https://t.co/cJ8lZUeQKN
— Henning Melber (@HenningMelber) March 17, 2022
It says something when parodies like this are so close to reality, that you're for a moment you're double checking whether it's real or not! https://t.co/qZSrcWRhNF
— Gareth Harrison (@videogareth) March 17, 2022
I love @RosieisaHolt – Minister of Humour and Stating the Obvious – & better than anyone currently in the cabinet!!!! https://t.co/HRlHQzRei3
— Susan Handley (@SusanH175) March 17, 2022
To sum up –
This woman is a comedy queen! 😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/24w819RN47
— Liam ap Cymru 🏴 (@adj4life72) March 17, 2022
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This man defending Rosie Holt’s fictional Tory MP just made the whole thing even better
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