Brexit Bulldog is good because its a good impression. Some of the impressions are shite.
It’s absolutely not a good impression of David Davis. It’s a caricature, like Alf Garnett (of whom the David Davis impression often reminds me because of his bombastic xenophobia and racism), which is blackly funny because the ridiculous deluded self-confidence of the caricature seems to be uncomfortably close to the truth when considering what David Davis has said about the strength of Britain’s negotiating position, and the reality that is increasingly becoming apparent.
Many of the Dead Ringers impressions are not that great, as demonstrated by the need for the character to tell the listeners who they are at the beginning of some sketches. What makes it great is having good material that shows up the cant, deceit and hypocrisy of the current crop of deeply flawed politicians and the mess that they have created.
I think the sketches with Theresa May and Arlene Foster have been even better than the Brexit Bulldog ones, like their press conference where they agreed that they could not understand how they had not yet made a deal, since they had so much in common – “we’re both cold and judgemental”.
