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ED MILIBAND: SPECCY LOVER

1/4/2015

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Having recently been accused by pantomime villain-style political interviewer Jeremy Paxman of being a "North London geek", profoundly unappealing, wonky-faced Labour leader Ed Miliband has - to the best of our knowledge - become the first British political leader to tackle the thorny issue of which 1980s home computer was better: the Sinclair ZX Spectrum or the Commodore 64.

In a new interview, Miliband admitted that as a youth he was a ZX Spectrum owner (although if history tells us anything, it probably originally belonged to his brother David, and he stole it). Speaking with Absolute Radio's Geoff Lloyd, Miliband further claimed he was "brilliant" at Manic Miner despite "lacking hand-eye co-ordination", correctly asserting that there were some 20 levels in Matthew Smith's seminal platformer.

He continued: "‘I used to drive my parents slightly mad because you used to play it on the telly, obviously, so they wouldn't be able to watch. I plead guilty to being a geek. I am proud".

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It's unknown whether any of the other major party leaders have ever played computer or video games, though we'd bet big money on David Cameron owning a BBC Model B. 

In fact, we presume he got his chauffeur to drive him into poor areas, and then he'd beat working class people around the face with it, before demanding his parents buy him a new one because it was covered in "pauper blood". 

Nick Clegg? He probably just hung around on his own outside Our Price with his poxy Dragon 32, fawning over everyone who went in, and asking whether they knew of any computer clubs he could join.

You'll be able to hear the full Miliband interview here.

4 Comments
Rory Bremners
1/4/2015 05:45:15 pm

Top satire, although they are all wrong as the Amiga is best.

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Jabberwoc.
2/4/2015 02:47:34 am

Yes, it is. I am good at BLIP so will be voting Monster Raving Looney.

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Axle
2/4/2015 07:24:50 am

Didn't Cameroon get vilified for playing Fruit Ninja on the train once? Instead of running the country he's cutting up the labour of the working class and dividing it amongst his tax-avoiding cronies rant etc whine etc.

Seriously, if Red Ed played MM, he's got my vote, I never got out of Central Cavern (Trollie Wallie was surely more symptomatic of the drive towards consumerism though . . . )

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grodecki
4/4/2015 01:32:44 pm

I hope in 30 years we have politicians talking about how they occasionally 360 noscoped some folks online. Or had a legendary mount in the original World of Warcraft. Modern times.

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