Comments on: British political culture

By: J Edgar

J Edgar — Thu, 27 Nov 2003 00:37:57 +0000

I want to know in what dimension Ron Jeremy should have ever become a porn star.

By: nick

nick — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 16:54:07 +0000

Bill Clinton with the lead piping^HH^HH^HH^saxophone on the Arsenio Hall Show? But Mo Mowlam is… very much her own woman.

By: ian

ian — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:42:29 +0000

Michael Ancrum will whip out his guitar and sing Elves songs at the slightest provocation.

By: rea

rea — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 10:59:26 +0000

Well, I definitely recall a certain US Congressman, now deceased, who was well-known for performing “I Got You, Babe” with a woman dressed as Cher.

By: Nabakov

Nabakov — Wed, 26 Nov 2003 02:06:49 +0000

About a decade ago in Australia, the then Premier of Victoria, Joan Kirner, appeared on national TV during a late night talk/comedy show, clad in black leather and singing Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock And Roll”, accompanied on electric guitar by her Industry Minister, David White.

By: Errol

Errol — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 19:47:19 +0000

A former (male) NZ PM was narrator in a production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, complete with garter belt etc.

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:02:25 +0000

Look, the UK is a corrupt bastion of freedom-hating islamofascistsymps. Look at what happened when Dear Leader visited there recently: 1) The freedom-haters refused to shut down the terror-tube system called the ‘Underground’ (the very name admits that it is for subversion and revolution!). 2) The idiotarians refused to grant diplomatic security to Dear Leader’s bodyguards. This means, incredibly enough, that if a few dozen probable enemy combatants were terminated, that the bodyguards would actually face trial!! Trials are for terrorists (well, actually, terrorists don’t get trials, but it’s a good sound bite). 3) The American-haters refused to let Dear Leader’s bodyguards bring in basic, rock-bottom defensive weapons, such as a minigun. This means that, in the first 30 seconds of an attack, that Dear Leader’s bodyguards would only be able to put out from 100 – 200 bullets. Hardly enough to even make a dent in a crowd of Evildoers. 4) The ‘government’ of the UK refused to ban demonstrations. Heck, they don’t even have a constitution to ignore – what’s their excuse? They must be evil. 5) Their so-called ‘queen’ (hmmm.) refused to modify her ‘palace’ for Dear Leader. In the God-Loving USA, we don’t mess with tradition. If somebody needs to put on a show, he buys a ranch and pretends to be Texan (for example). Tradition is for peons and dupes, not for leaders, unless, of course, it helps them. All in all, I’m afraid that the UK is now part of the irrelevant, Old Europe. Unlike the Coalition of the Billing ^HH^HH^HH, some of whom have provided hundreds of troops each.

By: Dantheman

Dantheman — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:38:26 +0000

Exactly why would we want this to be repeated elsewhere?

By: Merkin

Merkin — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:05:40 +0000

Nah, I think it’s probably not unusual for retired politicians to revel in their new freedom from the restraints of respectability. Bob Dole advertising Viagra comes to mind. Against my will. Always loved that Mo, though.

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:57:56 +0000

It may be a disease specific to Northern Ireland Secretaries. Exhibit B is Peter Brooke of Clementine fame. (I saw that show: Gay Byrne was wholly to blame.) The BBC has other examples.