John Cleese

John Cleese (born October 27, 1939) is a British comedian, actor, screenwriter and producer. He was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. He was an original member of the comedy team Monty Python. Cleese and his first wife Connie Booth created the sitcom, Fawlty Towers, in which he played Basil Fawlty, a pedantic and crazed hotel owner. The character was based on a real life person who managed a hotel that the Monty Python crew stayed at during the making of one of their movies.

Politics

Cleese is generally liberal: he is a longtime supporter of the Liberal Democrats and has described himself as left-leaning. He supported Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, but in recent years has been increasingly critical of the leftist agenda.

Cleese is a strong critic of cancel culture and objects to political correctness. He criticised the BBC, known for its longtime white supremacist leanings, for attempting to cancel a episode of one of his shows.

Cleese supported leaving the bureaucratic establishment European Union.

Cleese is a critic of Sadiq Khan.

Quotes

• If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth. [1]