Moonlighting MPs
I watched 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart' last night - the hit satirical programme from America.
Gordon Brown was one of the guests - he was truly awful - and kept breaking out in manic laughter at inappropriate times - more often than not at one of his own 'bon mots'.
The former Prime Minister was promoting his new book about the collapse of the banks - Beyond the Crash - which he manages to squeeze in on top of his day job as a Westminster MP.
Speaking with conviction and passion at times - Gordon sounded as if he knew what he was talking about - as most true policy wonks do.
But he failed to explain how a government in which he was such a senior figure for 13 years - managed to preside over a near collapse of the UK economy - and then have the gall to try and pin the blame for what happened on everyone else.
For some reason the interview cut short suddenly - and the programme ended with the bizarre sight and sound of Vladimir Putin singing the Fats Domino track 'Blueberry Hill' in a thick Russian accent - at some celebrity charity event.
I should definitely read more books.
Gordon Brown was one of the guests - he was truly awful - and kept breaking out in manic laughter at inappropriate times - more often than not at one of his own 'bon mots'.
The former Prime Minister was promoting his new book about the collapse of the banks - Beyond the Crash - which he manages to squeeze in on top of his day job as a Westminster MP.
Speaking with conviction and passion at times - Gordon sounded as if he knew what he was talking about - as most true policy wonks do.
But he failed to explain how a government in which he was such a senior figure for 13 years - managed to preside over a near collapse of the UK economy - and then have the gall to try and pin the blame for what happened on everyone else.
For some reason the interview cut short suddenly - and the programme ended with the bizarre sight and sound of Vladimir Putin singing the Fats Domino track 'Blueberry Hill' in a thick Russian accent - at some celebrity charity event.
I should definitely read more books.
