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 an 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]