Stewart Lee: we should embrace the Trump and Brexit chaos

Peston on Sunday 13 November 2016
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[@borismuller86]

He gives it to us straight; like a pear cider made from 100% pear.

[@manygate10]

Nit picking!

[@stitcha123]

he didn't say 'a 100% pear' he said '100% pear.' He's okay.

[@TheColliewest]

@Sounder Systems they're.

[@TheSuperQuail]

*ONE MASSIVE PEAR?!*

[@ArcanePath360]

100% pear doesn't mean one pear. It means the process of making each cider is made entirely from pear (pear becomes plural in this context). Boris is fine.

[@thesprawl2361]

"He's well known for his withering column" That's a bit personal

[@jambutty2218]

He's had children.

[@theanaesthetist1]

BOOM BOOM!

[@jeffstone2136]

Bumped into Stewart Lee in Preston last year, coming out of a Peter Hook concert. He had a lidless jam jar in his hand, which appeared to contain an egg yolk swimming in a pale green fluid. Nudging him almost caused Lee to spill his mysterious cargo, and before I could apologise he snarled: "Was the War of Austrian Succession worth all this?!". He then handed me a pound coin and whispered: "Never forget" before vanishing into the night. I remain puzzled to this day about what that all meant.

[@donrayjay]

Eh?

[@joeakajoe1]

I saw him in ikea, he looked hungover and depressed.. your story's probably better

[@pachy444]

They don't get it Jeff do they 😉

[@JamesMc2051]

Seems self-explanatory enough.

[@lsoon4412]

Brexit was supported by morons who thought leaving the EU would make any difference to non European immigration or asylum. Types who thought leaving the EU would mean less from Pakistan, because they don't know EU means Europe, and there were even morons who thought there would be less brown people, when white people come from Europe, and leaving the EU led to most of our government being brown. Asylum has got worse, as now we're more of a USA lapdog and despite many British people dying to help the USA in Afghanistan, the USA just gave up and let the Taliban take over Afghanistan, but we can't care about all the females who won't have an education, because the USA now want to use Russia as an excuse to start WWIII. We don't even question why Russian news has been banned from our TVs.

[@danielholt6480]

Hilarious how they cut off a discussion about the banality of social media to (very poorly) give the results of an exceedingly banal social media poll.

[@alfredotebasco]

Love Stewart Lee, a truly talented social commentator with a good heart and deadly wit.

[@COWofHACKNEY]

Lee's face when she mentions Ben Elton. hahahaha

[@FP1980]

Yeah, its amazing how it doesn't change.

[@jointhe6461]

Exactly. Such professionalism!

[@stevelivingstone4616]

I think you are misreading his facial expression, Stewart Lee has respect for classic era Ben Elton.

[@lsoon4412]

I think British people should be careful about getting too mixed up in USA culture. I don't understand why those extreme religious, misogynist American youtube channels rant on about lefties for encouraging multiculturalism and trans kids. USA is the main promoter of trans kids and a forced melting pot nation, so USA capitalism is more of a promoter of what Americans call left wing than any left wing nation. I think USA society is also sick, where men and women dislike each other. USA women tell men they're disgusting if not cir'cised as a baby for non medical reasons, and many USA men spend too long online doing things like making videos saying they don't want women, but instead of leaving women alone, they spend their time on the video comments trying to make women feel bad about themselves and promoting others abuse women. The main policies of lefty countries like most of those in north Europe and Scandinavia are a free health service and university, while the USA promotes trans kids and everything else the USA youtubers call lefty.

[@softladification]

***WARNING: CONTAINS DOSES OF Esther McVey*** Bit irresponsible not putting a public health warning on this one to be honest.

[@IAmIncorrigible]

I apologise.

[@ThePsychedelicRealm]

Someone shut her up!

[@vollsticks]

"That's the longest pair of tits I've ever seen"

[@OpinionatedMonk]

Is that the annoying blonde fuck?

[@Hoscitt]

I would tho

[@bulletproofblouse]

Robert Peston, a melted and / or crumpled David Tennant, has let himself go.

[@theawecabinet]

Peston should've been the next Doctor Who after Tennant. The regeneration scene would have been spectacularly understated.

[@xtothezxzibit7254]

bulletproofblouse thanks, i thought it was Tennant

[@t45tt4tr]

Looks like someone who drinks a lot of white wine.. but loves a bit of Blue Nun

[@dronespace]

@@theawecabinet 😂

[@909mrwill]

Ratko Mladić is looking well.

[@dazpatreg]

Ed Balls has let himself go and also the real Ed Balls has let himself go

[@rupertdreyfus6018]

The Ed Balls twins have let themselves go.

[@dronespace]

😂😂😂😂

[@kingoftheseamusic]

Stewart Lee only needs to sit there and smirk to prove his point about everything. Amazing.

[@henryleopard1066]

I agree. It's like poetry. They rhyme. Every grin kinda rhymes with the last one.

[@SKILLWILL09]

@@henryleopard1066 reminds me more of poems that don’t rhyme

[@henryleopard1066]

@@SKILLWILL09 Like rhyming poems That's Made From 100% rhymes.

[@miff227]

that's only true if you already agree. To everyone else they're still awaiting the argument...

[@joemazmo7981]

I had to turn it off as soon as Fester McVey opened her gob. I'm sure the vibrations from that woman are carcinogetic.

[@KhanivoreQniba]

Surely the most articulate, intelligent and sophisticated comedian anywhere.

[@jamiecal11]

Absolutely lost it at Stew's face when Ben Elton was mentioned.

[@sonicwingnut]

"That's the plug done.. EEEEERRRRRRRRMMMM" Wondering if that's just coincidence or a genius direct reference to Lee and Herrings' "lazy boring comedy slags" sketch.

[@garthlyon]

"What is the barmiest thing that could happen...?" 10% - Boris becomes PM.

[@stewartpegrum5420]

Didn’t age well did it...

[@Sam-hk4qj]

Stewart Lee on a daytime chatshow on ITV is like Mark Lemarr on Celebrity Juice in the year 2020

[@PrivateAckbar]

Mark Lemarr would probably like Leigh Francis. He's in the same vein as Vic and Bob.

[@julesallford]

His & Richard Herrings show " This Morning With Richard Not Judy" used to be on at Sunday lunchtime! It was awesome!!!!!

[@kenlieck7756]

How I hope he reads this and pilots "The My and Herring's Show"!

[@lsoon4412]

People call Stewart left wing, but I wonder why so many British people repeat those fundy religious USA youtubers who call everything lefty, that's in fact mainly promoted by the USA to the rest of the world? In reality, the main left wing policies of socialist countries like most of those in Scandinavia and north Europe, are a free health service and free or cheap university. Look how more diverse we have become since taking Farage's advice to leave the EU and becme more of a USA lapdog. Farage is an ex Tory banker who needs to keep our economy closely linked with USA banks. It's like the anti EU morons don't realise white people come from Europe. People in the USA who rant on about lefties also think a socialised health care system or not being $60,000 in debt to go to university are bad ideas. While they don't care a lot of ther money is spend on funding extremist groups to overthrow leaders friendly with Russia, or who don't want to trade oil in Dollars. Such as Afghanistan wasn't extremist until the USA were arming and training them there in the 80s against Russia. The reason some British people also use the word lefty in that cultural context, despite most of us thinking the NHS is wonderful and seeing anti EU Tories promote cultural liberalism and multiculturalism more than any other political party, is that Britain is also run by the international bankers and our media is owned by them, trying to dumb down society by forcing talentless celebs and trashy Americans in our faces as role models, and trying to encourage everybody to live in greed, debt and a permanent state of war. Such as houses in the USA and Britain are classed as things to buy up and make money from others, than being homes.

[@Sam-hk4qj]

I feel like Stew must feel like the horse in the field that sees a Paddy Mcguinness poster

[@oktal3700]

Love that they had a phone-in voting scheme at the end like what they had on TMWRNJ.

[@MrChrisd73]

It's ITV people, surely you lowered your expectations accordingly.

[@MathewNiania]

It's brilliant that the moment Stew mentions the factless frivolity of social media, they're showing a Twitter poll entirely dedicated to factless frivoloty. Pure genius or utter stupidity. We will never know.

[@lsoon4412]

I'm English and think Brexit politicians like Farage are the same as Thatcher, when she didn't like the EU preventing Tories mistreating British people, because of the EU saying workers should have enough breaks and genetically modified ingredients should be labelled on food. Farage just wants to keep our culture and economy closely linked with the USA, and the USA is the main promoter to Britain of everything people like Farage call lefty. Look how diverse we have become since following advice of Farage to leave the EU. It might not seem a nice idea for the UK to split up, but England is run by the international bankers who need our economy to stay closely linked with USA banks, encouraging everybody to live in greed and debt. It has become worse since the 1980s, when Tories did the opposite of Germany by treating workers like dirt, making millions of people unemployed and left us an economy based on little else but encouraging everybody to live in debt, for our economy to crash by the early 90s when many couldn't pay back the debts, and crashes every few years since after the USA. Then Tories use the crashes as an excuse to make anybody suffer not any use at being a slave for the upper classes, bankers and Tory tax dodging donors. Don't expect our media to point out the truth, trying to get idiots to be all nationalist over fishing, while we have the biggest differences between rich and poor and worst pensions in north Europe. What media has bothered to remind our people that our own government went along with the USA funding extremists in Libya to overthrow Gaddafi, when British people were later shot in Tunisia and blown up in Manchester by extremists who trained in Libya after Gaddafi was killed? England is full of Sun reading idiots who call others lefties as an insult, while they expect everybody else to pay for their children and cheer on the NHS, not realising the NHS is a lefty idea. Because they heard some Americans online using the tern to insult multiculturalism, when the USA and other capitalist countries promote multiculturalism more than any lefty country. How asleep do you have to be to keep voting in governments that cause university students to be £50,000 in debt, while it's free in Scotland? If the UK all split up, the international bankers/war machine wouldn't see us as any use at being a USA lapdog, and might go away to the USA, and English people will see how Scottish politicians look after their people like the rest of north Europe and Scandinavia, and then want to be the same. That's if it isn't too late and English people aren't dumbed down beyond help.

[@woodmister10067]

They all seem a bit scared and nervous around Mr Lee because they think his on stage persona will cut them to shreds. It's an act guys, he's just a clever man underneath it.

[@nitelite78]

I don't understand why Robert Peston has his own chat show. He was rubbish when he was doing little 2 minute business reports on the bbc. Wooden and boring af.

[@thewotsit]

Thank the maker people like you do the research so lazy buggers like me don't have to, cheers.

[@vanessafrost7132]

There's always a relative!

[@elainekerslake6865]

its ITV. What else have they got. Oh Ant and Dec!

[@FoodforThought12345678dsds]

The poor woman on the right tried to say a comment but they didn't let her :(

[@leenevin8451]

Left wing sexist

[@thedolphin5428]

Just too many people on the the one "panel" for ANY guest ... let alone Our Stu, who clearly converses best on a one to one. He wanted to make serious points about social comedy but far too many TV host bozos try to out-joke him.

[@debishmac]

all this told me is that because I find Stewart Lee funny , I'm the liberal elite.

[@j.johnson3520]

How interesting. 10% thought the craziest idea was Boris Johnson becoming PM. And now here we are...

[@telemahos2]

You misunderstand. (As you seem not to understand statistics and polls). Out of the 4 questions-events already decided and given to an audience the possibility of BJ becoming PMinister was thought as the least crazy. In other words, they were correct, he would become PM. That public knew the obvious... that in today's liberal capitalist ''democracies'' the 'winning the elections' politicians come from specific elites that prepare them and facilitate their win, and these winning politicians play the role of the obvious idiot (like Bush, Trump etc) enacting idiotic decisions-policies which are cheered by enjoying foolish crowds but are really helping only the elites.

[@j.johnson3520]

@@telemahos2 Do I? Do I *really* misunderstand? Are you sure? The question was: 2016 has been a year of shocks...what's next? Let's deconstruct the question. The first part is simply an opinioned statement (fair enough), but the second part is "what's next?" So what is 'what'? Is 'what' a shock, an event, some good fortune, something entertaining perhaps? It's not *clearly* stated really, and the reason is people who do Polls ask a question but often guide the answer, almost never revealing that fact in the Poll data presentation. So was it 10% shock? 10% resignation to the fully expected reality? Was the shock a negative or positive shock? Did 90% think it was simply unthinkable, but 10% thought it had an outside chance? Without an open mind, polls are meaningless, and *with* an open mind, polls are meaningless 😄

[@telemahos2]

@@j.johnson3520 Okay - I correct myself, you do understand polls 😃(that they make no sense without further and contextual analysis - and that they deeply depend on interpretations - like those we attempted)

[@j.johnson3520]

@@telemahos2 😄 No worries, although I should come clean and point out you were kinda right in one way because I stated 10% thought that BJ becoming PM was scary. So I did in actual fact (after reviewing my original) stick a flag on an actual area! Oops 😄 In the end, at least his reign hasn't been a complete disaster...it's not like we've been visited by the four horsemen...War, Famine, Disease and Death......hang on! War: China's Global Communist Dominance Famine: Global Supply Chain Breakdown Disease: Wuhan Coronavirus Death: Of *So* Many Good Businesses... *Welllllll*...at least he's had a haircut! 😄😄 😨

[@jamesadcock5235]

Yes here we are

[@loftysaltmarsh69]

Esther McVey always makes me feel ill.

[@getheroutofthetruck]

Ed's Balls have let themselves go

[@alfiepeters8507]

internet champ hahaha good one

[@reallyidrathernot.134]

"I avoid social media because it takes me out of context." KZbin channel: "STEWARD LEE SAYS TO EMBRACE TRUUUUUMP AND BREXIT CHAOS!" that literally never happened in that clip.

[@rofared87]

Not even close! But we fell for the bait. I hate myself and everyone else.

[@malachix780]

1:47

[@bramolini4835]

He says it at 1m 50secs

[@telemahos2]

Lee says: let's embrace the chaos of unpredictable events. The title of this clip is just idiotic clickbait - implying that S Lee supports Trump and Brexit, which he does not embrace anywhere in this clip.

[@SimonMorganYay]

5:28 "10% Boris becomes PM". Oh dear.

[@ThePatsyMusic]

as a fully heterosexual male who reserves homoerotic fantasies for one man and one man only, stewart lee, why is his attractiveness so inconsistent? he looks great here, a year ago, he looked like he was gonna drop dead. Anyway.... long live stewart lee, president of the uuniverse.

[@jsquire5pa]

ThePatsyMusic he’s getting himself back into shape .. I actually saw him jogging in Victoria park unbelievably .. the end of x has let himself go?

[@daisyyy7041]

@@jsquire5pa recently I saw him looking like father christmas has let himself go

[@babycherie5874]

Stewart Lee: the 2020s equivalent of Terry & June.

[@jonathanhayward5124]

Lee's discomfort around McVey is almost tangible, and rightly so; she's an abhorrent individual culpable for the deaths of hundreds of disabled people.

[@jonathanhayward5124]

What the fuck are you talking about?

[@flaneur5560]

Underground, you seem to have missed the poster boy of the alt.right - trump the chump - being the laughing stock of the whole world and the 'great' nation of America now being on a par with The Philippines or similar. Head in the sand? Posting reactionary brain farts on youtube is not the same as having any actual power or influence in the world - you are as politically impotent now as you ever were.

[@whnook]

Underground is a rentboy.

[@billhicks8]

"I would call that a bloodless revolutionary rejection of the path of self-immolation of all that was great about Western culture regressive left freaks had us on." Were you screaming while you wrote that?

[@danielhowell5169]

Underground906 You sound like a very unhappy man,do you know why you have so much hate?You have never met me but I would guess you hate me,is this because I don't agree with you?

[@r5gtturbo197]

Stewart lee is the best !

[@christophercooper6731]

Apparently one of the barmiest things that *might* have happened in the next year was Johnson becoming PM.

[@nhojbg]

I had to rewind to check! Only 10% thought something that mad would happen

[@stephensmith799]

Because my bladder control isn’t quite what it used to be, Stewart does make me piss myself laughing... well, a small amount of 100% piss

[@Jim987445]

5.08 "I can relate to that" Epic fail to get into the conversation.

[@bikingbirder2010]

How sad that 10% were right in the poll. Seeing Stweart Lee destroy Johnson just two weeks before the first lockdown will always be one of my favourite comedy show attendance moments. I was in agony through laughing so much and the 45 minutes concept (!), especially the second half was the best.

[@franriding6473]

Stewart is soaking in all that empathy emanating from Ester.

[@SouthyA]

Morrissey has let himself go

[@Scripture-Man]

It's annoying that everyone kept interrupting him and he never got to finish any of his interesting thoughts. This just reenforces the fact that he's best having 45 minutes to himself on stage, rather than being chopped up into soundbytes for social media. Really, I shouldn't have thumbed up this video, yet I did. By the way, it's sad to see a lot of people here slagging off one of the country's funniest comedians.

[@mannzymunster]

Best English comedian by a long way.

[@azzal2571]

Only 10% of people thought Boris would be PM in 2016. Shows how things change.

[@TheresaCoughy]

"10 percent of people" Haha!! your a fecking joke aren't you?

[@dan_dorjay]

The actual, real Absolute Boy - Stewart Lee.

[@EdSurname]

its interesting that social media is actually in some ways an ideal platform for unregulated comedy.

[@Matt7895]

I wonder what the fuck was going through Stew's head when Esther McVey talked about Rik Mayall and Ben Elton.

[@jacksonvega7751]

Stewart Lee is a prince amongst men

[@sandrapatterson919]

Who had the idea for 'Peston'? "Let's round up the country's most annoying people and put them in a Loose Women format. That'll work."

[@ephphatha230]

lol

[@philiptate7946]

Tanita Tikarama has let herself go

[@wmperry2790]

That one is a bit disturbing - I've always had a bit of of a thing for T. Tikaram and now youve stuck Lees face on it - i cant thank you for it

[@wmperry2790]

but the greying temples really make it work.

[@kaitainjones7078]

Tanita Tikaram is amazingly hot for her age.

[@veryphonics]

Ed Balls's twin has let himself go.

[@TheLotusManFILMs.]

I can relate to that.

[@EtonMessUK]

the blonde lady got confused and seemed to think Stewart Lee was opposed to the 'liberal elite'

[@RichardStrong86]

You know what i've noticed? That people always refer to the "liberal elite" but never mention the conservative elite... who are actually in power.

[@RichardStrong86]

English Heart There are conservative elites that have propped up Farage, some of them MPs but most industrialist types and bankers (many were present at Farage's party at the Ritz). I'd have more interest in supporting the attack on the elite if it was coming from a genuine place and wasn't just an attempt by a subsection of those people to grab power and influence.

[@RichardStrong86]

English Heart The conservatives don't protect anyone but themselves. Their attempt to brand themselves the party of the people is borderline criminal. IMHO as long as the average man and woman identifies with the tories (which I believe is due to the weakness of the Labour party) there can be no positive social change for the country.

[@JimmyBhoy71]

Comin over here doubting transubstantiation

[@NickSBailey]

Lee self-identified as that (albeit jokingly) and she still got it completely wrong, thick woman.

[@benoakes01]

Why is there a bowl of fruit and a plate of pastries on the table? They won't be eaten so why are they there?

[@dominicking8089]

i had a hard time telling stew and ed balls apart in the thumbnail for this

[@nil_db]

Stewart Lee for PM 2020

[@colinpoole7653]

Stewart Lee has pulled himself together.

[@trinkabuszczuk6138]

Neither Brexit nor Trump need any input from anyone to make them more ridiculous or hilarious. I'm in Australia, btw :o)

[@Bewar3them00n]

Stew Lee for PM, make PMQT far more entertaining!

[@boogieeck]

The counter-culture now is Leo Kearse, Geoff Norcott, Francis Foster, Dominic Frisby.

[@20thCenturyPox]

Yes, what does Allegra have to say? Bet she worked her way up from the Welsh valleys, eh? Definitely not someone's god-daughter. Totally egalitarian, all above board.

[@doovbaloevera1430]

"Social media hooks them in but they actually want to see you do it." That's not what he meant Balls. Listen.

[@Dreamskater100]

(Which Pet Shop Boys song is that in the outro?)

[@t45tt4tr]

"I CAN RELATE TO THAT!"

[@Anonymous-or4ru]

I'd smash her backdoors in AND destroy her sausage wallet

[@rustworker]

More people though Corbyn would do reality tv then could believe the crazy idea of Boris becoming PM

[@suncity22001]

Ed ball used to be Ralph in the simpsons

[@molly0000000s]

I don't know what channel this is on, but I'd bet my gaff on it being ITV, after This Morning but before Loose Women.

[@0u73rh34v3n]

4:39 - What’s this Scottish guy’s name? Trying to look him up but I can’t quite make it out

[@elliotmay]

Haha Esther McVey just didn't get it. What a surprise.

[@pamelas65roses]

How often I see it...how profound the message...the dark haired woman at the edge chimes in with "I can relate to that" but she's ignored because the man next to SL has said something to him and no one ever has the notion that she had something to add to the conversation lbec? it's a man's world, still and all and we're just guest upon the fringes of social reality

[@davemilton1587]

i spotted this too and felt for her

[@mamaduhalyan6006]

Did you just ignore how the lady next to her spoke as much as the other guests bar SL? So you've proved it's a man's world because one lady didn't speak in a panel show? A bit of jump really.

[@alex6472]

10% correctly predicted Boris to become PM...

[@duncanmaclachlan7177]

He has this face that says i just slapped myself awake

[@jamesgeorge8915]

2016 - the golden years.

[@SoSo-li6dn]

Stewart Lee: we should embrace the Trump and Brexit chaos... imperfect title

[@christianmatheron6444]

50% will be antagonised? 99% of his audience are Guardian readers. I am the 1% who can just about enjoy him as someone who isn't a vicious lefty.

[@GuinessOriginal]

Christian Matheron don't box yourself too much will you

[@willcattell609]

'...well known for his withering columns' - Withering column. Ha!

[@nicholaslewis4745]

Well "So called Austerity " seems to have done wonders for RP !

[@hughjass6667]

Ed Balls day is 1 month away! Can't Wait!

[@boogieeck]

Yes Stewart, it has a context within a 45-minute set. Like Jimmy Carrs offensive gypsy joke . Defend the right to offend

[@bigupbebop4706]

Ed Balls has let himself go!

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

The Show of Theseus!

[@stevenw9517]

Stewart Lee was way more entertaining when he was Lee Herring's straight-man. Now he's a bit like Les Dennis without Dustin Gee. There's even a physical resemblance.

[@NotthatRossKemp]

Fuckin' hell...Valerie Singleton's let herself go....

[@YOyo-jj1ks]

Stewart is a great Scottish comedian

[@MontyCantsin5]

*scotch*

[@horsemanpit8812]

Stewart Lee fucking rocks.

[@nigelcarren]

is this the main one?

[@henrycastle1]

❤️Stewart

[@annoyingbstard9407]

He says all the right things and he's really trying hard. So why can't Stewart Lee get on the BBC "comedy" panel show circuit?

[@bdoherty1888]

Poppies, poppies everywhere

[@lerruplerrup4614]

You live near Ed Balls?

[@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT]

Esther McVey reckons she knows what the new comedy will be without realizing she IS the new comedy.

[@BroonParker]

She never made me laugh.

[@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT]

@@BroonParker Not "with" but "at"...

[@LeighamShardlow]

That fucking poll though...

[@timmya4000]

i remember stewart lee taking the piss out of presenters that go "eeeeerrrrrm" 0:37

[@stevenchampion8137]

Tim McVeigh is recovering well

[@thedolphin5428]

Stu's hair has REALLY let itself go.

[@RkristinaTay]

Good de-contexualization and nuance that works on many levels, said the liberal elite.

[@conrad1on]

I approached this with some trepidation, as the last time I listened to something Stew said he was on a podcast agreeing that 'black Republicans are a gimmick', which caused me to lose a significant degree of respect for someone I've always had great fondness for as a comedian and thinker. This was alright though, pretty straight down the line. Whether his actual show is quite balanced and more of an absurdist take on things rather than divisive I couldn't say. Maybe someone who's seen it can enlighten me.

[@famebrightstudio451]

Lol he’s not wrong

[@conrad1on]

@@famebrightstudio451 About what, sorry? The comment you're replying to is four years old, so you'll have to forgive me if I don't have the sharpest recollection of what's in the video.

[@gnupf]

History will forget all of these totally irrelevant people.

[@AW-kr9fl]

Awesome taste in music dude

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

German President and retired Feldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg has lost weight.