SNL UKs latest cold open is a brutal 4-minute roast of the prime minister

April 27, 2026

A man sits on a parody version of the

SNL UK's first ever sketch went so hard on prime minister Keir Starmer that Donald Trump shared it, and it doesn't look like the roasting is going to stop anytime soon.

The show's latest cold open above is a parody of the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, which sees a nervous Starmer (played by George Fouracres) struggling to answer the question: "Is it ever a good idea to give Peter Mandelson a job?" (The real Starmer has come under increasing scrutiny for giving the U.S. ambassador role to Mandelson, who is currently under criminal investigation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein).

In the sketch, despite multiple lifelines narrowing down Starmer's options to "Not in a million years", he still decides to pick "Yes".

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