Revolutionary Witticisms of Colin Fox, Rosie Kane and Carolyn Leckie MSPs - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0954918509 ISBN 13: 9780954918507

Publisher: Word Power Books, 2004

Synopsis

'Revolutionary Witticisms brings together for the first time the verbal assaults on our aural senses by Colin Fox, Carolyn Leckie and Rosie Kane MSPs. If words can be weapons and the pen is mightier than the sword in the struggle for social justice, then their humour and witticisms are arguably the cannonballs and Kalashnikovs in the war against neo-liberalism and new Labourism in Scotland. Always irreverent, sometimes damning, sometimes daring, the three MSPs' witticisms are a kick up the arse of the establishment and their cronies.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

''Politicians' witticisms' is one of the great oxymorons of our time. It ranks alongside 'UN peacekeepers' and 'Channel Five News'. When an elected member cracks a funny, it is normally heavily penned by various party political comedians. It is fortunate then that the SSP can't afford to pay for proper script writers and have to rely on their own one liners. Politicians, it has to be said, do make me laugh but it is quite refreshing to read a politician's words and laugh because they intended you too'.

Mark Thomas, comedian, writer and political activist

Edition details

• Publisher: Word Power Books
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0954918509
• ISBN 13: 9780954918507
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Editor: Gall Professor Gregor