As this awful Conservative Government takes aim at the finest comedy in the world (UK comedy), I believe it's time to fight back. That's why I am hosting ZANDS' WORLD CUP OF SENSIBLE LEFT-WING COMEDIANS 2020 #ZWCSLWC

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Behold the group stage qualifiers...

Pre-vote on account of messing up and sticking Rory Bremner in twice. Do we want to replace one of the Rory Bremners with Dom Joly or Andrew Doyle?

Ok, so I had duplicated Jon Richardson as well. Therefore both Joly and Doyle are in. This is a random selection as I didn't quite have time to seed the competitors by calculating laugh decibels at an example stand up show.

**GROUP STAGE**

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First place Group A will play second place Group H in the knockout tournament. And so forth...

**GROUP A** #ZWCSLWC

@arobertwebb @richardosman @mattforde @joshwiddicombe

**GROUP B** #ZWCSLWC

@herring1967 @GeoffNorcott @ayeshahazarika @RonJichardson

**GROUP C** #ZWCSLWC

@Baddiel @eddieizzard @MitchBenn @davidschneider

**GROUP D** #ZWCSLWC

@andrewdoyle_com (inexplicably blocked) @JKCorden @rickygervais @charltonbrooker

**GROUP E** #ZWCSLWC

@mrchrisaddison @MrEdByrne @Tony_Robinson @rorybremner

**GROUP F** #ZWCSLWC

@russellhoward @Aiannucci @daraobriain @ShappiKhorsandi

**GROUP G** #ZWCSLWC

@RealDMitchell @missdianemorgan @MrAndyParsons @MrNishKumar

**GROUP H** #ZWCSLWC

@frankieboyle (inexplicably blocked) @almurray @JamesAcastor @domjoly (inexplicably blocked)

KNOCK OUT STAGE. This is where it gets interesting. Some fierce match ups... #ZWCSLWC

**KNOCKOUT** ROUND OF 16 MATCH 1

@mattforde V @FrankieBoyle

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**KNOCKOUT** ROUND OF 16 MATCH 2

@ayeshahazarika V @MrAndyParsons

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**KNOCKOUT** ROUND OF 16 MATCH 3

@Baddiel V @Aiannucci

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**KNOCKOUT** ROUND OF 16 MATCH 4

@charltonbrooker V @Tony_Robinson

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**KNOCKOUT** ROUND OF 16 MATCH 5

@mrchrisaddison V @andrewdoyle_com

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**KNOCKOUT** ROUND OF 16 MATCH 6

@daraobriain V @davidschneider

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**KNOCKOUT** ROUND OF 16 MATCH 7

@RealDMitchell V @RonJichardson

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**KNOCKOUT** ROUND OF 16 MATCH 8

@DomJoly V @richardosman

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