The General Election - as others see us.

Darat

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Just read this: http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election/story/0,15803,1470260,00.html and I thought it was amusing and truthful:

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This visit has convinced me that it is time to put a protection order on the British sense of humour, because otherwise it will remain only in the history books and works of literature. I have tried to work out what is responsible for this disappearance. Is it global warming, crime or illegal immigration? Is it the drug problem or the MRSA bug? Or is there a specific political force behind this phenomenon? I seem to remember that humour was on the wane already during the Thatcher era, then it faded still more under John Major, and under Tony Blair it is clearly on its last legs. So, if politics is responsible, the Conservatives and Labour must share the blame. I don't think the Lib Dems have anything to do with it. Perhaps you think I am joking. No. It's a fact. People in England laugh less now and, what is more important, they have stopped laughing at the politicians. This does not mean that the public have started to take politics and politicians seriously. No. It just means that policies have become so blurred and, at once, so obvious that the British public has lost all interest in it.

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I must admit that I felt slightly envious of these English voters. No candidate had ever knocked on my door. It isn't done in Ukraine. There, candidates expect to win voters over through newspapers and posters, television and radio and by recruiting the support of famous people. They also make financial gestures, such as buying computers for a village school. I have a feeling that if any candidate did attempted to canvas in the British house-to-house fashion or to meet with voters in their pubs and clubs, his or her popularity would soar.

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With due respect to Kennedy, with whom I would be happy to have a glass of whiskey or even two in one of Kiev's Irish pubs, he has the air of someone who landed in British politics by accident while on his way to the dentist's
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He does, rather....
 
You leave Charlie alone! I don't think you should underestimate the appeal of his "nice guy" image to women of a certain age. As my Mum, who is a Lib Dem footsoldier in London, puts it "I just want to cuddle hime he's so... cuddly!".

WATCH OUT TONY!
 
chocolatepossum said:
You leave Charlie alone! I don't think you should underestimate the appeal of his "nice guy" image to women of a certain age. As my Mum, who is a Lib Dem footsoldier in London, puts it "I just want to cuddle hime he's so... cuddly!".

WATCH OUT TONY!
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Well, cuddly he may be, but I thought he put up a very poor showing in the Paxman and Dimbleby interviews. If I was dithering over who to vote for I think that it would have put me off him. Then again, I'm not a woman of any sort of age, so perhaps I'm immune.
 
Must admit I've never heard anyone describe Howard as cuddly so that must be an advantage for Mr K.
 
Ah, the artful return of the ridiculous rewriting of history:

Who says we have no sense of humour?

"The PM went on a walkabout round Lilian Bayliss Technology School in Lambeth, and the pupils appeared to break out into a chorus of jeers.

"Boo boo," was heard to ring around the classrooms.

Labour spin doctors held their heads in their hands. It looked like a big own-goal, only 24 hours after Michael Howard had admitted that the Tories were politically "2-0 down".

But no, the school later explained, the noisy teenagers were not shouting "boo, boo" but "boom, boom" which apparently is a hip slogan of approval in inner-city London. Rather than jeering, the pupils were in fact cheering."

Yeah, right.

(From here.)
 
You mean that Borat doesnt think we are funny? In Kezeksten..if you no vote for me... I crrrush you! ;)
 
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