The Sunday Herald also ran short pieces on political satire yesterday by the parties' press officers, including one from me. It's not often we go head-to-head, nor work under our own names, but this was all a bit of fun to mark the release of In The Loop. Not at all competitive, though the headline was "generous".
Here's a wee set of video clips from those I cited:
That Was The Week That Was (includes some edgy civil rights stuff)
Yes Minister (how planning's really done)
House of Cards (an Urquhart monologue which the Brownites might not like)
Thick of It (some quality Tucker)
Wernher von Braun (the immortal Tom Lehrer)
Mark Thomas (does a number on the arms trade)
Jon Stewart (the recent feud with Jim Cramer)
Also, anyone wishing to leave marks out of ten for the original articles may do so in the comments. No favouritism please.
I thought it was cracking James, really solid stuff even if it did show up my ignorance of Francis Urquhart, Easter Island and Tom Lehrer.
I won't be reading any future pieces though or else I'll be in serious danger of voting Green in 2011!