This is fantastic!
Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin bring back the old Drop the Dead Donkey formula of writing many of the scenes at the last minute to play off current events.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/ballot-monkeys
Great ensemble cast, strong characters, funny jokes...
I can't remember a stronger opening to a sitcom recently.
Watch the first five minutes and tell me that isn't how you write a sitcom.