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| Who would you rather vote for? Are apologies becoming a disguised form of electioneering? |
Equally important is the question: Why did young Nick not brush his
hair before going on television? Do you think he would have looked more trustworthy if he had been wearing an orange bag over his head?
For Russians, I should explain that Nick Clegg is the leader of the Liberal-Democrat Party and
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He therefore occupies a position
of public trust. Despite this, he says, “When we’re wrong, we hold our hands
up. And when we’re right we hold our heads up”, while carefully omitting the
rider: “When the next election comes, we’ll go tits up.”
What do you think of the performance? Does it reveal a
criminal misuse of language? Is it essentially, in the natural and ordinary meaning of the word, deceptive? Would two years in Butyrki prison cure Mr Clegg of
his habit, and enable him to repay his debt to the society that trusted him once?
Trust is one of the most important issues in language
etiquette. Apologies should be genuine. These days, in the political world, sorry
seems to be the easiest word. It’s a sad, sad situation, and it’s getting more
and more absurd, not least because the real question Gospodin Clegg is asking,
but which he is too dishonest to articulate openly, is the one that lies at the
heart of democracy: What have I got to do to make you love me?
Reminds me of Gerald Kaufman's notable and typically sardonic remark on his own party's 1983 Election Manifesto as being the 'longest suicide note in history'.
ReplyDeleteThese days, you commit suicide virally, as this drooling and dim specimen clearly has. There surely cannot be any way back? The so-called pledge secured a significant number of young people's votes, many of whom are now faced with a huge amount of debt, further delaying the already formidable task of being able to afford to buy their own properties.
This latest bout of Clegginess has managed to unite all factions of the British press under the banner 'He's a bit stupid, isn't he?'
Very funny video though, extremely well done