"As you may by now have guessed, the second most familiar politician in the country is Boris Johnson. 94% said they recognised his picture, and 91% put the correct name to it. He is as well known as the Foreign Secretary, the Health Secretary and the Defence Secretary put together, or as the Chancellor and Education Secretary combined.
....only 72% identified Nick Clegg correctly. He was most often mistaken for George Osborne (though some thought he was Peter Jones from Dragons’ Den). The Chancellor, meanwhile, was recognised by three quarters of those polled, but only named correctly by 62%; he was most often confused with Ed Miliband, believe it or not, and sometimes – though not all that often, if I am honest – with Tom Hanks."
Surely the greatest accolade for an archaeologist would be to be dug up in a thousand years time! :^ )
To me, one of the great attractions of Time Team was the number of eccentric and very knowledgeable experts, who were prepared to argue their points on-camera, admit when when they were wrong and build together for a solution (if the 3 days allowed).
How refreshingly different they were when compared with our present-day, Dolly-the-sheep cloned politicians (both national and local) who will often do anything not to co-operate with each other or admit any error.
Whilst I expect a certain % of humanities failures to be there in the police - this seems rather more than I'd expected, and of course this is only what's known...
More than 4,000 police officers were disciplined for criminal behaviour in the past five years.
They include an inspector who was sacked after being arrested for shoplifting and a PC who resigned after installing a camera in a ladies toilet.
A sergeant in Lancashire was also sacked after he was discovered with three sub-machine guns and ammunition. A colleague from the same force resigned after being caught drug-trafficking.
"David was the correct choice by a country mile. He was their Portillo but they weren't ready for him."
Without any doubt but I don't think it was that Labour weren't ready for him. He was hardly a radical choice. A friend of mine went to the Labour leadership hustings and asked a question about trident and David apparently was more in favour than Ed so Ed got his vote. The truth is that Labour activists are only interested in the Party getting elected during the month of the campaign.
Bert from Sesame St? I can see the appeal of Ross Kemp in that context.
I'm not sure Theresa May will be too thrilled at who gets confused for her either - Harriet Harman or Sarah Millican!
There's a rather amusing sketch in the DT about the sub-zero temperatures in the HoC when its May vs Yvette - the two ice queens doing mortal combat ;^ )
Maybe the 18-24 year olds did not properly understand the question 'no more immune from cuts than others'. After all, it does contain a double negative.
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"As you may by now have guessed, the second most familiar politician in the country is Boris Johnson. 94% said they recognised his picture, and 91% put the correct name to it. He is as well known as the Foreign Secretary, the Health Secretary and the Defence Secretary put together, or as the Chancellor and Education Secretary combined.
....only 72% identified Nick Clegg correctly. He was most often mistaken for George Osborne (though some thought he was Peter Jones from Dragons’ Den). The Chancellor, meanwhile, was recognised by three quarters of those polled, but only named correctly by 62%; he was most often confused with Ed Miliband, believe it or not, and sometimes – though not all that often, if I am honest – with Tom Hanks."
http://lordashcroftpolls.com/2013/06/dont-tell-me-its-him-off-the-telly
"Roger, looking at all that leather is this one you flashed coming out of a gay bar in Soho ?"
No but this one is. You can't move in Old Compton St for Tory MPs....
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How refreshingly different they were when compared with our present-day, Dolly-the-sheep cloned politicians (both national and local) who will often do anything not to co-operate with each other or admit any error.
More than 4,000 police officers were disciplined for criminal behaviour in the past five years.
They include an inspector who was sacked after being arrested for shoplifting and a PC who resigned after installing a camera in a ladies toilet.
A sergeant in Lancashire was also sacked after he was discovered with three sub-machine guns and ammunition. A colleague from the same force resigned after being caught drug-trafficking.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347785/Shame-Britains-police-forces-More-4-000-officers-disciplined-criminal-behaviour-past-years.html#ixzz2XDQF313u
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The Tories got IDS and Labour got Ed. Nuff said.
Ed Miliband : David Miliband / Bert from Sesame St
Nick Clegg: George Osborne / Peter Jones from Dragons Den
William Hague: IDS / Ross Kemp
http://lordashcroftpolls.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Political-recognition-summary.pdf
Bert from Sesame St? I can see the appeal of Ross Kemp in that context.
http://www.bertisevil.tv/pages/bert038.htm
"David was the correct choice by a country mile. He was their Portillo but they weren't ready for him."
Without any doubt but I don't think it was that Labour weren't ready for him. He was hardly a radical choice. A friend of mine went to the Labour leadership hustings and asked a question about trident and David apparently was more in favour than Ed so Ed got his vote. The truth is that Labour activists are only interested in the Party getting elected during the month of the campaign.
How do you think the financial situation of your household will change over the next 12 months?
Better: 11 +1
Worse: 48 -4