Spitting Image - News At Benn

[Alexanderpetrov1990]

Can somebody explain the bit about 'rape to be illegal'? What exactly is his joke referring to? Or is it meant to be meaningless?

[jmorrison230582]

@0.50

Those promises made sense until Ken said a "decent England football team".

No danger of that.

[woofti]

"It's funny because it's true" - Homer J. Simpson

[jmorrison230582]

I believed Ken's puppet until he said that Labour could deliver a decent England football team.

[qwertyuiopqwerty112]

Truly "Unbiased News" !

[GusF]

"Earthquake in Guatemala. Thatcher responsible."

My favourite "Spitting Image" line of all time.

[MrGilles1990]

Not far off the BBC.

[HumanMonolith]

@MrGilles1990

Its miles off the bbc

[MrGilles1990]

@HumanMonolith if the political spectrum was 1000 miles long then i guess your right.

[Kidsgrove49]

Actually, if you listen to Ed Miliband - he sounds as if he employs the same script writers.............

[7Network]

Does Thatcher say "we wouldn't need the miners Achtung Schweinhund"? If not what does she say, does anyone know what this meant?

[MegaJustDucky]

@7Network It means "Warning, pigdog"

[7Network]

@MegaJustDucky Thanks, had never heard of this, was it a common phrase?

[MegaJustDucky]

@7Network I don't *think* so. I imagine it was intended to continue the implication that the Tories are Nazis, which *was* fairly common on Spitting Image (see the 1987 Election Special, and pretty much anytime Norman Tebbit was present)

[alanheath]

@MegaJustDucky A theme also used by Private Eye. For example they ran a Battle for Britain cartoon with the Conservatives appearing like the Nazis.

[Kidsgrove49]

Tony Benn sound much the same today. 85 years old and still going bong

[supermorshu]

thatcher did a good job........ of fucking us all up

[YesIamEccentric]

I LOVE THE THATCHER SPEECH

BURN EM ALL!!! BUAHAHAHAHA!

[GlitchyTechnicals]

im a massive fan of Benn and this owns all the bones in the boneyard

[stargazinboi]

'I think we should burn the bastards' =D

[LitaniTilSatan666]

As a big supporter of Benn I have to say I absolutely loved this. The weather is priceless.

[neemz2000]

"And a decent England football team". Things don't change much do they?

[sleeming88]

The BBC never changes

[TheKardiacKid]

Socialist version of Fox News.

[qwertyuiopqwerty112]

Then after that we can publicly Disembowel Arthur Scragill, As far as the elder are concerned I think we should burn the bastards ! Completely Ace and why can't comedy nowadays be even half as good as this

[alanheath]

My favourite spitting images clip!!!

[MsPregis]

who's len murray?

[flametaledfox]

@MsPregis He was a Labour MP and a major trade union leader of the 1970s and 1980s leading the TUC. Seemed like a nice man.

[Glenn1967ful]

@flametaledfox

He was never an MP, but was Secretary General of the TUC until 1983. A moderate, he did have plenty of problems trying to control the militants in the TUC and was often hated by left-wingers.

[ldlmedia]

@flametaledfox And like most 'Socialists' in power, then became a Lord.

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

@flametaledfox He was NOT a MP"

[jorom1989]

TheRadfan, your sarcastic pasted response from Wikipedia is smarmy and not very clever. I do believe the point the original author of that post intended to make was that Tony Benn was the Minister for Energy (or a ministerial position along those lines although the name passes me by right now...) when the first nuclear power station in the United Kingdom opened, and therefore opened under his responsibility for such matters. The Queen had responsibility for cutting the ribbon, crumpets and tea.

[MattWindsor91]

I'd totally watch this news programme!

[alanheath]

Utterly brilliant!!!

[TheDustpile]

Labour has many crimes to answer for, both actual and conceptual. Remember that our EU masters couldn't have foisted their new dictatorship without help. Latterly Labour help, a party more treasonous than even the Tories for landing us in a fully-fledged federal European Bastardstate.

But people are waking up, not with just a little help from the Web.

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[ThePAULOPABLO]

This cracks me up because it is the kind of thing Labour do they always say the Conservatives are to blame for everything even if they were in power for 100 years they would still say all the bad things were down to Maggie.

[LunarEcli]

@ThePAULOPABLO

That's kind of the opposition's role...They scrutinise the government and call them out on everything. It's a healthy way of doing things because it means the government can't become complacent, and a wider range of views are shared.

[LunarEcli]

@ThePAULOPABLO Every party does that when they come to power and have to make hard decisions...Passing the blame to somebody else is the easiest way to do it.

[vivascargill]

Livingstone is shmuck

[mistaben2k]

@vivascargill

[vivascargill]

@mistaben2k huh tony is ok but he was in parliament so that is no good. Livingstone i have plans for but they involve maggot varicose veins. i have never voted never will. liivingstone and thatcher good couple

[flametaledfox]

@mistaben2k

[WilliamMorris]

very very funny

[OettingerCroat]

lol tony benn with his pipe in his ear!!! LOL and in front of the bright red... hilarious!

[andyhowpog]

@OettingerCroat always loved that bit where he pulled his pipe out of his ear! Actually saw it originally, way back in the 80s. God, how old am I?!

[alanheath]

Brilliant - I had never seen this one before. Just posted some Spitting Images material myself!

[123458960]

looking at them now, those topics mentioned are STILL here, even with Labour in :(

[TheRadfan]

dont forget that benn was the minister that opened the first nuclear power station thank you very much!

[flametaledfox]

Really? I though that the first Nuclear power station in the United Kingdom was opened in 1956, by Queen Elizabeth II, at Calder Hall?

[alanheath]

@flametaledfox According to the website of the World Nuclear Association, it was indeed Calder Hall in 1956 which I think was later part of Sellafield (Windscale). Construction started a couple of years earlier so I suppose it possible the the decision to build could have been made by the Labour Party before it left power in 1951.

[MegaJustDucky]

@flametaledfox Weren't the Tories in power in 1956 as well?

[flametaledfox]

@MegaJustDucky Yes, Anthony Eden.

[tannaton]

@TheRadfan And he also stopped the cancellation of the Concorde project - at least he did one good thing!!

[freddy77777]

Herr of Heress you're a cunt

[gopconservative78]

I'm a Thatcherite......its is damn funny.

[hypergreg]

this sketch was made in in 1984 if i remember correctly, also it's a joke, it's called satire, clearly you don't understand the concept of that

also it's Labour, try to learn to spell

[kentamitchell]

@hypergreg Spelling? (respectfully) a great deal depends on which side of the pond you're on.

[MondoBeno]

When was this sketch made? Do the writers think the UK is better now than it was in the early 90's? Last time I checked, Britain had more shootings, armed robberies, crack addicts, teenage alcoholics and gangs than ever before.

But you can't blame labor. Why? Don't ask me.

[alewisuk]

They're about 16 points behind in the opinion polls. Anyway, it is New Labour, not Labour. We haven't had a Labour govenment since the mid 1970s.

[TomoUKo]

said from someone from a country who can walk into a supermarket and come out with a gun. we cant even buy guns anyway.

and if u didn't see the above comment its spelt LABOUR

i bet u think labour is some kind of slavery stupid twat

[MrToadful]

@MondoBeno

Considering you live in the USA, I think we'd appreciate if you didn't tell us what's going on in our country. Thanks.

And, as Hypergreg said, this video was comedy from the 1980s or early 1990s, not a plug for the Labour party.

[vivascargill]

why not this is you tube not fuckin wimbledon!

[MrDavey1]

@MondoBeno Where did you check? The Daily Mail perhaps?

[MondoBeno]

@MrDavey1

Yes. I suppose you prefer the Daily Mirror.

[MrDavey1]

@MondoBeno I read the Beano. I'll start worrying when Billy Whizz becomes a drug addict.... Hey! wait a minute!

No seriously though, the Daily Mail is scare mongering shite that I wouldn't even use to wipe my arse. Violent crime has generally declined and teenagers have drunk alchohol and done drugs since the Vikings and will continue to do so till the end of time. Why? cause its so bloody fun, and there is very little anyone can do to stop that.

[MuppetPro]

1:35 LOL Love this part

[MuppetPro]

It's funny on this sketch how they look positive towards the Labour party. Usually it's "Useless, usless, (you know the song LOL)"

[Bravyoura]

I love the "Acht unt svi hunt" bit at the end.

[raabgunner]

Labour my arse.... S.I. was the best and still is.

[xxxdarkmexxx]

i just had a thought, i'd kill to see spitting image do harry potter!!!

[abhudson14]

well done tony we would have been beter pm than that woman

[mirrorc]

How stoned are you?

[abhudson14]

not your got to bloody stoned to vote tory but i remeber how that party shited on this counrty

[mirrorc]

And in English?

[abhudson14]

just saying Tony Benn wold have been than Margreat bloody Thatcher the wores PM this country as every had

[mirrorc]

wores as every ad????

Again i plead with you ENGLISH!!!!!!!

[abhudson14]

look twat im english and proud of it

[mirrorc]

And I'm northern irish. But nationality is not the issue here. Language is. Kindly use the language English when commenting. And do check to make sure it makes sense.please.

[abhudson14]

Look Catherine Im making sense I would not vote tory due to the fact they put this country on its knees between 1979 and 1997. I remeber you dont your just in your teens

[mirrorc]

And before them when labour was in charge bodies were lying in the streets because the Grave diggers were on strike along with everyone else

[abhudson14]

when the tories were last in charge everhting closed and the counrty in a mess

[mirrorc]

hmmmmmm shops closed and country in a mess versus shops closed, country in a mess AND BODIES LYING IN THE STREETS

[abhudson14]

Well Catherine thats what happens when theres a tory goverment

[mirrorc]

Labour is L-A-B-O-U-R not T-O-R-Y

[wg05a]

you really dont have a clue at all do you?

[mirrorc]

raises eyebrows

[JapeUK]

Lying in the streets, what in god's name are you on about. If you mean a single mortuary in Liverpool led to a backlog of burials for a week yes, its not like they left cadavers rotting in the sun for god's sake. I have no love for Labour or Tory but when bringing up 79, remember 74 as well when Heath did no better. Neither party seems fit to govern really, but cynicism and disinterest dictate them as they only options, British politics is just depressing to consider.

[luckywood]

You realise Heath was also a Tory

[JapeUK]

What do you mean also? He's the only Tory I mentioned. I'm saying both did messed up the TUC, Heath in 74 (as a Conservative) and Callaghan in 79 (Labour) however neither was exactly doomsday and arguably the rolling blackouts of Heath's time were hellish compared to the Winter of Discontent

[MondoBeno]

New York City had that problem in the 1970's...for about ten hours. Volunteers (some of whom were Catholic Bishops) rolled up their sleeves and dug the graves themselves.

[screamingargonaunts]

Brilliant ;-)

[Myndir]

Tony Benn is a looney legend and that's what so great about him.

[27062074]

Tony Benn is a legend...but love this :)

[BRUTUALTRUTH]

Ha Ha  Tony Benn is a fucking loony!