Though my dad did bullshit a LOT, Mickey actually did live on my dad's patch for a while in the 80s when he was living in the UK, so it could be true... or he was taking credit for something one of his colleagues did, which was also on brand for him.
Wasn't there at least one series of Miranda only filmed a few days before broadcast? That show emulated vintage sitcoms in lots of ways, I guess the production schedule too.
A family member of mine in Derbyshire has a special needs child, and the help they had has virtually evaporated since Reform got into the council (including a house adaptation being cancelled, after they'd been moved there by the previous council), they really don't care about special needs at all.
As if we didn't already know anyway, despite all the dressing up of it being about "loving your country".
Though Mick Barton, the idiot who runs my county council, already admitted the flags were about immigrants weeks ago, he can't even try to put on a veneer of respectability.