Alison Dagnes: how comedians came to see their job as about checking power, rather than being funny @SpectatorTV

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Comedian Simon Evans and professor and author Alison Dagnes join The Spectator's News Editor John Connolly to discuss how our comedy has changed over recent years. As Edinburgh Fringe draws to a close, what's been on this year, and how is our political comedy changing? Will a new government be subject to the same jibes as the previous one?

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