Prime Minister's Question Time

It's Question Time in the Commons again. It's just as silly as you might expect. Spitting Image is copyright Network DVD. Seasons 1-8 are available now!

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• Spitting Image
• Margaret Thatcher
• House of Commons
• Question Time
• puppets
• satire

[operationnorthwoodz]

I wish the US Congress behaved as mature as this.

[AVillainousVoice]

Is is my imagination, or does the Michael Hesseltine puppet look like he's a real person (rather than a puppet) at 2:05?

[agamemnon419]

Will the honourable bitch queen ... XD

[fus9783]

i see nothing's change'd ha ha ha lol

[alexandertory]

hahahaha lol

[Udany147]

@BodiZoltan Leon Brittan and Michael Heseltine.

They're talking about the Westland affair.

[BodiZoltan]

Who are the to freaks from 1:47?

[The1985Channel]

@upintheclouds86 It's a shame that Mrs. Thatcher is not well as you know that she'd be a regular commentator on political events today if she were in good health. But then again, this is another era. Political correctness, centrism and PR have prevailed in British politics today. Politicians are no longer free to speak their minds and have to be careful where they tread. Cameron, Miliband and Clegg are typical modern soundbite politicians; they'd say or do anything if it meant more votes.

[upintheclouds86]

@The1985Channel Agreed. Margaret Thatcher never liked the policies John Major had. The Tories said she was a back bencher who was always in his way. After all Major was on the side of the EU. Recently in the papers, David Cameron is looking more of a John Major supporter then the great Lady Thatcher. We need Thatcher back. She would kick Cameron into place once more.

[PatchesRips]

@The1985Channel I remember when Tony Blair got elected because it was this kind of one-two good news-bad news punch from Britain, as Diana died right afterwards. I remember the flags being at half mast even here; public spaces filling up with flowers. I'd almost written the Royal Family off in Canada till I saw that. Same thing when the Queen Mum died. The Liberal Party just held a convention and voted, for the umpteenth time, to endorse the monarchy and legalize pot. Some things never change.

[The1985Channel]

@PatchesRips The Tories did not want a controversial, polarising figure as their leader and Prime Minister once they ditched Thatcher. Major was picked because his conciliatory, moderate style would appeal more to the voters in the next election, which he actually won. Many people here in the UK say Thatcher rendered the Tories unelectable but they conveniently forget Major won the 1992 election with her legacy directly behind him. But it was obvious the Tories wouldn't win again in 1997.

[The1985Channel]

@PatchesRips Spitting Image made puppets of a lot of other world leaders at the time, such as Reagan, Mitterrand, Gorbachev and P.W. Botha, and I know that Mulroney had a close relationship with Thatcher and Reagan - two of the most significant puppets in the show - so I wouldn't be too surprised to find out there was a puppet version of him. If I ever get all the episodes of the show, I'll keep an eye out.

I find it quite remarkable how lifelike these puppets seem.