Friday 23 April 2010

2nd LEADERS' DEBATE SUMMARY

   
Having already vented my spleen on the live blog tonight, folks, this sketch by Quentin Letts sums it all up much better that I could at the moment.....

AGGRO, THRUSTS, PALPABLE HITS AND ONE OR TWO MOMENTS OF HIGH COMEDY

Fight! Fight! Well, that one was much more fun than the first leaders’ debate. Aggro, thrusts, parries, palpable hits and one or two moments of high comedy. 

Gordon Brown, his fringe stiff with hairspray, kept smiling like Jeff Tracey from Thunderbirds. Nick Clegg developed a case of the sweaty Bettys. Mop wallah! Quick! Swab down that man.

David Cameron again frowned rather a lot, though he did remember to point his poached-egg eyes directly at the camera lens.

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16 comments:

Barking Spider said...

Didn't watch the debate but "  Brown kept smiling like Jeff Tracey from Thunderbirds", is the best line so far.

Barking Spider said...

And the public buy that politics UK is only about Slippery Nick, Call Me Dave and Bovine Broon?  There's no concept of any other parties or interested people in the political sphere?

Barking Spider said...

Hi Spidey,
Please forgive me for my ignorance about your elections.  The only thing I know for sure is that Gordon Brown is not your favorite (and that's putting it mildly, ha, ha).
It seems from reading the debate reviews, none of these guys are favorable.  Please make me a little smart and tell me who you think is worthy to take the helm, or is there anyone?

Barking Spider said...

I take it you're not 100% happy with David Cameron. But Spidey, you have to give him 100% of your help. If Brown gets in there again, you'll lose your country forever. Brown is on a Britain distruction path that has never had greater parallels in your history.

Barking Spider said...

If it hadn't been for the live blog, I might well not have watched it myself, mate, but it was actually fun last night because of that.  :)

I liked that line too.  ;)

Barking Spider said...

We're stuck with voting for Cameron this time around, James, just to be rid of Snotty and his rotten party - next time will be different.  ;)

Barking Spider said...

Hi, TCL,

Of those three, Cameron is the best of a bad bunch - the only thing is, he's not a real Conservative - he's a touchy-feely-lefty-liberal sort of Conservative but we desperately need for him to win this election to get rid of our New Labour communist oppressors and their Stasi surveillance tactics. ;)  

Barking Spider said...

You're absolutely right, Odie, that's why everyone with any sense at all will be voting Conservative - the alternative is just too awful to contemplate.  :'(

Barking Spider said...

I couple of bits from Sky News and was hoping to see a real debate like you brits have with PM Questions.
But alas, these like ours in the U.S. prove to be less a debate and more an advertisment.

One observation about Brown besides his obvious hairdo fix; Does this man always have marbles in his mouth? Honestly, after every word it seems he was fighting to keep marbles contained in his mouth,almost fighting to do so.

Barking Spider said...

I think his teeth are too big for his head, Christopher, and there's a great big pile of shit where his brain should be! :-D

These "debates" really are so pointless, although Cameron did manage to land a couple of good punches last night. The thing is that he has enough ammunition to blow them apart and he's not using it - he's trying much too hard to be nice while we all know that there's no such thing as a nice politician. ;)

Barking Spider said...

By the by, my apologies in my lack of decorum and grammar in not capitalizing my abbrieviation Brits. I did not intend any offense.

Barking Spider said...

None taken, mate, it's easily done. :)

Barking Spider said...

My area has a massive Tory majority, so overturning it is highly unlikely. I'll be voting UKIP to make a dent in that majority! I don't want the MP becoming complacent - I want him to know that he'll have to fight for his constituents to retain his seat.

Barking Spider said...

Fair comment, Fausty, I know you would bite the bullet and vote Tory if it wasn't such a safe seat. ;)

Barking Spider said...

Great recap of the event, Spidey.  It was fun, I'm glad Sky had put it live, so I could watch.
I hope you're having a fun weekend.  I'm trying to catch up around here! 8-)

Barking Spider said...

Hi, Bunni,

I'm glad you liked it..... it's a pity they weren't all live on Sky so that everyone could watch them as they happen. Next week's will be on BBC which you might possibly be able to get on BBC News 24 or BBC Parliament, but I'm not sure. *DONT_KNOW* I sincerely hope we'll be live blogging again - a spoonful of sugar to help the bullshit go down! ;)

The weekend's going well so far..... hope yours is too. :)