Saturday, 6 June 2009

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?