Keeping in tradition with its American progenitor, the first ever Saturday Night Live UK began with a political send-up cold open.
A sketch featuring a cowering Keir Starmer played by cast member George Fouracres saw the British Prime Minister trying to avoid a call from President Donald Trump.
“Oh, golly! Wh-what if Donald shouts at me? What do I say?” the British Prime Minister asks his deputy, David Lammy, played by Hammed Animashaun. He’s eventually coaxed into answering, and begins playing up some familiar tropes to garner a little favor.
“Hi Donald. I’m afraid I can’t go to war with you, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be chums,” says Starmer. “America and Britain have a long, proud tradition of cooperation and nothing can take that away. Remember the good times: Remember D-Day, remember Live Aid, remember Iraq – the first week and then none of the
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