and the comedianjoe lycett appearing on it. it the comedian joe lycett appearing on it. ., , the comedianing political show because ha rd—hitting political show because any hard—hitting political show because any laura kuenssberg show has a panel and the included joe lycett today. he very much has the consumer on his shoulder. that is his that is what sets them apart from other comedians but instead of answering the question seriously when laura kuenssberg asked him what he thought of her interview on what she said, he took on the persona of a very happy, very right—wing persona who agreed with everything she said. and we have seen the states with stephen colbert who has created very right—wing pro—george bush at the time character. perhaps right—wing pro—george bush at the time character. perhaszoe lycett think that has greater room for such a character and he had made no bones about what he really thought of what she had to offer. if you saw through the persona, there was deep cynicism there. but perhaps this is the way forward, is that they will have not just a serious talking heads no

have the comedianjoe lycett on the first programme.eam learnt from the reaction to his sarcastic comments about liz truss? one of the things that me and the programme editor and the team wanted to do in the show is to try and open up our conversations a bit more. and maybe that might mean hearing new voices, hearing people who haven't been traditionally part of the political conversation. and the other reason to bring the panel in is to bring other expertise, to bring other reactions. and i think also to try to help the audience sometimes make sense of what they've just heard. and one of the things people may have noticed is that the main interview in the show, we're tending to do that at the beginning of the programme rather than waiting to the end. and that means then there's more time to digest, to chew over what you've heard, to think about it in different ways, and to to think about what it might mean. i mean, i know you'll know that on that one of the biggest enemies for any political broadcaster is the clock. and if you have the

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