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Tory abortions, spitting and the c-word: comedians let rip at People’s Assembly event

This morning Charlotte Church apologised on behalf of the People’s Assembly to a reporter who was spat at by protesters outside Tory conference in Manchester. The classical-singer-turned-activist says that she will pen an open letter explaining that this is not representative of what the People’s Assembly protests are about.

However, she may want to save space in the letter for an extra paragraph or two covering last night’s People’s Assembly comedy night, titled ‘laugh them out of town’. Frankie Boyle, Sara Pascoe, Robin Ince and Francesca Martinez joined forces at the Manchester Academy for a night of ‘jokes’ at the expense of the Tories.

The very mention of Jeremy Corbyn at the beginning of the show from one campaigner received a large cheer as they celebrated Corbyn — who is taking part in a People’s Assembly event today — being elected as Labour leader. However,

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