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Tom Harris bemoans the public’s attitude to politicians…
“Mr Oborne echoes the lazy, anti-politics whine we hear so often these days, all based on the absurd notion that politicians were once loved and only fell out of public favour during the expenses scandal. He should take a walk to the Strangers’ Bar. But not to sup with the patrons he seems to despise so much, dearie me, no; he should instead look at the paintings on the corridor outside the bar, which depict the devastating fire which consumed most of the Palace in 1834. And he should reflect on the fact that on that dramatic night, as the Commons went up in flames, a crowd gathered on the South Bank to clap and cheer.”
Focus group time. says:
The thing that Dave needs to work out is which group is more likely to vote Conservative. Mad swivel-eyed loons or mad homosexuals wishing to get married.
bum titty bum
Nurse Botha your charge has woken up again
You lot still don’t get it do you? This type of humour is consistent with the wider anarchistic/libertarian strategy of eroding the state (politicians made to appear useless in progs such as Fluck and Law etc, and seen seen more recently in Ben Elton’s book about the expenses scandal). It is perfectly possible for ‘alternative comedians’ to play a role with those more directly helping the state to wither away, i.e Thatcher and friends at the time. All you had to do was laugh as the rug was pulled from under your own feet. Get it? Or will your egos make that too hard to grasp. It all thrives on vanity. Remember Yes Minister? Civil Servants just had an Honour Code to preserve the state. They could not speak in their own defence either.
Also be sure to look up the Connelly, Sailor and Hitchens’ (Oct
4 Slate) articles on the Identity Politics subterfuge. Look upon comedy as one strand and look carefully for the target as the non gay, non black, non female, non disabled, group (look at the workforce).
Hey Jean, when you are going the number puzzles doesn’t it ever cross your mind that the state may need eroding just a little?
I get the General idea that he might want the role of the state to be much much stronger.
Try being mindful of what, or who, is being satirised, and by whom (along with who isn’t in the frame/sights). There are points/inequalities which we collectively fail to notice, but which shape our views and actions nonetheless.
Crackerjack!
And then go on to live in it ……. “runaround”
Remember politcal programmes like Till Death Us Do Part, Mind Your Language, Love Thy Neighbour etc etc? Who were the targets of these comedies?
More lately think of programmes like Little Britain. Look at who writes, produces (and even feature in sometimes) these sorts of programmes. Do you notice any group patterns.
Yes
Very good , but then if your not careful it just evolves until the state firing squad becomes the highest rating comedy show .
Best not get me going on alternative comedy “eh are you avin a laugh”
I am stuck in Essex in a lion suit
Is that a gangster term for freshly poured concrete ?
Palin pornstar to go to RNC > http://kebabtime.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/only-in-america.html
Only poorly-read blogs redact comments.
I dont redact comments.
I saw you on channel 4 quite a few years ago
What is it that kiddies find so attractive in me?
Looks more like a documentary every time I see it.
That is why satire has died (RIP), how can you parody a parody?.
Thats an interesting question …….
Stumped for words, that’s what I call a result.
grrrr those pesky bloggers
It’s funny because it’s true.
It’s the basis of tragi comedy. Comedy imitating tragedy imitating real life
The best comedy is always taken from real life be it parody or satire or just the daft sort of things that folks whitingly or unwhitingly do
Black and white humour?
It’s the basis of tragi comedy. Comedy imitating tragedy imitating real life.
Is it the basis of tragi comedy. Comedy imitating tragedy imitating real life Jack?.
Repetition. Didn’t someone once say something about it?
Oy vey,I see George Galloway is at again on twitter.
He had the audacity to call someone a “window licker” !!
Would you call George Galloway a Twit terer
Ah but will Guido sue for plagarism
Guido are you actually promoting a forthcoming program ? The first one’s were very good, my pal did not like it because of the bad language, he could not see the parody of the Liebore “government” and he votes Ukip or says he does
Not at all funny Prime Minister
“so solitairs the only game in town ” heres the future
Boeing 787 Dreamliner 264-290 souls (depending on if you want luxury section) 8000-9700 miles range , 138,000 lt fuel cap
Airbus A380 644-853 souls (again sepending if you want luxury section)
6400-9500 miles range , 320,000 lt fuel cap
As you have probebly worked out the A380 can do more people to the lt of aviation fuel , other than a glider .
So wheres the rub , sorry I meant hub then …….
Well at 9500 miles for an A380 , you can reach China or pretty much anywhere else for that matter , no need for Hub , a glug glug .
The quiet award should go to Rolls Royce trent engines world beating technology and engineering , who have changed the airline industry
“A380 can do more people to the lt of aviation fuel , other than a glider .”
No, I haven’t worked that out. I have looked into this in the past and come to the conclusion that l/passenger/mile doesn’t have clear winners for any size of plane. But those twin turboprop things – Q400 – are probably quite a bit better.
mmm I think turboprops have higher maintence times and are slower , but yeah have to conceed that if you want to go slower you are probebly correct .
It was of course an aside about the turboprops, and anyway they seem to all go to southampton.
But I think its the case that the fuel/passenger issue has a pretty flat graph between 50 and 800 passengers for a jet plane with similar levels of technology.
Well I think its all down to Thrust ! as are many things in life , the Trent range offered more thrust , add in some better design weight improvements (even the piant thickness is important) and , Rolls Royce Trent changed that graph, enough to call it a new era at any rate .
Why bother parodying something that people hardly noticed and won’t last in anyone’s memory anyway? The Coalition I mean
The last time we saw Gordon he was watching The Lion King in his Mufasa suit
Do you mean starring in The Lyin Thing
Politicians as pillocks – or vv.
Who cares? – providing we have the ready means of disposing of them?
I am currently watching the re-runs of Yes Minister. Now considering how old it is, not much has changed. Same sh*t, different decade.
I’m 2 o’ clock. Yippeeeee!
I am the Lying King
“I say ‘partner,’ he’s Lewis, I’m Morse…”
The real coalition looks more like Baldrick and Blackadder, if we’re being honest here.