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Can you tell the difference between the election and reality? Take our quiz | Television

Over the past few decades, any general election – and there have been many – has been very likely to be so riddled with gaffes and panic that it ended up being compared to The Thick of It. This is a testament to the painful authenticity of this show, and a sad reality of political discourse in the 21st century.

By anyone’s standards, however, the 2024 general election was particularly “The Thick of Itty.” At one point, the show’s creator, Armando Iannucci, pointed out that a fleeting talking point – the Conservatives’ plan to leave immigration to an independent body to prevent MPs from being tripped up on the issue in the media – was basically the plot of the 2007 special “The Rise of the Madmen.”

In other words, it’s time for a quiz. Below is a list of events. Some of them happened during The Thick of It, and some have happened in real life since the election was called. All you have to do is figure out what’s what. If you’ve been following the events closely, this should be a piece of cake. However, if you opted out of voting a long time ago because you’re only human and don’t want to lose your mind, it might prove a little more difficult.

  1. 1.The Prime Minister announced the election outside, in pouring rain and without an umbrella, and presented the headline writers with a golden “Drown and Get Out” gift.

  2. 2.One candidate had the opportunity to have his photograph taken in a warehouse, where he had to answer questions from two men in high-visibility vests who, as it later turned out, were Conservative councillors in disguise.

  3. 3.A candidate was followed during his election campaign by a tabloid reporter disguised as food.

  4. 4.One candidate explained the need to rejoin the European single market while doing laps at an amusement park.

  5. 5.A candidate was photographed sitting on a children’s slide.

  6. 6.A search of a candidate’s social media history revealed a tweet in which he called Hitler “brilliant.”

  7. 7.A political manifesto promised to ban plastic toys and instead offer “simple wooden toys for ordinary people”.

  8. 8th.A candidate’s private email filled with offensive language was accidentally sent to a child.

  9. 9.One candidate visited a Welsh brewery and asked the staff if they were looking forward to “the football game” even though Wales had not qualified for the football championship.

  10. 10.After a disappointing radio call-in show, a special adviser was heard threatening to track down and attack a particularly controversial caller.

  11. 11.A party memo denouncing candidates by name for interrupting their campaigns to attend family gatherings made it into newspapers after it was emailed to the wrong address.

  12. 12.One candidate made the mistake of inviting cruel comparisons by visiting the Titanic Quarter in Belfast.

  13. 13.A candidate struggled to find something he missed as a child during an interview and ended up on Sky TV.

  14. 14.One contestant was lost for words when a member of the audience asked him if he knew what it was like to “clean up his mother’s piss.”

  15. 15.A candidate has ruined his chances of re-election by leaving a major international D-Day ceremony to give a television interview about his campaign.

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