David Cameron & Nick Clegg Joke
With our view of the world shaped now by 24-hour news which, in the case of the 2010 General Election, has been the Westminster edition of Hello Magazine full of tittle-tattle and gossip rather than meaty substance, now we have a coalition government in the UK and things have been fleshed out somewhat, I actually have the same feeling I had when Tony Blair walked into Downing Street in 1997. Let me make clear at Uni I was a card-carrying Labour member, nut not in 1997. However, I voted for Labour as I felt the country needed a change; sorry everyone it was all my fault. Anyway, after the last five years I’ve had, I am definately not a Labour supporter now and voted for change again. Will it be my fault again?
Now… Sky’s reporter; Five News is Sky News really; asked a question designed? to slightly embarrass David Cameron, nothing wrong with that, but Cameron did turn it round beautifully into a funny moment whilst making a good point at the end. The interesting thing was that both Clegg and Cameron have different personalities to the ones they had before the May 6th Poll. They are both giddy and excited more than is comfortable for men of their age, but I actually believe what they say and the clup above shows either steely determination to do something good for the country or they’re good at spin.
Beneath the banter is substance: look at the treasury, for example. The top two jobs have gone to a Tory and a LibDem, thus sharing the glory or blame. The fact it’s a formal coalition rather than a lose gathering of MPs in the hope of grabbing a lobby majority means this might just work. Both parties have agreed a path beforehand rather than the Tories forcing through their policies and hoping they can convince other parties. It looks like Cameron and Clegg have attempted to get the founations right before forming a government and that bodes well for us all.
As my neighbour’s eight year old son said, if the Marquee and Federation can make it work on Voyager, there’s hope for us all under this new government. Erm, quite.