Fedayn
Well-Known Member
Perhaps it was for levity, after all they were seemingly unable to stop mentioning Carol Thatcher every 5 minutes.
This Week (the politics show on after Question Time)
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Perhaps it was for levity, after all they were seemingly unable to stop mentioning Carol Thatcher every 5 minutes.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Abbot's giving Portillo some hot dildo action in the green room, hence the closeness.
Think about that for a second.
Diane Abbott, naked save for a 10" strap-on, buggering Portillo like his first day as a prefect's fag.
Think about that for a second.
Diane Abbott, naked save for a 10" strap-on, buggering Portillo like his first day as a prefect's fag.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Because it makes me feel weirdy.
In my mind that's good enough reason to start a thread.
This may give me a clue as to why so many of my threads are failures....
It made me laugh
Politicians are weirdos. They are deeply odd people. This should be pointed out more often 
London_Calling
Pleasant and unpatronising
Very good show imo.
I presume they have such a small sofa for a couple of reasons; the BBC are obviously promoting them as a duo (Tweedledee and Tweedledum, etc) and want them in every shot together - you'll notice, for example, how your eyes drift to the facial reaction of the other when one voices an opinion. That's not the presentational convention and is implicitly promoting the notion of them as a pair. There's other stuff but . . . later.
I presume they have such a small sofa for a couple of reasons; the BBC are obviously promoting them as a duo (Tweedledee and Tweedledum, etc) and want them in every shot together - you'll notice, for example, how your eyes drift to the facial reaction of the other when one voices an opinion. That's not the presentational convention and is implicitly promoting the notion of them as a pair. There's other stuff but . . . later.
bouncer_the_dog
Well-Known Member
The sexual tension between them is unbelievable. Especially when they are politely disagreeing with each other...
scott_forester
probably talking shite
How does anyone take anything Abbott says seriously?
She berated people for sending their kids to private school and then did it as soon as she could. She said Blair was rubbish and Gordon was great - now listening to her she thinks he's a loser.
She berated people for sending their kids to private school and then did it as soon as she could. She said Blair was rubbish and Gordon was great - now listening to her she thinks he's a loser.
No.
One of the most frightening things I've seen occurred on his Week a while back. They did a cover of Peter Kay's cover of Amarillo. I've not watched This Week much since then.
He is. He's going to cost a lot of Labour MPs their jobs.
And she's one of the few Labour MPs who's prepared to talk (reasonably) openly about the mood on the backbenches. They'd been hoping that Brown could change everything after the horrors of Blair, and they've spent the best part of two years coming to terms with the truth - he's a loser.
The question is whether he's going to get dumped, and Abbott will be worth watching when the rumours start flying after the Euro-elections.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
He's not going to get dumped. That is defintively off the agenda now. Far far too late.
They went to respective single sex branches of Harrow state schools and met in a joint school play. Friends ever since through Oxbridge and politics together. I think that's a nice story.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Yeah, I don't think he's that funny either, and can't understand why gorgeous, intelligent women would find him attractive, as he doesn't seem to have that kind of charisma.
But I do like the Abbott and Portillo double act. I think it's good that people from different ends of the political spectrum can find redeeming qualities in one another and maintain a close friendship.
I find the way they flirt with one another highly amusing. It's good to see they have such great chemistry, the warmth of their respective characters does make better television than, say, some of the breakfast telly sofa double acts, for example, who try to effect a manufactured pally-ness that is cringe-worthy, I mean I'd much rather watch Diane and Michael than e.g. Dermot Murnaghan and Natasha Kaplinsky (they were paired up quite a while ago), I found the whole breakfast telly thing increasingly awful and ended up just sticking with listening to the Today programme instead of trying to watch something while eating breakfast.
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