Intimidating
How Now Brown's Owl
Tuesday 23 June 2009
Gordon Brown hired a new personal advisor this week in an attempt to reverse his declining popularity with voters, enlisting the services of an intimidatingly wise looking old barn owl called 'Thatcher', who was seen perched upon the Prime Minister’s shoulder during this week’s PMQ’s.
Mr Brown’s trusted new ‘Minister without portfolio’ managed to leave Tory leader David Cameron visibly shaken during one exchange on Wednesday, as having just asked a tricky question that was designed to embarrass the Labour leader, Mr Cameron suddenly began to look quite pale as the Prime Minister started conferring with the owl before unleashing a stinging reply - coupled with a witty remark, after which the bird was seen to glare menacingly across the room at Mr Cameron, before emitting a pellet and hooting loudly at the opposition benches as the Labour MPs registered their approval.
While this latest appointment has gone down well with most members of the government there has been one notable exception, as Peter Mandelson is said to have been angered at Thatcher’s recent arrival, due to the fact that he has the ear of the Prime Minister, quite literally chewing on it at times during one press conference this week.
“Peter’s not happy”, said a source inside the Labour party. “We all know that he doesn’t like birds, and he regards this appointment as a slap in the face.”
It is not yet clear whether Thatcher will accompany the Prime Minister to the next G8 summit where he could be deployed to intimidate French President Nicholas Sarkozy, but this now seems increasingly likely as early opinion polls suggest the public all agree that Mr Brown somehow seems wiser now that he is friends with an owl, and they feel better knowing that Thatcher is now on the case.
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