Joe Lycett: ‘I’ve been angry with the government since Partygate’

Joe Lycett has revealed that he didn’t get to see his best friend before he died during lockdown.

The comedian says his anger towards the government stems from the Covid-19 pandemic when officials held parties while the rest of the country was living under strict no-contact rules.

“The consistent lying they all did for each other. I thought it was disgusting the way they behaved in office”, he said.

Lycett recently pretended to be ‘incredibly right-wing’ as he trolled the government under Liz Truss.

At one point, the Conservative Party even demanded an apology from the BBC after he sarcastically applauded Truss and was heard shouting “you smashed it Liz” once the Laura Kuenssberg interview finished.

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.