What chance do we have when these are the people in charge?
I’ve seen it all now!
With the world brought to a juddering halt over Nelson Mandela’s death, and mass hysteria breaking out Diana-style among our fawning broadcasters, what did PM David Cameron and President Obama think would be a fitting and appropriate gesture at the great man’s memorial?
Yep! Crushing up ‘Inbetweeners style’ beside leggy blonde Danish Premier Helle Thorning-Schmidt as she takes a ‘selfie’ photograph.
You couldn’t make it up!
I mentioned the new selfie craze among teens a couple of weeks ago, but I didn’t think it was something that would catch on with PMs and Presidents and certainly not something they would do at a memorial service.
It’s no wonder we’re in such dire straights when testosteroned, gushing, giggling weans like these are in charge. What chance do we have?
Gawd! With that one act they managed to do the impossible and make Bush, Brown and Clegg look intelligent.
Even that ranting butcher, Zimbabwe’s President Mugabe, managed to carry himself with a modicum of dignity and solemnity. As did the arch embezzler of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai! (He probably tried to sell his seat though).
Instead of sooking plooms, Michelle Obama should have leaned over and clattered the three of them right across the lugs for their inappropriate and undignified behaviour.
What next? Twerking at the Cenotaph? Planking in Syria? Dancing Gangnam Style at the UN Security Council? It’s absolutely pathetic!
As was Cameron’s lame excuse to the House for his stunt “When a member of the Kinnock family asked me for a photograph, I thought it was only polite to say yes.”
Aye Right Dave! The fact that Helle is a vivacious blonde stunner had nothing to do with you turning to jelly and acting like a moron.
Rumours that the BBC tried to fill the empty seats at the stadium with hundreds of their ligging staff flown out on a taxpayers funded jolly have yet to be confirmed as is the one that they will ask South Africa to pay a contribution towards our licence fee, given their dribbling OTT coverage.
Let’s face it though, no matter how well intentioned this event was for the memory of Nelson Mandela, instead of the world being treated to an inspiring and stirring show of remembrance, reconciliation and unity we had a day that will be remembered mainly for a baying crowd, a crazed sign language interpreter, empty seats and a ‘selfie’ photo taken by those who should know better.
It was a shambles, a circus of shame and an embarrassment to Mabida’s memory and the people of South Africa.
Thankfully in the intervening days between then and today’s state funeral most South African people (apart from those overly-keen folk who broke through a police cordon on Friday) showed good grace and quiet dignity when filing past his body to give thanks for the freedom he fought so hard for while alive.
There has been no OTT media coverage, no demanding VIPs and no attention-seeking, embarrassing politicians allowed to get in the way of these proceedings. Hopefully that will be the way of things throughout today and the final laying to rest of Mabida’s body.
Chances are it will be fine as the last I heard the three weans weren’t going.
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