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‘Our housekeeper only worked two days a week’, Rishi Sunak outlines a childhood filled with hardship (newsthump.com)
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[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Point taken. I did look it up because I expected half of it to be true.

In Australia we have two satire sites called Betoota Advocate and The Chaser which sometimes are about 80% factual (about conservatives).

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I actually ran into National Anti-Corruption Commission rules that some corruption is cool actually from The Chaser just a while ago

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

#Robodebt will have at least created a generation of citizens who understand the level of government corruption. It was an actual conspiracy.

My favorite Chaser is from their TV show when they dressed as Bin Laden and bypassed security to get near George Bush.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

That was one impressive prank to pull, goddamn. I would have been scared to death of being shot by American cops