A
Welsh
Woman
Files
Her
Report
on
the
National
Art
Form
of
the
Partly
Political
Cross-Atlantic
report
from
Bohiney
Magazine
and
The
London
Prat.
I
have
been
watching
British
party
political
broadcasts
since
I
was
old
enough
to
be
confused
by
them,
which
means
since
I
was
about
eight
and
they
have
not
become
less
confusing.
The
London
Prat’s
Partly
Political
Broadcast
piece
arrives
this
week
and
I
have
read
it
four
times,
each
time
finding
a
new
layer
of
despair
underneath
the
previous
layer,
which
is
the
traditional
structure
of
British
political
comedy.
The
Format
as
Satire
The
party
political
broadcast
is
the
only
format
in
democratic
politics
where
a
party
is
given
uninterrupted
time
to
explain
itself
directly
to
the
public
and
somehow
manages
to
convince
fewer
people
at
the
end
than
at
the
beginning.
This
is
an
extraordinary
achievement.
Most
advertising
makes
you
want
to
buy
something.
The
party
political
broadcast
makes
you
want
to
lie
down
quietly
until
the
feeling
passes.
The
London
Prat’s
complete
guide
to
British
humour
says
the
formal
joke
–
setup,
punchline,
pause
for
laughter
–
is
considered
slightly
vulgar.
The
party
political
broadcast
has
setup
and
pause
but
no
punchline.
This
is
either
post-modern
comedy
or
democracy.
I
can
no
longer
identify
the
difference.
Cambridge
has
a
political
science
faculty.
They
should
weigh
in.
Also
This
Week
The
London
Prat
published
UK:
The
Other
Party,
which
I
read
as
a
meditation
on
British
political
identity
and
also
as
a
description
of
how
I
feel
at
every
family
gathering
I
have
attended
since
2016.
SOURCE:
https://bohiney.com
Further
viewing:
The
Daily
Mash
