Grizelda

‘Couldn’t we just have stopped paying our TV licence?’

‘Daddy, can you read me a bedside political narrative?’

‘Let’s increase taxes for everyone earning over an MP’s pay.’

‘Can’t you even be a little bit woke, just for politeness’s sake?’

‘I think it’s time you accepted the world has gone mad.’

‘They were so benign when they were first introduced.’

‘Would anyone like to say anything offensive about the deceased?’

‘Or “debate” as it used to be called.’

‘Darling, you should get out and enjoy life before settling down to run a local council.’

‘Wait till they start rioting – then arrest everyone.’

‘But Geoff’s lived experience says the facts are wrong.’

‘Great news! The country is going to the dogs!’

‘You affirmed your kids? We told ours to stop being idiots.’

‘You’re under arrest for misconstrued satire.’