Some excellent entries this week. Hon menshes to Michael Cregan ("Oi, you, Cameron! Put that hoodie down"), G M Davis ("The lady in the, um, turquoise two-piece. Yes, madam, you. Would you step away from the caravan, please?"), El Basilio ("Ever heard of hubris, have you, sir?") and Adrian Fry ("Right a bit . . . right a bit . . . right a bit more . . . OK Gordon, the new Labour leadership is all yours"). £20 to the three winners, the best of whom (David Silverman) also gets the Tesco vouchers. Well done, my beauties.
George Galloway
Excuse me, Mr Galloway, please return to your constituency immediately where one of your constituents wishes to see you. Sorry? Which one? Well, any of them, really . . . Yes, of course. It's Bethnal Green, sir . . . No, B -E - T - H - N - A - . . . It's in the East End, sir. The East End? You know: "Boom boom boom boom boom - der der der der der DER der . . ." Well, you could take the Jubilee Line to Bond Street and change on to the Central Line to Bethnal Green and ask again. Excuse me? Yes, it's someone who erm . . . votes for you?
You're very welcome, sir, and we salute you too, sir.
David Silverman
Hazel Blears
Hazel! Hazel! Yes, you! When you say that "politics is about making complex and difficult choices", would you say that this is an original line of thinking? Was it a complex line to come up with? Was it a difficult line to come up with? Was it a choice line? Whose choice was it? If a choice is difficult, is it therefore complex? If a choice is complex, is it therefore difficult? What does "and" mean in your sentence? When you were in A Taste of Honey as a child, did you think the film was a) complex, b) difficult, c) choice? Did you know that Gordon Brown was in Whisky Galore? I thought not!
Bill Greenwell
David Cameron
OK, Cameron, halt right there by the barrier, get your ass off the saddle and step away from the bike.
Nice and easy. Keep your hands where I can see them.
Take the headgear off and drop it. Turn around and face the camera. Keep looking at the camera, Cameron. Take off the clips. Nice and slow. OK, drop them in the trash. Put your hands behind your head.
Kneel down with your knees apart and face the floor.
Kiss the ass-phalt. Good. Now we wait for the limo with all your papers inside. It will flatten you and your bike unless, of course, you wish to repeat after me: sod the bike. Louder, Cameron, I can't hear you. So the press can hear. That's right.
Josh Ekroy
Set by Dipak Ghosh
The Gospel According to Judas by Benjamin Iscariot, written by Jeffrey Archer and Frank Moloney, was published in late March and presents Judas as a misunderstood man who did not betray Jesus for money. We want to hear about your attempts to rehabilitate other despised and hated figures from either history or fiction to whom you, too, are emotionally close. Explain the reasons for your choice.
Max 125 words by 12 July
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