Tuesday, January 02, 2007

MPs' Film Choice


Sky Movies have just published a poll of MPs' film choices, and the favourite film amongst our representatives is the blac and white war weepie, 'Casablanca'. I have to say it is one of the few things they seem to be getting right - Casablanca is an outstanding film, and still worth watching if you've never seen it - and, indeed, if you have. I'm not sure what it says about Tory MP's generally, though, that one of their favourite films is 'Carry On Up the Khyber'. Hmmm.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

MP's never grow up seemingly:

"Star Wars came second, with Conservative MP Stephen Crabb calling it a "timeless masterpiece" featuring his first love - Princess Leia."

Slightly concerned to see Steven Spielberg's drama Saving Private Ryan and Austin Powers: Goldmember, starring Mike Myers together, one assumes not in the same evening.

Is this just another tragic out of touch political PR stunt gone wrong. Or does Lembit Opik really enjoy a bit of Austin Powers while he snuggles up with whichever East-European quasi-celebrity he is currently with on a Friday night?

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