Finally, Gordon Brown has at last done something to cheer us up – and released what is perhaps the funniest video ever to come out of No10 (watch it after the jump).
Now that his dirty tricks unit has been exposed, he’s trying to come across all friendly and cuddly – and has given a video annoucement of his crackdown on Tory second jobs, disguised as a tightening of MPs expenses. He stops short of breakdancing, but only just. He’s addressing a horribly serious issue: the near-fraudulent abuse of expenses by MPs. But he shuffles, waves his hands and beams as if he’s playing Santa at a kiddies party. Occasionally, he lapses into his dour old self. Then, it’s as if someone is holding up a card saying ‘SMILE’ or ‘MOVE YOUR BODY’.
Anyway, video below. I bet No10 staff wept with laughter producing it. If someone out there is clever enough to put it to music, and have him repeat the body shuffles a few times, it will be a YouTube sensation:
UPDATE: Here’s my 12-point guide to the moves on display:
1) COMIC PAUSE He has a great pause after “Going around the country, I’ve been struck” – just enought time for the viewer to say “I bet you have”.
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