Steve Coogan

Steve Coogan aand Armando Iannucci are interviewed by Laura Kuenssberg for her Sunday show. Picture: BBC

Alison Rowat: Trump win leaves Thick of It creator fearful for US
The Scottish satirist was being interviewed by the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg about Dr Strangelove, the first stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s classic film. What did he make of what was happening a week out from the US election? “It frightens me, it really does,” said Iannucci. “Veep was made at a time when every story [in the show] was about Selina Meyer, the vice-president, thinking she has done something wrong and then trying to row back from it. “Those rules don’t apply any more. We’ve seen Trump say he likes Hitler’s generals. We’re now hearing threats of people standing there with guns at the polling booths, almost intimidating people into not voting for Kamala Harris.”

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