It’s not hard to imagine the outrage, the firings, the sponsorship withdrawals and the endless crawly apologies if something like this
hit TV screens today.

[...] Consider this slap-stick interview with David McPhail acting as
Winston Peters, called “Ask the Bastard.”
Comedian Jon Gadsby opens with: “Good evening and welcome to Ask the Bastard - and never has this programme had a more appropriate guest.”

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I value the principles which became the hallmarks of Western democracy, made possible by the Age of Reason; religious tolerance (a wall between religion and state), a commitment to scientific inquiry,...