Very sad to hear that Jeremy Hardy, one of Britain's finest comedians, has died. He was an inspiration to me in my early years on the comedy circuit, and since. A delightful person, and a brilliant, insightful, fearless comic.
To all American Buglers, you have my sincerest sympathies. Unless you are a fan of flesh-crawlingly sinister presidential speeches and full-frontal assaults on democracy, in which case, you're having a lovely time.
1: We've already edited and censored our past. Hence the statues.
2: A bit rich from a man who likes to edit and censor our present.
3: "Pretending to have a different history" is a core British Value. We're one of the best in the world at it. And that is a hotly-contested field.
We cannot now try to edit or censor our past. We cannot pretend to have a different history. The statues in our cities and towns were put up by previous generations. 3/8
Thanks to everyone who has listened, co-hosted, produced, voluntosubscribed or otherwise contributed, laughed, corresponded, attended live shows, and/or been pun-run guinea pigs. We are now precisely 8% of the way through the intended lifespan of the show.
#NoSleepTil2157
.
It was for the week beginning this very day, exactly twelve years ago, when The Bugle first fell into our collective ears.
Many happy returns to all the producers, hosts, co-hosts, and of course Buglers out there.
Thanks be to bullshit, and thanks be to
@hellobuglers
.
This is either the most delusional speech since Joan of Arc's "Actually it's a bit chilly in here" effort back in 1431, or the greatest piece of investigative journalism in human history. Either way, impressively committed to the message.
Happy New Year everyone. Thanks for your ears, support and hopefully at least intermittent laughter during this outright turd of a year.
Bugle New Year prediction:
2021 is going to be the best year of the decade so far.
BREAKING: Winston Churchill has been posthumously expelled from the Conservative Party. The 2nd World War star reportedly considered to be "in effect briefing against the current Prime Minister by having led the fight for democracy", according to Tory insiders.
Thanks for watching/listening, Buglers. Hope you enjoyed it. Introductory tech glitch and all. Thanks again to Alice, Nish and Chris. If you missed it, the show will stay on the YouTube channel, and highlights will go on the podcast feed.
It's our birthday next week, we will be 15 years old! We're celebrating with a new show that relives the best Bugle moments from this time, from US Elections to Chilean miner rescues, pop hits of the dictators & arseless jellyfish: PLEASE SUBSCRIBE!
Quick request: please stop banging on about the '17.4 million'. There are 66 million people in this country. Including over 16M who were too young to vote in 2016. And 12.9M who could have voted but did not, and who, with hindsight, were the only ones who got it right.
Theresa May is now like a firefighter desperately trying to put out a burning petrol station by throwing her third and final banana at it.
From last week's Bugle:
Recording new show today. Or 12 April. Or 22 May. Or in 2020. Or never. Or in 40,000 years.
Hi Buglers, it’s
@producerchris
here, live from Lanzarote airport and here to tell you that I forgot to upload 6 days worth of Top Stories. I hope this is the kind of high standards you’d expect from me 📯
OMG. Adam Levine just had THE BIGGEST nipple slipple in Super Bowl history. Way, way worse than the Janet Jackson one - he quite literally had his whole shirt off. America must be in meltdown.
#staystrongamerica
We’re now approximately 70% confident that tomorrow’s Bugle LIVE show will be simultaneously on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook AND Twitch. Links coming tomorrow, possibly.
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@aliterative
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Home Secretary says the 200-117 vote was a clear win for May.
Yes.
However, they are all supposed to be on the same team.
If you are a football manager, the opposition scores a goal, and four of your eleven players join in the celebrations, then you have problems.
Vote well, Buglers. In a new voter-pairing scheme, I voted Green on behalf of as-yet-unborn Petula Snook, who is due to be born in 2026. Her side of the deal is that she has to vote for a massive state pension hike in the 2044 election.
#votetacticallybutonlyifyourtacticsaregood
Slight technical glitchery with this week's Bugle. If your download is playing at breakneck speed, either (a) delete it and download again to get the correct version; or (b) enjoy a glimpse into what life would be like if the universe was made of helium and got its arse in gear.
STAT ALERT: Whoever becomes the new UK Chancellor will be the fourth in less than 5 months, and the 7th since Conservatives won 2015 election promising strong & stable government. At which point there had been four chancellors in 22 years (only changes were when a new PM came in)
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My mobile advised me that four years ago today I made my debut on
@hellobuglers
live episode
@CobbsComedyClub
with
@ZaltzCricket
&
@aliterative
via feed. All bullshit aside, being part of the Bugle has been a fucking delight and I hope to do a live episode in the UK some day.
Theresa May looks set to survive the Vote Of Almost No Confidence by pre-emptively pre-voting herself out of office. Boris Johnson has by default lost a Vote Of Even Less Confidence. David Cameron is having fun playing in his special tree house with his Lego. Interesting times.
Theresa May is now like a firefighter desperately trying to put out a burning petrol station by throwing her third and final banana at it.
From last week's Bugle:
Recording new show today. Or 12 April. Or 22 May. Or in 2020. Or never. Or in 40,000 years.