Armando Iannucci: are politicians obsolete? | Westminster Reimagined
Daily Politics from the New Statesman
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Are There Enough People Like You to Be Telling Politicians?
Garry: I come from a poor background, but then i went to elase and oxford. Then i've been working in media, and now i've been involved with politicians. And all of these spaces are dominated by people who are nothing like the people i grow up with - they haven't experienced poverty. This is the reason why i chose not to go into politics, but to go directly to the people. It's not politics, but direct action. You know that i am rich nowadays, you know, but i didn't grow up rich. My friends from back home are not rich. So i see how this is affecting real people. And i don't want to be
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