The Thick of It

[chickenfeet]

So I watch about as much TV as a blind anteater, mostly because in my not very humble opinion most of it is utter shite. However, I've just discovered The Thick of It. This is Yes Minister for the age of Bliar and Chameleon and just as funny in a thoroughly vicious way, just like the real thing. The snark is first class; describing a minister as "the political equivalent of the house wine in a suburban Indian restaurant" for example. The Alastair Campbell look alike is priceless. So utterly unpleasant that nobody would dare make it up.

I can honestly say that one of the best decisions I ever made in my life was not to try and make my career in politics.

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[tanuja.livejournal.com]

It's a fantastic programme and is about to move to BBC2, so hopefully between Mr Tanuja and I, we'll remember to tape it/watch it.

Chris Langham is a great actor, as is Peter Capaldi, who I have had the "pleasure" of seeing naked, along with a naked Liam Neeson, in a play about Oscar Wilde. But that's another story..... :)

It is unfortunate that these days in order to be successful as a politician, you have to give up some rights to doing the morally correct thing. I believe that in days gone by, MP's used to have day jobs, which is how they were able to try and act in the best interest of their constituents, rather than those items that would get them up the greasy pole the fastest.

And don't get me started on George (the Bastard) Galloway being in the Big Brother household.

This man for 2001-2005 had a worse attendance record than Tony Blair (which is fair enough, since he has to go overseas on official & Cherie based busines) and currently (2005 - onwards) has an attendance record of 15% (I'll hunt out the UK Parliament's Chief Whip's page later for you), which is worse than the Foreign Secretary.

The man is paid to represent his consituents, not to prepare for his media career.

The twat.

Er sorry, I got a bit carried away then, I'll erm, go and do some work. (slinks off while exiting left).

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

I have no great love for Mr. Galloway but I don't really see much harm in him staying away from the Commons. It seems to me to have only one function left and that something akin to Louis XIV's antechamber. Hapless back benchenchers hang around hoping to catch the eye of the all powerful and go through the charade of voting. The last thing that happens there is the representation of constituents. In so far as that happens at all it's done by MPs pressuring bureaucrats.