From audience laughter to poor scripting, here's the Twittersphere opinions on the Gold remake of the popular political sitcom

"No drama has ever changed the world. The most that art can do is make people look at something in a new way, with fresh eyes. We were writing comedy, and we simply found all the hypocrisy and humbug richly entertaining"

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Writer says BBC2's savage satire "was very time-specific to a period with Tony Blair and Alastair Campbell", and although funny, is no longer relevant