Archive for Humour
I guess that’s why they call it the news: episode three
Although I wasn’t completely won over by the first episode of the new Radio 4 topical news quiz, I guess that’s why they call it the news, it showed enough promise for me to return for episode three this evening. The chair, Fred MacAulay, has hit his stride, especially with a very funny warm up [...]
I guess that's why they call it the news: new comedy quiz
Went to see the recording of the first episode of a new Radio 4 comedy news quiz tonight: I guess that’s why they call it the news. Chaired by Fred MacAulay, it’s got a tough slot, filling the space between The Now Show finishing for the summer and The News Quiz starting in the autumn. [...]
A great parody of a political interview
Very nicely done this, especially the touch about cardboard: Hat tip: Darren Lilleker’s blog
Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall
At the weekend I went to the premier of the comedy/musical Spike Milligan’s Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall at Bristol’s Old Vic. It has fantastic raw material to work with – all the dialogue is taken from Spike Milligan’s war time memoirs, the sequence of books condensed into one play. Add to that music taken [...]
The best Standards Commitee ruling, ever
Courtesy of the London Assembly:
On 15 June 2009, the Assessment Sub-Committee of the GLA’s Standards Committee met in private and considered a complaint from Mr Shaun Lee, a member of the public, concerning the conduct of Mr John Biggs, London Assembly Member.
Set out below is a brief and general summary of the complaint:
In a letter [...]
Things that can go wrong with your election leaflet, part 94
Normally spelling the name of your party’s leader wrong on a leaflet would be enough to get it filed in the “things not to do” pile, but the Scottish Labour Party managed another mistake in a recent leaflet that rather put the misspelling in the shade:
Labour has been ridiculed for sending out campaign leaflets urging [...]
Gordon Brown and expenses: he has a bit of form
From The Times:
It’s the sort of pratfall performed so entertainingly by John Prescott. But who would have expected that acme of prudence, Gordon Brown, to become embroiled in an embarrassing court action over his failure to declare expenses …
[He] has admitted in legal documents to the error – an offence under the Representation of the [...]
One of the very best Conservative leaflets ever
Feeling tired as we near the end of a hectic campaign? Well, here’s something to bring a smile to your face. Quite simply, one of the very best Conservative leaflets ever (though it’s headline isn’t in this class). It’s from 2000 I believe:
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An unusual election poster
Spotted in Brentwood, where David Kendall is standing for the Liberal Democrats in the local elections.
One of his leaflets has stuck on a resident’s door with “I’m voting for you Davey baby” and “Get these idiots out” written on it.
On the door next to it, a piece of paper which says:
I’d rather remove my nipples [...]
Recommended reading for Labour MPs
Just a thought, but I wonder if Labour MPs should be giving this a read:
