How Cowen lost the Treaty
This video essay on Brian Cowen’s response to the loss of the Lisbon Treaty vote is doing the rounds in government circles in Dublin.
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Douglas Murray – Bloody Sunday: Truth, Lies and the Saville Inquiry, Book Review
The aftermath of the Saville Inquiry into the events around Bloody Sunday has left me, and I suspect many others, with one enduring image: Prime Minister David Cameron’s apology in the House of Commons, where he says that the actions of the British Army were ‘unjustified and unjustifiable.’ But there’s a lot more to the [...] read our review » -
The Earl Bishop
Interesting BBC article on an upcoming presentation and talk [Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre, 17 August] by lecturer and broadcaster Stephen Price on the subject of his new book – The Earl Bishop. The 18th Century ”Earl Bishop” was Frederick Augustus Hervey, fourth Earl of Bristol and Church of Ireland Bishop of Derry. Hervey was also elected [...] read our review »
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Of the Old North and other Vanished Kingdoms..
I’m currently trawling through Norman Davies’s fabulous new tome – “Vanished Kingdoms” – Five stars in the (London) Telegraph’s review from Ben Wilson: All the nations that have ever lived have left their footsteps in the sand,” writes Norman Davies. “The traces fade with every tide, the echoes grow faint, the images are fractured, the human [...] read our review »
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This video essay is doing the rounds in government circles in Dublin…
Its a well done mash up but I can’t see anyone happy to be portrayed as nazi’s.
And considering the way politics are shaping up in england would have worked brtter for Brown considering he is sitting on the edge of government collapse….. if only he had held a referendum
steve lighten up. all the world’s a stage it’s brilliant
LOL
I have seen that same clip used in a few other situations. The best was where it portrayed Hitler as a cowboy fan (american football) after they lost in the playoffs. It is usually pretty funny
Fall off the chair hilarious…
The clip was also used to slag of the American BMW designer who Hitler in the clip had said he had “taken better shits that were better than the American’s chasis”.
Probably the best bit of German acting around. Good performances and well funny when doctored.
There’s a rather funnier un-pc version of it doing the rounds- in this one, Adolf as a Man Utd fan distraught at the lost of Ronaldo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RsQg1dnwiY&eurl=http://toque.co.uk/blog/
So how does Godwin’s Law apply in this instance ?