Martin Salter ... on Big Brother
Paul C. Dickie, 21 Jan 2006 01:26:16
Alas, he has not applied for promotion to the Channel 4 "Big Brother"
asylum and one might suspect he would rather prefer all of the UK to
become that Orwellian dystopia, but he has recently commented on the
show and, in particular, one of its alleged stars:
From http://uk.news.yahoo.com/19012006/323/british-police-seize-tv-
transvestite-s-gorilla-coat.html
According to the 1382 Summons to Parliament Act, anyone absenting
themselves from Parliament can be "amerced" -- arbitrarily punished --
if the monarch decides he has not "reasonably and honestly" excused
himself.
Galloway, nicknamed "Gorgeous George" because of his penchant for
designer suits and Cuban cigars, has attracted widespread derision for
his antics on the show, including impersonating a cat.
Martin Salter, an MP from the governing Labour Party which kicked
Galloway out over his views on Iraq, urged the queen to dish out an
appropriate punishment.
"In my view Galloway should be sent back to the Big Brother house for
the rest of his life with the instruction to perform demeaning
impressions of every animal that walks the earth," he said.
Should he wish to reduce his karmic debt, what appropriate fate should
befall Martin Salter? Should he, perhaps, try to invade the "Big
Brother" house to give his impression of how a politician ought to
behave?
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