Joe Lycett has expertly mocked Nigel Farage in an open letter to the politician addressing the race riots . The comedian, who won a Bafta earlier this year for his entertainment series Late Night Lycett , regularly uses his platform to make searing political statements. Over the years, he has panicked parliament with his pranks and made headlines after mocking Liz Truss during a appearance on Laura Kuenssburg’s BBC politics show.
He’s now set his sights on Reform leader Farage, writing an open letter that tackled the politician’s views on immigration amid the recent racist and Islamophobic riots . It arrives after Farage continued to allege that these riots, which followed the killings of three girls in Southport, were due to a lack of information provided to the public by authorities. “As the arbiter of what are ‘fair and legitimate’ questions, I wondered if you could let me know if you consider the below to be ‘fair and legitimate’ questions,” Lycett wrote.
The comedian then added a series of questions, some of which were serious and others of which were designed to be tongue-in-cheek. These included: “Are all immigrants bad or is it OK if they come from Europe and then become your wife? Which character do you think Tommy Robinson would choose on Mario Kart? Why is there always one fly in my house?” He concluded the letter by asking: “Even though you say you’re not a racist, do you think some racists use your words as encouragement to do racist thi.