I was thinking about this on the walk to work this morning.
The aide is saying this to make Smith look normal. But rather like Tony Blair's occasional attempts to make himself look like a normal bloke, it's not convincing even if it's true. Tony Blair may really love foo'ball and playin' the guitar, but when he put on that ridiculous "common" accent and said that sort of thing, he just reminded everyone that he's actually a posh lawyer. Ditto Jacqui Smith. Also, buying a kebab is something which (I assume, not being a meat eater) is only ever done when you stagger out of the pub barely able to focus or stand up, so the image it gives of the home secretary is that she's likely to be found after midnight puking into a litter bin in a park, unable to remember her own name.
However, I wish to contest this view of kebabs: there are also proper kebab shops where the food is much better[0] than burgers; they often have vegetarian kebabs too, though I doubt they keep vegetarianfood well away from the meat (I doubt the burger places do either). And they are open during the day. Not necessarily near pubs. No staggering or booze was involved in the consumption of these kebabs. It's the meedja again, isn't it?
Perhaps wassername actually does eat kebabs from proper kebab places. If so, who cares?
[0] As long as one doesn't touch the processed thing onna big stick, of course.
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Date: 2008-01-21 11:11 am (UTC)The aide is saying this to make Smith look normal. But rather like Tony Blair's occasional attempts to make himself look like a normal bloke, it's not convincing even if it's true. Tony Blair may really love foo'ball and playin' the guitar, but when he put on that ridiculous "common" accent and said that sort of thing, he just reminded everyone that he's actually a posh lawyer. Ditto Jacqui Smith. Also, buying a kebab is something which (I assume, not being a meat eater) is only ever done when you stagger out of the pub barely able to focus or stand up, so the image it gives of the home secretary is that she's likely to be found after midnight puking into a litter bin in a park, unable to remember her own name.
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Date: 2008-01-21 11:25 am (UTC)However, I wish to contest this view of kebabs: there are also proper kebab shops where the food is much better[0] than burgers; they often have vegetarian kebabs too, though I doubt they keep vegetarianfood well away from the meat (I doubt the burger places do either). And they are open during the day. Not necessarily near pubs. No staggering or booze was involved in the consumption of these kebabs. It's the meedja again, isn't it?
Perhaps wassername actually does eat kebabs from proper kebab places. If so, who cares?
[0] As long as one doesn't touch the processed thing onna big stick, of course.