Andrew Doyle is a stand up comedian and satirist who's written for Jonathan Pie, created the parody twitter character Titania McGrath, writes for Spiked Online and runs a "free-thinking" comedy night in London called Comedy Unleashed. But, unlike others who criticise social justice and the "woke movement", Andrew comes at these issues from a Leftist perspective.
Here we chat about why Andrew is so concerned about "wokeness" and how he sees it affecting society, comedy and free speech. We cover the state of Brexit (and why he thinks voting to Remain isn't a left-wing position), fascism and his attitude towards how his work is interpreted.
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Andrew's writing at Spiked Online
Andrew's show Exodus at the Edinburgh Fringe
Titania McGrath's Mxnifesto at the Edinburgh Fringe
Woke: A Guide To Social Justice by Titania Mcgrath
Alistair Williams' twitter account @awilliamscomedy
Oscar Wilde's The Soul of Man Under Socialism
The Once and Future Liberal by Mark Lilla on Amazon
Inside London's "free speech" comedy night by Yohann Koshy for Vice
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