The bewildered unfortunate you see here is Andrew Mackay, a British MP caught up in that country's ongoing expenses scandal. Since apparently I am the only one on this site interested in the story, I'll spare you the embedded 20-minute video, but if you want to see what the Guardian calls "political decapitation, English-style... absolutely terrifying," please click through. Do note, though, that English-style political decapitation is nowhere near exciting as you'd expect if you're a regular viewer of "The Tudors."
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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I'm interested! I just love the idea of submitting my biannual moat cleaning bill to my employer.
I listen to the BBC a lot and British interviewers tend to be a lot more vicious than American ones. They really go after their interviewees. And the weird thing is the interviewees don't seem to have a problem with it. Whereas American ones would punch the interviewer in the face.
Isn't the point of running your own site being able to indulge your idiosyncratic interests?
Am I hallucinating or doesn't that little shadow of a moustache make him strongly resemble Hitler? I mean, not to exaggerate this poor guy's wrongdoing or anything.
Is that his large or small intestine? He's British, so it really could be either.
i want to hear more about the oxford sexual harassment poet scandal.
It speaks well of England that their biggest scandal in decades concerns members of parliament NOT breaking the law. A problem this easy to fix (change the compensation laws!) is a happy problem to have. Not like the government paid a religious organization to torture its own citizens for decades then exempted those religious organizations from paying more than 10% of the victims' compensation (the rest paid for by the state) ensuring that citizens paid twice for religious organizations to torture their compatriots. But moats are pretty hilarious and apparently the British are capable of standing up for themselves against their own government.
The most amazing thing about it is the reasoned and polite discussion in the Guardian's comments section. Are there no political trolls in the UK?