Can’t take a joke? Tories uphold ban on parliamentary footage used as satire

‘Calls by popular broadcaster and writer Charlie Brooker through his MP to rescind the ban on satirizing parliamentary footage were dismissed by Tory House of Commons leader Chris Grayling.

Under rules in place since Parliament first began to allow cameras to record its proceedings in 1989, no footage may be used in “comedy shows or other light entertainment such as political satire” in order to “protect the dignity of the House.”

Grayling was asked by Labour MP Ruqa Huq, at the behest of her constituent and brother-in-law Charlie Brooker, about the revisiting discussion of the categorical ban.

Huq said: “My constituent Charlie Brooker has raised with me that he … is unable to use it in his program, Screenwipe – whereas other not dissimilar broadcasts are allowed to use it.”’

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