Ever since September 2015, when the allegation emerged that the Prime Minister, David Cameron, had performed a sex act on a dead pig as a student, British politics has entered a strange new reality, in which satire has endlessly been pronounced dead. In this edition of Suite (212) Extra, Juliet talks to Huw Lemmey about how to make fun of the age of austerity and absurdism, polarisation and pigfucking, focusing on Huw's new book, Red Tory: My Corbyn Chemsex Hell.SELECTED REFERENCESWORKS BY HUW LEMMEYBad Gays (podcast) - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/yw89yb/bad-gays-podcast-interviewChubz: The Demonisation of My Working Arse (2014) - https://rhizome.org/editorial/2014/nov/20/chubz-demonization-my-working-arse-interview-huw-lConfirmed Pigfucker (2016) - https://viletrollbooks.bigcartel.com/product/confirmed-pigfucker-political-poems-by-spitzenprodukteRed Tory: My Corbyn Chemsex Hell (2019) - http://montezpress.com/catalogue/books/red-tory-my-corbyn-chemsex-hellTheodor W. AdornoMICHAEL ASHCROFT, Call Me Dave (2015) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PiggateMarcus BrigstockeCharlie BrookerJames Butler - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/4w7kxg/james-butler-huw-lemmy-chubz-322Dawn Foster - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/23/damage-cuts-and-sanctions-oxfam-wales-austerityBob Geldof - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/15/nigel-farage-bob-geldof-rival-eu-referendum-thames-flotillasHave I Got News For You (TV series, 1990-present)Simon Hedges - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/53n9v8/the-new-wave-of-satire-for-our-morbid-political-landscapeOWEN JONES, Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class (2011) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/jun/08/chavs-demonization-owen-jones-reviewJOE KENNEDY, Authentocrats (2018) - https://everydayanalysis.org/2019/04/15/to-save-multicultural-liberalism-build-the-wall-on-joe-kennedys-authentocrats/London (dir. Patrick Keiller, 1994) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v84byeueCBITHOMAS MANN, Death in Venice (1912)Al Murray, the Pub Landlord - https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/its-not-just-nigel-farage-al-murray-the-pub-landlord-loses-south-thanet-bid-despite-patriotic-10235430.htmlHerbert Muschamp - http://justinmcguirk.com/hearts-city-herbert-muschampThe Now Show (radio series, 1998-present)Streatham Rovers FC - https://twitter.com/streathamrovers?lang=enThe Thick of It (TV series, 2006-12) - https://www.blubrry.com/wdtatw/42236688/episode-84-politics-stayed-the-same-its-us-that-changedTim Peaks: Farron Walk with Me (radio play, 2018) - https://soundcloud.com/reelpolitikpodcast/tim-peaks-farron-walk-with-me-a-reel-politik-original-radio-playTrashfuture (podcast) - https://trashfuturepodcast.podbean.com/The West Wing (TV series, 1999-2006)