Mass Appeal
‘JUST get a load of that crowd! The Telegraph estimates there must be between one and 1.2million people in the streets.
”Is this the queue for the new dentist” |
But no, the Telegraphs front-page photo is not an overhead picture of Windsor high road. Those are not Charles and Camilla fans fighting for the best vantage points from which to view the royal couple.
It is, of course, the queue to see the Popes body, what the Times grandly calls the queue to end all queues. A huge line of people taking up the chance to say, I was there.
Meanwhile, while a few vagrants, local street dealer Matt The Talc and a mysterious willowy blonde woman camp outside Windsors Guildhall, its our politicians who must be looking at the pictures from Rome with some envy.
If only they could get people to turn out in such numbers for the big vote on May 5.
The politicos are trying. But the effort seems to be taking its toll on Tony Blair. On the Guardians front page, Simon Hoggart watches Tony lose yesterdays Prime Ministers Question Time.
Tony Blair looked and sounded terrible yesterday, writes Hoggart. His throat is sore. He is nervous and twitchy. His attention wanders.
You dont suppose… No. Perish the thought! Our Tonys always been such a good boy… Hes just been under pressure… The exams… It cant be… Can it? Drugs..?
But while Tony talks to FRANK, the Governments round-the-clock free confidential drugs information and advice service – and if he doesnt, we might just click on the sites Worried About Someone section – the Independent considers the bigger picture.
And, as it did yesterday, the paper produces a political chart. This ones on the front page and it asks: So who do you trust?
Well, on taxes, truancy, MRSA and immigrants, we are increasingly inclined to trust the Tories. While on pay, pensions, detection rates and jobs, we back Labour.
So thats 4-4 a draw. Which could mean that cometh the hour, the LibDems might well have the deciding vote in a hung parliament.
And waiting for that lot to decide which way to jump, could make the time it takes to see the Popes body look like the blink of an eye…
Paul Sorene is the Anorak’
Posted: 7th, April 2005 | In: Uncategorized Comment | TrackBack | Permalink