Tony Blair’s Britain

35 Replies to “Tony Blair’s Britain”

1. The poor dear, she’s absolutely right, it’s racist!
   If she was black or Islamic she would get twice the benefits.

2. I didn’t understand much of what she said. Does anyone have the text of her speech?

3. “What about that other syndrome – hamburgers? That looks good on a CV.”
   Bwah ha ha ha ha. Nothing like a wicked sense of humour delivered with a British accent. So sad the message is based on the truth.

4. Sorry I couldn’t hear the beginning well.
   What’s her ailment ? and what is her beef about ?

5. It’s some kind of satire, but delivered in an incomprehensible accent. Subtitles would be helpful, because I suspect it’s really very funny. (Note the over-the-top sappy musical cues.)

6. I think she said at 20 she was diagnosises as being a lazy kid and that it is genetic.

7. she is telling us that she has had a diagnosis of
   “You’re a lazy cow”!!
   I think the hamburger syndrome is Aspergers – I am sure it does look good on your welfare CV

8. Ok…I managed to pick out the words extacy, cocaine, shoplifting, 4 kids by 5 parents, and 2 weeks vacation in Barbados. My heart broke and the tears flowed. I think it was even suggested she get a job. Not sure if her nose stud was mentioned. The music alone showed the heartbreak of this poor woman. I’m sure it would have been much more traumatic if I could have understood it. Damn the heartless social service of Britain. Barbados……the cheap bastards.

9. That was too funny but also …like Metallica says ……sad but true.

10. Can anyone trascribe this into English for me?

11. I can hardly make out a word she’s saying.

12. I know it’s hard to translate her English accent.
    But don’t you get it? It’s satire. Brilliant satire.
    Her daughter, Tangerine is pregnant by her uncle, and that’s not counting the one expecting her 5th child by different fathers.
    For those who don’t think it is satire, I looked it up on youtube:
    Uploaded by inspectordrake on 20 Jan 2012
    I had the extraordinary privilege of interviewing this incredible lady. I hope you find her story as moving and as inspirational as I did.
    Category: Comedy
    Tags: Doreen’s Story, Inspector Drake
    David Tristram, Gill Jordan
    Lazy Cow Syndrome
    Some still took it seriously and and went into bleeding heart mode. Here is Inspector Drake’s response:
    Not a propoganda film Kev, just a satirical piece of comedy with a very narrow focus. Your views are welcome.
    inspectordrake 2 days ago

13. It’ a bloomin’ spoof. Took me three replays and old friend Google to then confirm Doreen Jordan as “Gill”.
    Lovely stuff. Two weeks in the Barbados indeed.

14. A hamburger with asparagus sounds good to me.

15. She’s brill.
    That is bloody great.

16. Blimey! No one this side of the Atlantic can act like these brits

17. I’m seriously hard of hearing and between the accent and the loud music I haven’t a clue what she said. mid island mike

18. Ditto here mike, but I did get the bit about 4 kids by 5 parents. That is not that strange in some of these parts.
    Unlike Peter, I will not listen to that a second time again, never mind three times and will take your word that it was comedy.

19. Couldn’t understand a word she said.

20. Ee by gun, lads. Ah do believe ah unnerstood ev’ry word she done said, an’ right proper it was too. Managing to keep a straight face through her narrative warrants an Oscar! Yes, it’s satire (for those linguistically challenged)

21. She suffers from welfareitis.

22. For my sins, I watched several episodes of the British Wife Swap on BBC Canada. (Take a tranquilizer first and have a bottle of your favourite drink beside you.)
    I can honestly say I have never before in my life met such an unattractive group of human(?) beings as the “poor”, lazy, entitled English adults featured on this show.
    This youtube segment was a terrific spoof of what has become under the Labour governments the “average” British working-class family:
    Common as muck but with less class.

23. Its these darn hearing aids.

24. That’s brilliant. Ha ha my daughter Tangerine is pregnant by her uncle. Ha ha.

25. Any subtitles? Having trouble understanding a bloody word she’s saying!

26. This was a parody right?

27. EH, eh?

28. She coulduv been a joodge but dinit ave the latin

29. “…my movements are severely restricted, even today after all the therapy, I have trouble shifting my ass”
    “I’ve tried, I mean I’ve tried a bit of retail work, tried that part time, ‘bit of shoplifting…(incomprehensible).. but if I’m gonna do it full time then I’ll need a proper overcoat”
    Brilliant.

30. Great bit of satire, but dang what an accent.

31. I’m English by birth, lived in Liverpool for 3 years and have Scottish in laws and I had great difficulty understanding her.

32. dwright
    The bit you missed
    “so a seez to em, now listen ear, if I’m goona do it full time, ah needs a proper overcoat ”
    And to all those that don’t know its a black country accent.
    Black Country is the North West Midlands
    Brilliant satire, a friend of mine works in Social Services and rang me to say she has at least two dozen “clients” that this could easily be.
    We are definitely pooped, the result of socialism on steroids

33. I was laughing before I knew it was satire.
    Ahm ‘orrible, I am.

34. She said she “went to the doctor and he said he’d upgrade me to bi-polar”! I also think she said that when she told them at a job interview that she wasn’t interested in the job, they lost interest. Well, I guess so! Also, one of her daughters has “four kids by five fathers”: but then she said there were twins. OK. That made sense.
    I’m glad I knew this is a spoof before I saw it: under those circumstances, it was very funny.

35. I love British humor. The one thing they have held on to without compromise. Not much else left. I can just imagine how the sh*t would have hit the fan if that was a muslim, or black woman in that chair.