Friday, 5th June 2009
If it were done when 'tis done...
11:49am
The ‘Scottish Play’, apparently about to reach its tragic denouement, is currently being enacted upon the Westminster stage before a riveted British public. Here’s the cast list:
Macbeth: Gordon Brown
Lady Macbeth: Ed Balls
Duncan: Tony Blair
Banquo: Role currently vacant, butBanquo’s Ghost played by Frank Field
Macduff: Alistair Darling
Three witches: Charles Clarke, John Reid, David Blunkett
First murderer: James Purnell
Second murderer: Hazel Blears
Third murderer (non-speaking part): Alan Johnson
Malcolm: David Cameron
Hamlet: David Miliband (er, some mistake, surely?? Ed.)
Director: Lord Mandels... hang on a minute, the great impresario doesn’t appear in the programme notes anywhere. But no Labour Party production gets onto the stage without him. So where is he?
Is anyone actually running this show?
Thursday, 4th June 2009
Obama in Cairo
8:31pm
First, the good bits in Obama’s speech in Cairo.
He told the Palestinians unequivocally that violence was wrong.
He said that there was an unbreakable bond between America and Israel.
He told the Arab states firmly:
The Arab-Israeli conflict should no longer be used to distract the people of Arab nations from other problems. Instead, it must be a cause for action to help the Palestinian people develop the institutions that will sustain their state; to recognize Israel’s legitimacy; and to choose progress over a self-defeating focus on the past.
He condemned the persecution of non-Muslims in the Islamic world and urged equal rights for Muslim women.
He referred to Iran’s role since 1979 in acts of hostage-taking and violence against U.S. troops and civilians.
Now the bad bits – and they were really bad.
He revealed...
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