Articles tagged Humour:
How Labour's 'People's Vote' Decision Was Made
- 26 Feb 2019
Imagine the scenes in the Opposition Leader's office yesterday morning... I have... JC: "Christ Seumas, this PLP meeting tonight is going to be pretty awful. They're going to monster me about the Zionists." SM: "I always think in these circumstances about what Stalin wou...
Twenty Things You'll Never Hear Politicians Say
- 14 Feb 2019
Liam Fox A world without America would be a far better place. Emily Thornberry I totally agree that Donald Trump has proved to be an excellent President. Ann Widdecombe It's a bit overdone, that religion malarkey, isn't it? Nadine Dorries Th...
Top Ten Nightmare Jobs in Politics
- 13 Feb 2019
10. Being Jacob Rees-Mogg's nanny 9. Preparing Caroline Nokes for a Select Committee appearance 8. Being Diane Abbott's calculator 7. Being Boris Johnson's diary secretary 6. Being Tom Brake's charisma injector 5. Being John Prescott's speechwriter 4. Being Tim Farron's ...
Spoof Party Political Broadcasts
- 2 Feb 2019
This is one of ten video collections of party politcal broadcasts since 1951. The full collection includes separate pages of Conservative, Labour, Liberal/SDP/LibDem, UKIP, Green, Minor Party, Vintage and Spoof PPBs/PEBs. They are all listed on THIS page. If you now on PPBs...
Ten Things You Won't Hear David Dimbleby Say on Election Night
- 6 May 2010
1. It's 10pm and our exit polls show David Cameron heading for a clear majority. 2. And here's Jeremy Vine in his cowboy uniform. 3. That was Nick Clegg paying tribute to the two old parties. 4. If you click the red button you can see Emily Maitlis naked. 5. And now over t...
Iain 1 Yasmin 1
- 17 Jan 2010
I know how you all love it when I mention Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, so here goes. On the BBC News Channel paper review last night she talked about Jenni Russell's article in the Sunday Times on class. Here's how the exchange went... YAB: "We had a funny kind of statement fro...
Ten Blog Headlines You Won't See in 2010
- 30 Dec 2009
Gordon Brown is the Man to Win Us the Election Tom Harris Jack Straw Should Lose His Job Left Foot Forward My Fellow LibDem Bloggers Are Such Nice People Norfolk Blogger LIBDEM COUNCILLOR IN SCANDAL Mark Pack OBAMA WAS RIGHT ON HEALTHCARE Donal Blaney I Pro...
Programmes You'll Never See on the BBC
- 27 Nov 2009
From now on, BBC1 is to be rebranded DAVE. And here's the programme schedule for Day One*... 6am The Big Breakfast with Eric Pickles 10.00am Bargain Jeremy Hunt 10.30am This Morning with Ann & Nick Winterton 11.30am Grumpy Old Tories with Sir Peter & Sir Patrick ...
Why Prisoner Rehabilitation Matters
- 7 Oct 2009
It's always good to step outside your comfort zone, and last night I did that in spades, when I formed part of the cabaret for the Arts Alliance Music in Prisons fringe event. My participation stemmed from THIS blogpost I wrote back in November 2008, when I criticised Jack Str...
Funny Interview Stories No 94
- 5 Aug 2009
Earlier on today I twittered "A sentence not often heard in a job interview: "I'm between bands right now." This was said by a candidate for the job of Total Politics Political Correspondent, for which we are interviewing today. I thought it was quite hilarious and ...