ly anything but (I like C-span a lot!).....Every Sunday they show questions to Prime Minister Tony Blair by the members of Parliament in the House of Commons.
I love to watch it because its very unproper sometimes.
They make jokes, take stabs at each other, and throw the past in each others faces. They also make noise, applaud, cheer, boo, stand abruptly then sit, whatever they want to do.
Th
e women in there, especially the young women, really have to shout sometimes to get their point across. 
Check out the people in the background!The Scottish (like Alex Salmond in the pic) and Irish MPs always seem extr
emely angry when they are making their points and asking questions.The Speaker of the House always looks as if he wishes he was at home having breakfast still in Devonshire (I don't know if he is actually from there but it sounds better that Leicester).
When the Speaker has to get involved, sometimes he has a wry smile on his face that belies his true feelings I am sure. Sometimes he just looks annoyed. 'Alright, Alright, calm down then' is what he usually says.
Last night the best question (well the funniest question) came from Neil Tur
ner (see pic) from Wigan. He said to Tony Blair: "Wigan is not only known for its great sports teams and brilliant sports men and women, we do offer a lot to England in terms of resources, but will the Prime Minister consider building us an Olympic swimming pool as a show of support and appreciation?"Everyone was in an uproar when he said that.
Tony was great. He said "Well while I certainly agree with your account about Wigan and my minister of Culture here nodded throuhout your presentation up until you go to the pool
part (everybody in the HOUSE laughed here). I certainly will say that we will listen to all requests blah blah blah..."It was great!!!!
Tony has an answer for everything. Even if some people in there don'
t like him (the Conservative Party Leader, David Cameron certainly does not like him), you can tell that they all respect him. He's brilliant!I especially like how he looks so wicked!
It is like watching a a great TV show (drama or comedy) or something, every week.
Hugs M
3 comments:
Okay so I LOVE Prime Minister's Questions too, and I am so glad you blogged about it, AND took pics!! Last night's episode was great. Everything from the influence of video games on kids to the ratio of children's playgrounds to golf courses... from aid to Darfur to what you mentioned about swimming pools. It's great that the MPs demand answers from Tony, and then he gives it right back to them. Something like this in the US would be unreal... I can imagine Bush trying to answer questions on the spot like Tony does! Tony is a great speaker!
Yes Tony is a really great speak and knows ALL the issues, inside and out!
Question to Mr. Bush from Congress: "Mr. President, can you do something about BrokeBack Mountain? It's demoralizing our political agenda of squeezing every ounce of freedom of choice from the U.S. populace."
Mr. Bush's reply: "Hee hee, that's a funny question. That's a ...er..uh, a funny question. That's right. Heh heh. Um..that movie...hee hee...it's a doozie. I'm a rancher..heh heh..I know a thing or two about rustling cows. Heh heh. But..um, that movie...well, heh heh..that's a funny movie. I haven't seen it. I don't know...it's...uh...well, hee hee, it's a funny thing isn't it. Next question"
No question would be answered with any whole truth, and our beleagured president would look even more like a doofus, if that's possible. He would not be able to handle an environment like the PM's Questions.
MD
P.S. Marsha, are you nervous about Friday, yet? (hee hee)
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