Angus Young: Hull's beginning to look like an episode of Spitting Image
Is it me or is Hull's political world starting to look like an old episode of Spitting Image ?
We've always had John Prescott to provide us with fun and games.
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Michael Heseltine's flowing locks are a fine sight.
But now, a whole cast of characters from yesteryear are back on the radar.
First it was Michael Heseltine striding down the A63 as the would-be saviour of the Hull and Humber economy, or something similar.
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As I watched him talk a lot of sense about shifting power and influence away from Westminster and back to the regions in a round of media interviews, I was struck by his still-impressive head of hair.
Hezza's flowing locks show no sign of thinning, despite his advancing years.
They are truly a sight to behold.
Then came the double whammy of Virginia Bottomley and Peter Mandelson, who are being lined up to be the next Sheriff and High Steward of Hull in a fit of civic pomp and ceremony that somehow jars with the current age of austerity we're all muddling through.
As it happens, the news of the appointments broke as I was halfway through James Naughtie's Rivals, a 2002 book examining the "intimate story of political marriage" between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Inevitably, the book also charts the famously frosty relationship between Mandelson and Prescott, who come across as squabbling bridesmaids.
According to Naughtie, Prescott regarded Mandelson as a "pain in the backside".
Mandelson, meanwhile, was taking great delight annoying Old Labour grumpies with the colour of his pink socks.
All we need now is a chorus of The Chicken Song at the installation bash.
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by hugostiglitz
Thursday, February 14 2013, 8:02PM
“If Heseltine is effectively saying don't hold your breath on the renewables industry in Hull does this mean he has some inside knowledge in regards to government funding & the Siemens deal?”
by user_deleted
Saturday, February 09 2013, 12:43PM
“WauldbyScrogs - presumably you stay away from anything connected with Coca-Cola, Ford, IBM, Novartis, Nestle, General Electric, Bayer, any German vehicle manufacturers, and subsidiaries of those companies?
All of them were involved in supporting the Nazis”
by WauldbyScrogs
Saturday, February 09 2013, 2:36AM
“The last time Siemens came to Hull it was on the wings of luftwaffe planes.
During the second World War, Siemens supported the Hitler regime, contributed to the war effort and participated in the "Nazification" of the economy.Siemens had many factories in and around notorious concentration camps to build electric switches for military uses.In one example, almost 100,000 men and women from Auschwitz worked in a Siemens factory inside the camp, supplying the electricity to the camp.”
by DukeofFlange
Friday, February 08 2013, 9:52PM
“Typical journalist. Never accomplished anything, never made anything, never contributed anything. Only sniped and criticised and manufactured spurious "stories". Leave the running of the City to the big boys Angus and shut the hell up.”
by Col18
Friday, February 08 2013, 8:02PM
“The political monstrosities lurking about Hull lately, its more a Hammer Horror than Spitting Image. Prescott frothing about losing the high steward post to Dracula Mandelsohn, the three Hull MP stooges in a group photo shoot over gay marriage, and now EUr friend and mine, Hesletine.
Anything with a Euro-slant, Heseltine has always been a fan of though. Still trundling about the UK desperately seeking some confirmation,after all these years, that any good has come from any EU involvement in the UK. Lurking about waiting for Siemens to start building its big white elephant windmill factory probably.”
by Ianm_hull
Friday, February 08 2013, 5:05PM
“I agreed and welcome having any big names on board to help our region, we know it's up a certain river with out a paddle, but there's nowt wrong with a lighter-hearted look at thing (IF it's funny :) )”
by PatrickNewman
Friday, February 08 2013, 5:00PM
“Yes, and surely there must be a role for Margaret Thatcher - perhaps Hull Uni could give her an honorary doctorate in Poor Law.”
by Crackman
Friday, February 08 2013, 4:31PM
“Completely agree with KiminHull on this. The UK economy is in meltdown, with the 'North' in real crisis - having heavyweights such as Heseltine, Bottomley and now Peter Mandelson is a great asset to the city. At present Hull is the worst place in England to be if you are seeking work, the schools (with the outstanding exception of Hymers) are struggling and infastructure (e.g. the A63) is on its last legs. Hull needs all the friends it can get to help the city survive and prosper.”
by John1947
Friday, February 08 2013, 3:48PM
“Hull is becoming a dumping ground for political dinosaurs”
by Marmadukelad
Friday, February 08 2013, 3:21PM
“I would not object to comedians if the purpose was comedy, but Angus writes a serious political colum, sarcastic comedy is best left to that grinning idiot who writes on a Wed”