Identify 5 political and social references and research their details online. Create a paragraph summary of each reference, including as many facts as you can muster.

1st reference: “So the fact that they now let women serve could actually be seen as a deeply pessimistic move.” The reference that Frankie Boyle was using was implying the new rule that was set in late 2013 where the first women were allowed to work in the submarines. This then leads to jokes about being able to repopulate our population within the submarines when the end of the world is near. Women had previously been excluded from subs as reports of carbon dioxide poising were high and at-risk towards them but recent research shows that these accusations were not true.

2nd reference: “The PM has derided Jeremy Corbyn’s idea of keeping the subs without missiles as patently ridiculous and in no way comparable to building two huge aircraft carriers with no aircraft.” This reference is describing Jeremy Corbyn’s suggestion to the UK that all Trident submarines were not to carry nuclear-powered weaponry. The labour leader raised the suggestion as a possible compromise to protect the jobs of workers who will build replacement Trident submarines.

3rd reference:

Identify 3 language features that Frankie Boyle uses to strengthen his satire. (Options are: Hyperbole, Metaphor, Analogy, etc)

Select your controversial idea from yesterday and now develop a couple of paragraphs, where you build on to this sentence with some more elaborate metaphors and analogies.