Culture and Politics in the Light of Recent Events

Showing posts with label television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label television. Show all posts

Monday, May 3, 2010

Hungary in centre of UK’s “Bigot-gate” scandal

This article's conclusions are a bit far-fetched by saying that Mrs. Gillian Duffy referred to the Hungarian immigrants especially, when asking about the 2 million Eastern European expats, out of which only 2,000 are from our beloved country. However, it might be right in that this was the "fatal blow" to the Labour Party's possible reelection this Thursday. For those who haven't heard about it, Gordon Brown left a campaign event with his microphone still on, and while in his car, he called an elderly pensioner a "bigoted woman" for asking about Eastern European immigrants. The whole story first caught my attention, because the word "bigoted" (vakbuzgó) means moustached in Spanish, so I merely thought he didn't like the lady's looks. :) (retrieved from the Budapest Report website)

Hungary, in the heart of Eastern Europe, is one of the ‘new Europe’ states that will be in the centre of the news in British media for quite some time, thanks to the recent blunder of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The “Bigot-gate” scandal broke when a BBC microphone caught the British PM making sarcastic remarks after his political campaign in Manchester on April 28, 2010.

Brown had finished sweet-talking an elderly citizen, but unaware of his live microphone still in operation, had minutes later called her “a bigoted woman” for daring to ask him about Britain’s brothers in the East. Unfortunate for Brown his negligence can cause the fatal blow to his incumbent Labour Party, which had planned to win the upcoming elections. The woman had complained about her fears about Eastern Europeans immigrants, including Hungarians. She demanded, “All those Eastern Europeans what are coming in, where are they flocking from?” Unconfirmed reports say that there are some 2 million immigrants in the UK of which at least 2,000 are Hungarian nationals.

The majority of Hungarians have decided to stay in their host nation for long term as the British Pound is still stronger than the Euro, much stronger than the Hungarian Forint (300:1) while the minimum wage in the UK (currently GBP 5.80/hour) is merely a dream in Hungary and working conditions at this level in the UK are more humane than in Hungary. Hungarian guest worker Rudolf Magyar told Budapest Report that he, his wife and two boys (6, 10) have settled down in the UK’s Cornwall County and don’t plan to return to Hungary.

“We both have full time jobs. We are paying our taxes and national insurance and our boys are attending school here and playing football for the local team. But the likes of Magyar and his other Eastern European peers are now the back-bone of the British economy, as many Britons prefer to go on job seekers allowance instead of laboring for minimum wages. Nevertheless Brown has drastically reduced his chances of improving his already tarnished short-tempered and arrogant reputation, political analysts said.

His affair with the 65-year-old discouraged lady from the industrial area of Rochdale, Manchester has almost caused a crash in international internet systems as so many viewers had logged on to see the recording on various hosting sites. Now Brown is apologising in every direction, but it seems his words are falling on deaf ears. The Labour Party is furious about his blunder as they are heavily dependant on working class people like thee lady from Manchester. Yet Brown has denied shooting his party in the leg. He argues, “If you make a mistake you apologise… I’m concentrating on bigger issues…”

But what can be a bigger issue than the entire world being hyped up about the stupidity of a prime Minister. Brown made a personal visit to his victim and apologised for having earlier ranted, “That was a disaster…she was just a sort of a bigoted woman,” about her. Political analysts said they believe Brown may not have made the trip, had he not been confronted for the BBC audio recording. The Manchester lady whose name is Gillian Duffy (pictured) is definitely more popular than Brown and has reportedly already hired a media consultant to sell her story to the media.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Taking Sport Seriously on British TV!

Hello Everyone, YouTube's full of this video so you might already know it but it's worth watching a second time... Just how to have a good time on air! :D

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Ooooo-eeee-oooooooo

For those of you who don't understand the title, the following video will explain everything:

Doctor Who is a science-fiction television programme that originally ran on the BBC from 1963 to 1989. A television movie was co-produced with Universal Pictures in 1996, after which the series itself was revived starting in March 2005 in the United Kingdom and Australia, and in March 2006 in the United States on the Sci Fi Channel (and, as of 2009, BBC America). It is still in production as of 2010.
Doctor Who is about the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known only as the Doctor. The Doctor travels through space and time in a craft known as the TARDIS, an acronym for "Time and Relative Dimension in Space". The Doctor is usually accompanied by one or more companions, who are often attractive females. The tone of the programme varies from serious to comic, from gothic horror to pantomime camp. The original Doctor Who series is fondly remembered among the general public both for frightening monsters (such as the Daleks and the Cybermen) and pioneering use of both electronic music and low-budget special effects.

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Feel free to browse the wiki, it has many interesting articles not just about the Doctor Who series, but about its spin-offs Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and K-9.

Hugh Laurie: British vs American slang

Stop Boring Hugh Laurie!

A two-minute montage of various talk show hosts asking the same questions over and over again.
found it yesterday, had to post it
enjoy.

'Call My Euro Bluff'

A little bit from QI (Quite Interesting), a BBCfour programme, in reference to 'We win fight to save pints' from chapter12 International relations.
enjoy!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010