Frankie Boyle's Labour Party Leadership Opinions Continue To Gain Huge Support
Frankie Boyle Is Making More Sense Than Most Political Commentators (Yet Again)
George Bowden— The Huffington Post UK
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LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 06: Frankie Boyle performs onstage for 'Give It Up For Comic Relief' at Wembley Arena on March 6, 2013 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
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Frankie Boyle has yet again gained huge support for his potent mix of humour and astute observation of the current state of the Labour Party, with his latest column declaring: "Labour has lost its own internal leadership election".
Writing in Comment Is Free for the Guardian, Boyle says the party "sees enthusiasm as a negative" after its much-criticised efforts to 'purge' those registered to vote in the ballot.
He laces his acidic observations with his familiar brand of humour. In one oft-quoted paragraph, Boyle takes aim at all the candidates, proving no-one is safe from his opinions.
He describes Liz Kendall as "an office manager that's just returned from a course," Andy Burnham as having "carved Fireman Sam's face off," and Yvette Cooper "sounds like something Jeremy Corbyn drove in the 1960s".
He writes of Corbyn's meeting with extremists and others: "In the age of Facebook, we know that calling someone “friend” isn’t necessarily an endorsement, and generally signals an attitude somewhere between antipathy and disgust."
And regardless of how the campaigns fair, Boyle writes: "In any case, I’m pretty confident that the election itself will result in a landslide for Robert Mugabe."
And lots of people couldn't agree more.
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But some Labour activists aren't best pleased with Boyle's opinions.
The Best Frankie Boyle Quotes
Lambasting Labour's leadership hopefuls(01 of10)
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Boyle had a few choice words for those running to be Ed Miliband's successor. He accused Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper of giving interviews "with the halting, guarded intonation of a hostage". He blasted Liz Kendall for having the "alarming air of an Apprentice candidate" but saved rare praise for Jeremy Corbyn, calling him "one of the few decent politicians remaining in the Labour party". (credit: PA/GETTY/REX)
Blistering battering of Branson(02 of10)
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Virgin owner and millionaire mogul Richard Branson probably didn't expect to get much criticism for writing a blog calling for a crackdown on global warming. But Boyle, in his time honoured fashion, retorted, saying: "You own an airline you mad c*nt." The exchange wasn't pretty... (credit:Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Crippling critique of Cameron(03 of10)
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It may comes as little surprise to most that Conservative leader David Cameron is not a politicians for whom Boyle has a particular penchant. The Scottish comedian laid into him recently, describing the Prime Minister as "a shrewd and malevolent psychopath". It's probably one of his kinder comments on Cameron... (credit:Clara Molden/PA Archive)
Clegg's cutting castigation (04 of10)
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The former Deputy Prime Minster Nick Clegg is one of Boyle's favourite subjects on which to muse. He has previously referred to the ex Lib Dem leader as a "c*nt", "like one of those terrified mouse faces that you find in an owl pellet", and said of Clegg: "If he died today, you'd be able to cater Nick Clegg's funeral with a packet of Space Raiders". Ouch! (credit:Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive)
Fuming at Farage(05 of10)
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Comedian colleague Andrew Lawrence lambasted Boyle's old stomping ground show, Mock the Week, criticising it of a liberal bias. In a Facebook post he attacked it for its "aging, balding, fat men, ethnic comedians and women-posing-as-comedians, sit congratulating themselves on how enlightened they are about the fact that Ukip are ridiculous and pathetic". The comments were shared by Nigel Farage on Twitter, but were swiftly rebutted by Boyle, who said: "There are a lot of honest people in comedy, which is why they keep calling you a c*nt." Then ensued a battle between the two. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Expletives for X Factor star(06 of10)
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James Arthur, a finalist on ITV's X Factor, recieved a double-barreled helping of stinging critique from Boyle on Twitter back in 2012. In two posts, the Tramadol Nights creator wrote of the TV show contestant: "James McArthur is like a cross between a tramp and a duckling". He followed it up swiftly with: "James Arthur looks like someone put a sheep's teeth into a baby's head". Arthur announced he was "quitting Twitter" days later. (credit:Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive)
Musings on the media(07 of10)
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Boyle was an unapologetic independence supporter in the run-up to last year's referendum in Scotland. In the aftermath of the result he criticised the media, accusing outlets of carrying a pro-Union bias in their reporting. On independence, he said: "I'm all for it. It won't happen. One of the reasons it won't happen is the media is just completely against it. There's a huge level of media bias." He also said that broadcast bosses were censoring comedy, and observed that current TV guides look like "the entertainment programme on a f****** cruise ship". (credit:JUAN MABROMATA via Getty Images)
Thundering thumping of two million Scots(08 of10)
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The c-bomb is a certain favourite of Boyle's. But in a world first he used it to decry 2 million people, rather than just a choice selection of victims. Following Scotland's delivery of a slim 'no' majority in last year's independence referendum, Boyle blasted the two million Union supporters "c*nts". In a post on Twitter, he wrote: "I should have expected this, because if you'd asked me to estimate how many c*nts there were in Scotland I'd have said about 2 million." (credit:Jeff J Mitchell via Getty Images)
Censure of Clarkson(09 of10)
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Ousted Top Gear frontman Jeremy Clarkson didn't escape Boyle's firing line, after the motoring show presenter was revealed to have mumbled the N-word singing a nursery rhyme in an outtake. Boyle called for Clarkson to be sacked from his top position because he was a "cultural tumour". (credit:Brian Lawless/PA Wire)
Saving sweet words for Sturgeon(10 of10)
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There is one person for whom Boyle has some rare praise, though. SNP leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was the subject of "muted horror" in the English media, he claimed. "People feel much more comfortable with the Fifty Shades of Grey version of women’s liberation: possibly feeling life would be much simpler if the suffragettes hadn’t wanted the vote and just really enjoyed chaining themselves to railings," Boyle said. "It feels almost as if the establishment is still assessing her. Which of the traditional tactics to employ: scorn or vilification? Do you call her the most dangerous woman in Britain or stage a smear where she’s a gossipy woman? Decisions, decisions." (credit:ANDY BUCHANAN via Getty Images)