But as in all cults, what's central to the Communist Party is the belief system and the elimination of nuance. From there you're very slowly led down the road to fanaticism and mass murder.
Now, as a comic, if you're vaguely amusing you can go straight into TV, then you play the O2 and then everyone's sick of you.
For me, the showbiz memoir is uninteresting - you want to tell people something they don't know about.
People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.
The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off.
First off, I have to mention what is undoubtedly the greatest phenomenon of the modern era: All You Can Eat Buffets.
