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Is David Cameron Mary Poppins?
Posted Jan 7, 2006
I post this on my blog the other day and thought you lot might like it to.
A recent political blogsphere debate on whether Chitty Chitty Bang Bang or Mary Poppins was the greater film has led to some interesting developments. I posted my comment along with several others but Peter from the Apollo Project believes that this is all
part of some deeper conspiracy to impose Mary Poppins on us Liberal Democrats.
So I got to thinking and realised that David Cameron would be the only possibly person behind such a conspiracy theory. After all he can take the role of Child Catcher/ Milk Snatcher in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. But on the other hand he is attempting to take Mary Poppins' approach and adding a spoonful of sugar
to make his NHS proposals go down.
Sadly for David Cameron neither Chitty Chitty Bang Bang nor Mary Poppins can be classed as action films. Both are very clever with words however, we have the children naming the musical sweet 'Toot Sweet' in CCBB and of course Supercalifragilisticexpialidocous is the magnificient word invented in Mary Poppins, almost as good as Liberal Conservative.
So in that case maybe David Cameron is very like both films being full of words but not too full of action. He is yet to move his party in any of the fields he is talking about at present so although they start acting on DC's pronouncements we have no proof.
Maybe he should leave that other Cameron, Sir Cameron Mackintosh to the Mucicals unless he really is trying to put on his own Rocky Horror Show.
It's just a jump to the left
And then a step to the right
But then again that song also opens:
It's astounding;
Time is fleeting;
Madness takes its toll.
But listen closely...
Not for very much longer.
I've got to keep control.
So maybe there is more to his that even I origianlly thought.
Seeing that Richard O'Brien who penned and sang those words as Riff Raff was also the debutant Child Catcher in the West End for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang the cycle of the argument might be complete after all.
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Hello, I'm Demon Drawer
Posted Dec 19, 2005
and I'm a Hootoolic.
I guess handing around in just peer review was never going to work for me.
I'm therefore wripping up my previous declaration and you may see me around here in a few more places from now on.
However, I'll speak my mind if I see abuse of any of the systems. I'll be a bit like William Pitt (take your pick which) and will not be subject to patronage.
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Latest reply: Dec 19, 2005
The Spirit has Gone
Posted Nov 2, 2005
This may be my last journal entry for a while or forever.
With a dear friend one of the few who had a lower user number than me being forced from H2G2 by the actions of so called 'community volunteers' I am seriously considering my future here.
1. I will complete all the entries that I have started.
2. I will complete the current season of Fantasy Football and Phantasy Phootball.
3. I will probably do very little else on here.
4. If you want to keep up with what I am doing there is always my blog http://linlithgow-libdems.blogspot.com/
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Lib Dem PPC is Chosen
Posted Aug 26, 2005
Last night we chose our Candidate for the Livingston by Election.
http://www.westlothianlibdems.org.uk/news/10.html
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Latest reply: Aug 26, 2005
ID cards
Posted Aug 10, 2005
Found this link through todays readin. I'm still smiling. What would Gilbert and Sullivan have made of the ID cards debate?
Find out here http://eclectech.co.uk/clarkeidcards.php
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