Election Update 2...
So. After having an entertaining couple of hours in Spitalfields trying to convince uber-cool clothes shops that I was a fashion designer and that they needed to employ me like RIGHT NOW, and generally wandering round the market buying accessories and looking trendy, I decided to go to Hyde Park and read my book for a while. I got off the train at Marble Arch and wandered through Speakers Corner, listening to an assortment of odd people yelling about god knows what. There was a little old lady who looked like Nora Batty and a man up a tall ladder shouting about Iraq and waving a bottle of olive oil around. There seems to be some sort of bizarre heirachy there - you start off standing on a box with a couple of people giving you a passing glance or two, then you progress to ranting on a small stepladder with several interested listeners, then you finally get to rabid, fire-and-brimstone preaching on a proper ladder with a whole crowd of people, either mesmerised by your amazing insight into life, the universe and everything, or dazed by the amount of utter shite you are able to speak without pausing for breath.
I'd had enough of teh crayzee and was walking towards the park, when I was accosted by two men with a large camera who claimed to be from CNN and wanted to interview me. I usually run a mile when someone tries to stick a camera in my face, but something about Speakers Corner made me want to have a small rant of my own. The interview went something like this:
Man: Are you interested in this election?
Me: Oh, VERY interested *has to make mental note not to say anything inappropriate or use the word 'wank' at any point*
Man: What about immigration? Is that a problem for you?
Me: Honey, I live in the East End. I AM the ethnic minority. It's just a desperate ploy for votes.
Man: What about the war on Iraq? Do you think that's a big election issue?
Me: Well, I think it's shown us a few interesting things about our politicians and the way the government actually works.
Man: Go on...
Me: *getting carried away* OMGZ politicians lie to us! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!
Man: So you won't be voting for Blair then?
Me: Duh.
Man: What about religion? Is that a big issue for you?
Me: *this is the first time that anyone has mentioned religion and the election in the same breath to me EVER* Wha? Oh, well, not a big issue but OMG separation of church and state!
Man: Thanks!
Me: Cool. Bye!
So if any of you guys who get CNN see some bint in a wierd top rabbiting on about politics, it might be me. If you don't, maybe those people weren't from CNN at all and they're actually making some sort of top seekrit video with which to blackmail me at a later date. Or something. Either way, it was kind of fun.
I'd had enough of teh crayzee and was walking towards the park, when I was accosted by two men with a large camera who claimed to be from CNN and wanted to interview me. I usually run a mile when someone tries to stick a camera in my face, but something about Speakers Corner made me want to have a small rant of my own. The interview went something like this:
Man: Are you interested in this election?
Me: Oh, VERY interested *has to make mental note not to say anything inappropriate or use the word 'wank' at any point*
Man: What about immigration? Is that a problem for you?
Me: Honey, I live in the East End. I AM the ethnic minority. It's just a desperate ploy for votes.
Man: What about the war on Iraq? Do you think that's a big election issue?
Me: Well, I think it's shown us a few interesting things about our politicians and the way the government actually works.
Man: Go on...
Me: *getting carried away* OMGZ politicians lie to us! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!
Man: So you won't be voting for Blair then?
Me: Duh.
Man: What about religion? Is that a big issue for you?
Me: *this is the first time that anyone has mentioned religion and the election in the same breath to me EVER* Wha? Oh, well, not a big issue but OMG separation of church and state!
Man: Thanks!
Me: Cool. Bye!
So if any of you guys who get CNN see some bint in a wierd top rabbiting on about politics, it might be me. If you don't, maybe those people weren't from CNN at all and they're actually making some sort of top seekrit video with which to blackmail me at a later date. Or something. Either way, it was kind of fun.