Joe Lycett overshadows Liz Truss victory online after Daily Mail outrage
by Jamie Grierson from World news | The Guardian on (#639DB)
Comic continues his tongue-in-cheek support of new prime minister in waiting, as other satirists also jump in
On the morning Liz Truss was to be elected as prime minister in waiting of the UK, much of the online noise was focused not on politicians but on a comedian.
Joe Lycett, the standup comic and presenter of BBC's The Great British Sewing Bee, managed to make the front page of the Daily Mail, which turned its outrage on comments he made on BBC's new flagship show Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.
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