I tried...
Apr. 16th, 2010 03:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
smokingbootbut even my natural powers of bloody-mindedness couldn't stay the distance on last night's election debate. Dear oh dear.
In the limited time I could bear to watch our stuffed shirts trying out their telegenic charisma or lack of it on a baffled audience, it seemed clear that Nick Clegg came off best, not that anybody benefited from ITV's desperate attempt at copying the American model. You could almost hear the judges:
Nick; nice, very natural, now say something.
David; are you actually made of wax? For christ's sake, talk faster. You used all your time taking deep breaths for a long speech no-one would let you give.
Gordon; don't tell other people to answer questions you aren't answering yourself, don't hector or heckle - remember those headlines about you being an angry bully in no 10? Don't prove them right - and above all, don't hop from foot to foot when you're excited. It just looks weird.
In the limited time I could bear to watch our stuffed shirts trying out their telegenic charisma or lack of it on a baffled audience, it seemed clear that Nick Clegg came off best, not that anybody benefited from ITV's desperate attempt at copying the American model. You could almost hear the judges:
Nick; nice, very natural, now say something.
David; are you actually made of wax? For christ's sake, talk faster. You used all your time taking deep breaths for a long speech no-one would let you give.
Gordon; don't tell other people to answer questions you aren't answering yourself, don't hector or heckle - remember those headlines about you being an angry bully in no 10? Don't prove them right - and above all, don't hop from foot to foot when you're excited. It just looks weird.
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