I've just been enjoying suggestions for alternative speakers for the house of commons on the radio.
My favorites were: 1) Brian Blessed 2) Zippy from Rainbow 3) Have a new guest speaker every week, like Have I got News For you*
*the advantage of this suggestion of course is that it might eventually be Rolf Harris, and we would see a packed house united by singing 'Two Little Boys'.
Yes any of those would be fine by me. RH would be excellent. I don't think the speaker should be an MP anyway. Because how can s/he be impartial if s/he is from one party, and how can s/he represent his/her constituents properly if s/he doesn't engage in all the normal argy bargy?
Zippy would be a disaster in the role. The reason Martin had to resign was because he had lost the respect of the House. Nobody ever respected Zippy - not Geoffrey, not Rod, Jane or Freddy, not Bungle, not even George. And anyway, what would MPs address him as? Not Mister or Madam Speaker - as far as I can tell, Zippy is a hermaphrodite (as opposed to George, who is clearly homosexual).
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Date: 2009-05-19 10:37 am (UTC)My favorites were:
1) Brian Blessed
2) Zippy from Rainbow
3) Have a new guest speaker every week, like Have I got News For you*
*the advantage of this suggestion of course is that it might eventually be Rolf Harris, and we would see a packed house united by singing 'Two Little Boys'.
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Date: 2009-05-19 10:47 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-05-21 08:52 am (UTC)Should certain speakers die before they sing."