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I love that I'm getting feedback on AH.com about This Week impersonations.
Michael has weeks where his distaste for Labour really shines through. There's an air of mischief in this episode of This Week, more so than usual, but he may be being a little extra-snarky for storytelling reasons. I did initially give one of his snarks to Neil, actually - but I think I moved it as Portillo wasn't saying enough.
Huh, this ought to be interesting. A Labour Leadership challenge where the knife is actually wielded?
I love that I'm getting feedback on AH.com about This Week impersonations.
Michael has weeks where his distaste for Labour really shines through. There's an air of mischief in this episode of This Week, more so than usual, but he may be being a little extra-snarky for storytelling reasons. I did initially give one of his snarks to Neil, actually - but I think I moved it as Portillo wasn't saying enough.
When you think about it, where else could you get them?
Fair enough, as I say, I think you've got the Diane Abbott waffle down to a tee!
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There's clips on Youtube if you want to see just how accurate Meadow got it, which is very.
I echo the comment he made in response to Portillo as well--I recall my dad mentioning how he'd noticed the latter's strange partisan mood swings over sometimes being very reasonable and sometimes (especially in the immediate aftermath of 2010) going full on-message sarky anti-Labour partisan. Perhaps they send him on all those train journeys to cool him down when he gets too into it.
And of course I would be remiss if I did not ask Meadow that, given Mr Portillo's comments about Mr Miliband's age, if we could not be provided with photographic evidence that the presenter of This Week is well acquainted with bridging the age divide.
I'd like to echo the comments about the veracity of your depiction of This Week. I found myself wanting to change the channel, and I wasn't even watching TV.
Thanks for all the comments, guys. I'm going to keep doing an update a day for now, but may have more productive days than others.
For the record, I despise This Week. I find it unwatchable, and the fact it could be so much better makes me very unhappy indeed. A jokey, Westminster Village look at politics? It could be great fun. Unmissable TV for people like me, even. But...
For the record, I despise This Week. I find it unwatchable, and the fact it could be so much better makes me very unhappy indeed. A jokey, Westminster Village look at politics? It could be great fun. Unmissable TV for people like me, even. But...
The Abbott is very good, but it's difficult without video to show the mini-eye rolls and little shrugs and huffs which make the echt Abbott. I liked the Dan Hodges cameo as well, but I have a hard spot for him.
Anyway, very good, I await developments. Cammo must be licking his lips with pleasure.
Anyway, very good, I await developments. Cammo must be licking his lips with pleasure.
I was meaning to post that picture in response to some quote from the update, but could find nothing quite appropriate.
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Thank you
It's a skill one learns from reading many Private Eye letters pages over the years.
I keep meaning to take out a subscription to the Eye, but for some reason I've never gotten around to it.
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Nor have I, I keep buying every issue separately for some reason even though it'd be cheaper to subscribe.