Archive for Humour
Rory Bremner does Paddy Ashdown with the aid of a little song and dance
Courtesy of YouTube, a musical trip down memory lane:
Memo from Phil Woolas to Labour MPs
MEMO From: Phil Woolas To: Labour Party MPs Dear colleague, Thanks for speaking up about how outrageous it is for the courts to oust someone elected by the public with a surprise ruling that sets an awful legal precedent for what was a spur of the moment decision people made during the election. As the [...]
People describing themselves as "FUN!!!!" has always struck me as suspicious…
… and if this is how I was greeted in a new job, I think I might flee in terror: (Also on Youtube here, where the video’s description says, “We auditors can be FUN!!!! Team dancing by PwC beijing Staff during the welcome party for the new joiners. The lead dancer comes from Financial Service [...]
Is the Met’s secret joker now penning words for Boris Johnson?
I only ask, because after the Met Police’s triumphant document that stated it would “Contribute to the step change in the walking experience”, we now have London Major Boris Johnson talking of “my role driving forward the Cyclin...
Alert! Alert! Deploy the PR and branding experts!
Quick, send in the comms and marketing troops: there’s a big project which has clearly escaped the modern branding and presentational needs which drive the names of products and give them names with evoke the senses, move emotions and, er…, don’t tell you what they’re actually about. How else to explain the very prosaic name [...]
YouTube shuts down for the night
I am of course far too young to understand what this is satirising:
Labservative: the party hits the streets to find out what the public thinks
“This is a man. This is a street. Let’s talk Labservative.” More Alan Partridge than your usual Party Political Broadcast fare:
Also on YouTube here.
Labservative.com: reaction so far
Earlier today Stephen covered the launch of www.labservative.com saying,
The Labservative pitch is clear enough: Labour and the Tories are way too similar, and neither is capable of producing change. It’s a familiar enough Lib Dem campaign charge. It’s a pleasantly unfamiliar position for the party to be making the point in a wittily Web 2.0 [...]
Tony Blair says – Vote Labour, but don't trust me when I say so
So, http://tonyblair4labour.org/ is all about how Tony Blair wants people to vote Labour. But what’s this in the Terms + Conditions? Commentary and other materials posted on our Website, including all information about Tony Blair, are not intended to amount to advice on which reliance should be placed. And more: We therefore disclaim all liability [...]
