Sketchup
A selection of lines from parliamentary sketch-writers.
the blossoming love-in between the US secretary of state and UK foreign secretary at the Afghanistan summit in London:
"They used to talk about Bill and Hill but Billary is so last century: these days it's all about Millary."
In the House of Lords, one peer raised the question of whether politicians can be prosecuted for war crimes. there was an elephant in the room throughout, as everyone avoided reference to the one person they were all thinking of:
"As the Teletubbies used to say: 'Uh-oh!'
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"Mr Blair's name was not actually mentioned. The Upper House is too subtle for that."
Meanwhile, along the corridor in the Commons, Harriet Harman was taking questions in her role as leader of the house. one MP's query as to why a single government department needed 225 communications officers:
"Ms Harman said they didn't just pick up phones. They were vital for 'transparency and accountability'. So, as we thought, they spend their day drinking coffee and doing the sudoku."
Elsewhere, a committee of MPs has been scrutinising a government bill which will make it law that schools provide a "balanced and flexible curriculum". what could be on offer for school pupils of the future:
"[W]hat is a balanced and flexible curriculum? Is shariah on it? Weapons training, as we had in the Corps? Obesity and diversity? Latin?"
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