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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sean Clarke

The new ventriloquy

This is hilarious. Channel 4 has had to apologise for playing the Green party election broadcast with subtitles by Ukip. We think it should catch on, in a remix stylee. We could have the Tory election broadcast with subtitles from Taggart. Michael Howard shakes hands with a vicar on a village green, while a scrolling message below insists urgently, "Sir! There's been a murder!" Or Labour with subtitles from Hell's Kitchen - Gordon chats to a school gate mum while a stream of foul-mouthed invective displays in crisp white letters. Or the Lib Dems with subtitles from Dawson's Creek: Charles Kennedy strolls around a map of Britain, while the solemn message below reads: "I know how you feel about me. - It's not about how I feel about you. It's about how I feel about us."

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