Labour Headline competition - the results
A few weeks ago there was a newspaper headline, "Iraq war could be judged a disaster, Beckett admits."
I challenged anyone who wanted to take part in a little competition to submit similar headlines consisting of a statement of the blindingly obvious with an appropriate Labour minister or former minister admitting that things could be seen that way. I promised a prize for the funniest suggested headline sent to me by the deadline, which was extended to 30th November.
Surpisingly nobody sent me the same headline with "Blair" instead of Beckett - perhaps after appearing to admit that Iraq had been a disaster in his interview with Sir David Frost, Blair then described it as a slip of the tongue.
Anyway, here is a combined list of the entries I received and of the suggested examples ...
"Taxing pension funds by an extra £5 billion a year could be judged to have left them with less money, Brown admits."
"Claiming that your communications officer has resigned when he hasn't could be called 'lying', Byers admits."
"Telling students that you won't introduce student tuition fees or top-up fees, and then doing so, could be judged a broken promise, Johnson admits."
"Telling prison governors to shoot their inmates could be called 'Bonkers', Blunkett admits."
"My relations with Gordon Brown have sometimes appeared to be less than cordial, Blair admits."
"As minister for council tax, people might have expected me to pay my own, Prescott admits."
"Hinting at peerages in exchange for donations of millions of pounds to Labour party funds might be seen as unethical, Blair admits."
"Not everyone agrees that the NHS has had its best ever year, Hewitt admits."
"My wife Pauline is devastated that I told her about the wrong woman, admits Prescott."
The winning entry came from Geoffrey Brooking, and if Geoffrey would like to remind me of his current email I will put through his prize, which is a £10 Amazon voucher.
I challenged anyone who wanted to take part in a little competition to submit similar headlines consisting of a statement of the blindingly obvious with an appropriate Labour minister or former minister admitting that things could be seen that way. I promised a prize for the funniest suggested headline sent to me by the deadline, which was extended to 30th November.
Surpisingly nobody sent me the same headline with "Blair" instead of Beckett - perhaps after appearing to admit that Iraq had been a disaster in his interview with Sir David Frost, Blair then described it as a slip of the tongue.
Anyway, here is a combined list of the entries I received and of the suggested examples ...
"Taxing pension funds by an extra £5 billion a year could be judged to have left them with less money, Brown admits."
"Claiming that your communications officer has resigned when he hasn't could be called 'lying', Byers admits."
"Telling students that you won't introduce student tuition fees or top-up fees, and then doing so, could be judged a broken promise, Johnson admits."
"Telling prison governors to shoot their inmates could be called 'Bonkers', Blunkett admits."
"My relations with Gordon Brown have sometimes appeared to be less than cordial, Blair admits."
"As minister for council tax, people might have expected me to pay my own, Prescott admits."
"Hinting at peerages in exchange for donations of millions of pounds to Labour party funds might be seen as unethical, Blair admits."
"Not everyone agrees that the NHS has had its best ever year, Hewitt admits."
"My wife Pauline is devastated that I told her about the wrong woman, admits Prescott."
The winning entry came from Geoffrey Brooking, and if Geoffrey would like to remind me of his current email I will put through his prize, which is a £10 Amazon voucher.
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