Loadsamoney is among the familiar characters returning in the tour Harry Enfield and No Chums, which visits Eastbourne, Tunbridge Wells and Guildford this autumn.<\/p>\n
The self-styled “Thatcherite visionary” has been updated for the 21st Century, and Enfield believes the character has become relevant again.<\/p>\n
“The one I’m really enjoying is Loadsamoney because he is so offensive and he’s really up to date now,” he said.<\/p>\n
“There are so many billionaires now – the rich have got richer and the poor have got poorer – and he would find that absolutely hysterical.”<\/p>\n
Born in Sussex, Enfield attended Worth School near Crawley and Collyer’s in Horsham and regularly returns to the county.<\/p>\n
He admitted there was one local distinction he would still like to achieve.<\/p>\n
“My sister had a boyfriend who asked ‘What’s the worst review you have ever had?’ And I told him.<\/p>\n
“He said: ‘That’s nothing, I have been burned at the stake twice [as an effigy] at Lewes Bonfire.’<\/p>\n
“He used to be the head of Southern Rail. That’s pretty cool, isn’t it, to be burnt twice?<\/p>\n
“With any luck if you come and see me in Eastbourne or Tunbridge Wells – if I offend you – please make an effigy of me and burn it at Lewes Bonfire!”<\/p>\n
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