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Prime Minister's Speech
By andybyers
20 October 2007
Mine, not yours. :)

ANNOUNCER (VOICE OVER)
Ladies and gentlement, the Prime Minister of Canada.

THE RT. HON. STEPHEN HARPER ENTERS, STAGE LEFT, AND STEPS UP TO THE PODIUM.
RT. HON. STEPHEN HARPER
(clears throat)

HARPER GLANCES AT THE CAMERA, DOWN AT THE PODIUM, LOOKS AROUND UNCOMFORTABLY.

HARPER LOOKS DOWN AT HIS WATCH.

HARPER GAZES AROUND, DRUMMING HIS FINGERS ON THE PODIUM.
RT. HON. STEPHEN HARPER
(sighs)

AN AID LEANS IN FROM STAGE LEFT
AID
Prime Minister?
RT. HON. STEPHEN HARPER
Oh!  Yes, what is it?
AID
You have a communique from the President of the United States.

HARPER TAKES THE PAGE
RT. HON. STEPHEN HARPER
Oh, thank God, my speech is here!
(leans back, looking heavenward)
Thank you, Jesus!!
(opens the letter)
Well, how about that!  That's actually the first line of the speech!

HARPER BEGINS TO READ AS "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" PLAYS.
FADE.

Reviews

Written by William87 (30 comments posted) 21st October 2007
wow, haha. That was hilarious. For a while there I thought I wasn't going to like it but then when I got to the last line I just thought it all came together somehow. 
 
/William

Written by Bottleblondesurfer (3433 comments posted) 21st October 2007
Well,actually it could easily be ours,here. At least the one before [Blair] anyway.Brown pretends to be his own man but if he sneezed he could give Bush a colonic irrigation,if you know what I mean. So it seems we have stuff in common with Canada, gutless capitulation to America and irony 
Jane
As ever...
Written by wltshr (338 comments posted) 22nd October 2007
I'm with Jane on this one. 
 
How clever, to write a sketch which, with name changes, could work in so many countries. 
 
Very funny, and wonderfully pointed. 
 
Wltshr

Written by Fledermaus (3448 comments posted) 2nd November 2007
Indeed, what wltshr says. I remember Jaap de Hoop-Scheffer (now chaiman of NATO, but then minister of foreign affairs) visiting Colin Powell just before the invasion of Iraq. When he left the room and spoke to the press, he sounded like a copy of George Bush, not just where opinions were concerned, but even his vocabulary and way of speaking.

Written by woody44 (777 comments posted) 5th November 2007
Nice tongue-in-cheek piece Andy, and as everyone has said, could SO be a host of other brown-lipped PMs. I think Jane is right, just how far would Brown go to uphold his so-called independance... 
Roger

Written by Diddi (80 comments posted) 17th March 2008
And I thought this was just happening to us in Australia! Little Johnny Howard (exPM) not only lost Government, but he also lost his own seat! That's what Australia did - Landslide to the Labor Party. Howard's ex ministers are already bailing out, so we'll be having lots of by-elections soon. 
 
This was hilarious, I'm still chuckling. It's nice to know that others were conned.

Written by andybyers (176 comments posted) 19th March 2008
Diddi, at least you guys have the whole Pacific as a buffer. :)

Written by Diddi (80 comments posted) 19th March 2008
Not really, Bush came to Sydney for the Asia Pacific Conference, went there for about 40 minutes, and as he wanted to play bigshot, Most of Sydney was closed down so he could ride his bike or walk across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.! Most of the 'eating district' was sealed off by his security army. About 4-6 days. Sheesh!

Written by Merioneth (79 comments posted) 18th April 2008
Well played, sir. 
 
~Merioneth

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