Political and business memoirs like to have a flavour of the character or their political ideals contained within the title. President Obama's Audacity of Hope for instance. The ever dull John Major couldn't even manage a book title. -John Major - The auto biography. thrilling!
This weeks game is to devise more realistic titles for memoirs.
The Course of my life - Edward Heath
Free at Last! Tony Benn
Prezza: My Story: Pulling No Punches
John Major: The Autobiography
Time to Declare: David Owen
Tony Blair: Prime Minister
Speaking for Myself: Cherie Blair
BQ offers
- Edward Heath-Fingers in my ears
- Don't you ever get tired of being wrong? -Tony Benn
- Vidal Sassoon and me - Ann Widdecombe
- To Hull and back - John Prescott
- John Major - The Autobiography
- What have I done? - David Owen
- Taking the piss - Tony Blair
- Wide enough for both feet - Cherie Blair
Some suggestions:
ReplyDeleteCherie Blair: How to look younger and thinner than you really are by using Adobe Photoshop
John Prescott: Prezza. My Story: this will make you feel sick
Lord Michael Levy: Dishonour Amongst Thieves
and in the worst possible taste...
Mark Eaten: Oh Shit - How one MP survived politics and turning forty with the help of rent boys
How to grin and lie through your teeth by
ReplyDeleteAntonius B'Liar
Possible Blair titles:
ReplyDelete"Next stop, the Universe!"
"Roman Catholic, Roamin' the World".
Or, on a slightly different topic:
"Finding a Wife: Cherie-picking".
Oh, and an obvious one (though not from that list above):
ReplyDelete"Whelan and Dealin'".
Tony Benn "I'm all right, Jack"
ReplyDeleteAnn Widdecombe "I'm all right, Jill"
Prezza: "I'm, all right, Jack"
John Major: "Just remind me, who was John Major?"
David Owen: "I'm all right, Jock"
Tony Blair: "I'm all right, Jack P Morgan"
Cherie Blair: "Y'all right, Jack?"
Presclott - Pie in the Sky: the Anorexic's View.
ReplyDeletePresclott - Chippy in China.
Gordon Bruin - Feel the Honesty and Fake It Anyway.
Michael Martin - Feel the Cash and Take It Anyway.
Peter Mandleson - Pussy.
Charles Kennedy - Pissy.
George Galloway - The Jewish Handbook.
John Bercow - Sally's Alley, and Other Well Known Places.
All MPs - C.A.S.H.
George Osborne - Counting for Dummies.
Edward Heath - Everyone loves a sailor except the Tory party.
ReplyDeleteTony Benn - On the re cord.
Gordon Brown - I saved the world and other fairy stories.
Peter Mandelson - Machiavelli's 'The Ponce.'
Achieving the Dream: Irreversable Distruction of the Middle Classes, G. Brown.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Britain's printer extraordinaire could manage three volumes.
ReplyDeleteMervyn King - Darling we can't go on like this
Mervyn King - Stop with all ya fussing the're just bits of coloured paper
Mervyn King - QE: From Here to Eternity
Gordon Brown - Keeping Britain Safe: Our War with Iceland
ReplyDeleteGordon Brown - Where to buy top quality stationery that lasts
Gordon Brown - How I saved the Wuld following the Globbal Bonking Crisuss.
And finally, one that is not original but is my personal favourite
Gordon Brown: Cyclopollapse
Alastair Campbell - **** ya ****ing ****ers
ReplyDeleteCommissioner Ian Blair - "I was Only Following Orders."
ReplyDeleteFred Goodwin - "Laughing all the way from the bank."
"Toddler's Reward Chart and Sticker book" - Nick Clegg
Bob Crow - "No Deal or No Deal."
I vote for Cliff Hanger's "Peter Mandelson - Machiavelli's 'The Ponce.'"
ReplyDeleteAfter mark ....
ReplyDeleteGordon Brown - Armaggordon
Gordon Brown - Brown Out
- Edward Heath
ReplyDeleteMy life cruising round bouys
- Tony Benn
All my life on tape. Apart from the truth.
- Ann Widdecombe
john major was my bitch
- Prezza
The life of pi
- John Major
A life in bondage - but not to the Tories
- David Owen
I coudda been a contender
- Tony Blair
You can fool them all, all the time
Transform yourself into a revered world leader in 7 steps.
- Cherie Blair
Dont believe the pictures.
My Camp - Mandelson
ReplyDeleteMandelson: Life's one big bummer
ReplyDeleteSo far top five are
ReplyDeleteLakelander's world renowned photoshops of Prescott.
Budgie's Gordon Brown - Armaggordon
Cliff Hanger's "Peter Mandelson - Machiavelli's 'The Ponce.'"
Mark's Mervyn King - QE: From Here to Eternity
Anon@9.30's - Edward Heath
My life cruising round bouys
And John M Ward's "Whelan and Dealin'".
{I realise that's actually six but its a labour government so numbers mean nothing}
Heath: My Life Was A Curse
ReplyDeleteBenn: My Big Bristols
Widdecombe: I Was Always Right
Major: The Autopilot
Owen: Time To Dissect
Blair: Offshore And Proud Of It.
Cherie: Speke Off (this is a strictly scouse joke).
Aaarrrgggghhhhh.
ReplyDeleteMissed one:
Prescott: Pulling My Pud With Pauline.
Or Obama's sequel - Sheer Bloody Audacity.
ReplyDeleteTony Blair: Naked non-stick ambition.
ReplyDeleteJohn Major: who?
Edward Heath: Women - I think we're allowed to make a judgement.
John Prescott: shoulders and chips.
Cherie Blair: Fat arse and a fat trap.
Gordon Brown: saving the world.
Micheal Martin: A sense of entitlement.
Tim Loughton: Media and political whoring 101.
How about??
ReplyDeleteIan Duncan Smith - an Autobiography
By anonymous.