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The Metric Minister on Mr Blair and Mr Brown from February 2007
Just a bit of fun. This is Mr Miliband talking on Question Time in the last days of the Blair regime:
“I predict that when I come back on this programme in 6 months or a year’s time, people will be saying:
‘Oh wouldn’t it be great to have that Blair back, because we can’t stand that Gordon Brown.’ “
Hmmm.
I can’t find the source for this - but I think it was Guido
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Suicide Squirrel: Sony and Ofcom
First, have a look at these snippets.
Skydiver
Egg Mexican
Ofcom has decided that this is not suitable for viewing before 9pm on Television:
Sony Television came forward to us voluntarily and independently of the complaint
with a full disclosure of the incidents and admitted these scheduling errors. As Sony
Television recognised immediately when the compliance issues with this series were
pointed out, the subject matter of this animation was not suitable for broadcast before the watershed. Although the character shown was a cartoon squirrel, the content was darkly comic and adult in tone with a sharp contrast between the macabre and violent death scenes and the light-hearted music which accompanied them. The series was a cartoon and therefore more likely to attract children. Despite the fact that this channel is targeted at an adult audience, it was broadcast on an unencrypted service during the day, and children could have come across the series unawares.
What do you think?
I think they are hilarious.
Via.
Why do you love Twitter?
This is a video made by Darren Rowse over at Problogger, of replies he received when he asked (on Twitter) why people liked it…
If you have not tried it yet, Twitter is a little like instant messaging, but … different.
My Twitter feed is on www.twitter.com/mattwardman
I like twitter because it is a less formal “off the record” back channel for hearing gossip, trying out ideas and asking for comment.
History Reversed: Scots rescue the French over Eurovision
Earlier this week I reported that some of the French are in a tizzy because their entry for the Eurovision song contest is in English. We have a new development.
Reversing the great dramatic acts of British history, where the French helped the Scots against the English - a Glasgow band The Ex-men have translated their song into French and are offering it as an entry for Eurovision.
Here’s the performance. It will be on the WW front page later on.
I wish them every success.
On this one occasion, I am not putting this down to a stunt by the Great Pretender.
Their website is at www.myspace.com/theexmen , but be warned that it eats web browsers for breakfast at present (I had to use Opera to read it). You are better off reading the blurb on Youtube.
French Eurovision Entry to be sung in English
The French 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entry by Sébastien Tellier - “Divine” - will be sung in English. Gorgeous. Here is the official clip.
The BBC report it thus:
A French MP has said he is outraged that the song chosen to represent the nation in the Eurovision song contest has English lyrics.
Jacques Myard, of the UMP party, has urged the company that runs most of France’s TV networks to reconsider.
Sebastien Tellier’s entry, entitled Divine, combines both English and French lyrics with electro music.
France’s culture minister has defended the song, saying the country should fully support his bid for victory.
(In passing I love the idea of a Party who exist to have the ‘UMP - they have beaten all sorts of people to the draw on that one: Yorkshire, Roy Hattersley, Mr Gordon himself … it goes on). Perhaps someone will start the ‘arrumph party.
Green Party London Election Political Broadcast
The Greens have launched their Party Political Broadcast for the London Mayoral Election 2008.
