To be fair, Doyle is an interesting choice. A gay, left wing, stand-up comedian and Co-writer for Jonathan Pie, BBC playwrite who voted Brexit. A genuinely interesting mix.
Well, quite. We are dealing with people (largely Leave voters) who don't really know what they want so when somebody draped in the flag tells them what to do, they fall in line.
Any news source that leans so heavily on nationalism and fetishises the flag so much, from any country, needs to be taken with a rather large dose of scepticism. However, this venture doesn't seem to be targeting critical thinkers. More actively avoiding them.
And as if the whole thing wasn't enough of a car wreck, the father of The Apprentice winner Michelle "Dewbs" Dewberry's child is none other than Simon Jordan, life long fan and former owner of Crystal Palace FC. Yes, the owner who was embroiled in alleged problems with wage payment , financial...
I should think a lot of their "current affairs" and "news with attitude" is going to be linked back and associated with cherry picked periods of history that reinforce their agenda. Nostalgia is intoxicating, especially when one is fundamentally unsatisfied with life in the present.
I like Neil Oliver's programs. I hope he's made a lot of money out of them because he's about to commit career suicide. He's the only real surprise in this otherwise cul-de sac of predictable arse-holery.
Just having a gander at their webpage. Some absolute corkers. The whole aesthetic genuinely looks like a spoof site. Judging by the website I'm not convinced this whole thing isn't a big prank.
A selection of their upcoming output....
Dewbs & Co (not sure who the "co" refers to).
"If it...