Yesterday around eighty MPs ran a mile for Sport Relief. Some, like Labour Minister Jim Murphy, covered themselves in glory and ran it in a very fast time indeed. Others, like octagenarian Labour MP Piara Khabra covered themselves in glory by doing it in 15 minutes. Sadly, one Labour Secretary of State who could not cover herself in glory was the vainglorious Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell. Never losing an opportunity to appear on our TV screens boasting about how her Ministerial car has the English flag flying from it, she dutifully turned up to the Sport Relief photoshoot bedecked in a T Shirt. But as soon as the photo op was finished she buggered off. At first I thought she had to send another breathless text message to David Beckham on his Blackberry, or perhaps she had some Italian legal papers to peruse, but the truth is somewhat more prosaic. She's hurt her knee. At least it wasn't a metatarsal.
3 comments:
You're having a go at Tessa Jowell for a shameless photo-op - yet no word on your glorious leader?
What other reason explains his flag-adorned bike?
Not to mention, icebergs, windmills, Beck's party ....
Iain - your "B'stard" ad needs changing I think. The pic you have used is Rik Mayall, but in the guise of Bottom character Richie Richard rather than Alan B'stard.
Untrue and unfair Iain. Tessa is undergoing serious physiotherapy. She arrived at the start of the event and waited until the very last runners, the MP in the wheelchair, had crossed the line. She stood about and talked to all of the entrants.
However in all honesty, I don't think there was one MP not there for the photo opp, but then that was the point of the excercise, wasn't it?
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