2005: The Thick of It. 2017: Reality
In a terrifying example of life imitating art imitating life (or something like that), this news story in the Times today rang a bell with @jrmaidment on Twitter.
This is LITERALLY what Glen advocates on The Thick of It and he's told he's cracked.
"What if everybody had to carry a plastic bag, by law." pic.twitter.com/beIIicxyfq— Jack Maidment (@jrmaidment) September 5, 2017
He’s not wrong you know. Here’s the news story from the Times.
And here’s the Guardian’s review of that episode of The Thick Of It, in 2005.
Over to you, Malcolm Tucker.