Jim's Offical Blog
A New Prime Minister
We awake today, 12th May, with a new Prime Minister David Cameron. I do not envy his task. Gordon Brown, our outgoing Prime Minster, summed up his premiership with the closing statement, “this has been the second most important job in my life,” gushing that his job as a father and husband comes first. Most people would think that being a dad and husband actually should not be regarded as, or compared to, ‘a job’ …. It’s as fundamental and important as being a son, a daughter, a dad, a mum … and therefore should not be equated to work.
This is the first coalition government since Churchill. Churchill, as you know , was the last white bloke to be called Winston. Is it me, or am I the only one who notices that Nick Clegg is a ringer for Pike in Dad’s Army? He even talks like him – stupid boy. Its funny isn’t it – they’ve spent the whole campaign slagging each other off and are now saying, “Well, I think they’ve got some policies we could work with”. Let’s hope that David Cameron’s ambition to get into Number 10 has not outweighed his judgment and that Stupid Boy’s determination to move his party forward hasn’t made him a toothless tiger. Someone told me once, we need a good strong opposition and Margaret Thatcher would be the first to agree that the Conservatives made Labour electable. We now have probably the best set of young minds that Britain can produce (those who want to earn bugger all anyway) in the new cabinet. Let’s hope that this coalition government learns the art of talking to one another, learns the art of compromise, and learns an important lesson that this country, our country, is in their hands.
If they bugger up, or fail to impress, Joanna Lumley and I are standing by with a brigade of Gurkhas and tanks!
If you tried to imagine what those negotiations between Dave and Stupid Boy were like they pale into comparison with trying to leave Dubai! This morning I tried to pay my final electricity bill. I was told I can’t pay that until it has been disconnected and then have to wait four days for the bill. It is 41 degrees here, without air conditioning one turns into a wrinkled prune within hours. I explained this to the woman who looked at me as if I was mad. Not only that I can’t leave the country until I’ve paid all the bills and I don’t get the bills until 4 days after I’m due to leave. You couldn’t make it up!
Anyway, I’ll be back in a couple of days to carry on with my enormously successful tour. Hope to see you there when we can all celebrate the fact we have a new leader – may God bless him.
It will be interseting to watch how the cameron-clegg partnership works out.It seems laughable that two men so vehemently against each other have now formed a co-alition. One can only hope that the arguments will now be put to one side and they will concentrate on the job in hand of getting this country back on its feet again.
Congratulations of the success of your recent tour back in the uk and continue being as politicaly incorrect as you always have been !
hi jim. i hope you are ok? it’s brilliant that david cameron is now prime minister.i hope david cameron and nick clegg make this country a better place to live in.good to know that you jim and joanna lumley are keeping an eye on them.i hope everything is ok now,it’s stupid that you could’nt pay your electricty bill until it has been disconnected.you must have been so hot.what stupid rules they have in dubai.see you soon. lots of love teresa xxx
hi jim i forgot to write that it was crazy that you had to wait four days once disconnected from the electricity,to pay the bill. whoever made that rule up should have tried going without air conditioning for four days.lots of love teresa xxx
Hi Jim, in a way your at number 10, “Cameron”, we really enjoyed your gig in Chatham on May 1st, it was absolutely superb,
Hi Jim, Lib Dem Peter here from Bournemouth and pissing my pants at the thought of your face when the penny dropped there was going to be joint Government with your lot and my lot!
Think this might just work though, hope so. Sorry didn’t catch you at the BIC will try and get to Croydon (and take in some sight seeing prior to your show:)
hi jim i really enjoyed the swansea show.me n the boys were in the box to the right opp the lesbians ha ha..good laugh thanks gain
Shame you left Dubai Jim, I’ve lived in the Emirates on and off since I was 6 years old in 1977. The whole idea that you couldn’t pay your DEWA bill until 4 days later just seems normal when you’ve beed there so long. I bet some Jingly made that rule and a local signed it off. Anyway I was in Grimsby last week but couldn’t make it to your show – sorry. We did meet once in the business lounge in the Old Larnaca airport when we were both on the way back to Dxb and I nearly said hello in Spinneys but thought best not to disturb you
Thankfully I’m on my way back to Dxb by the end of this year – hope you come back to us expats. Please keep being politically incorrect – we love it !!