The Four Leaders’ New Year’s Messages…… Stand by to be uplifted and inspired?
The Good, the Sad, and the Indifferent - and the Uninspiring - We leave you to choose
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PLUS, a fun Facts4EU political parlour game for all the family!
On this New Year’s Day 2025, Facts4EU.Org brings you the traditional seasonal messages – on YouTube - of all four main party leaders: Sir Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage, and Sir Ed Davey.
They vary considerably in content, length, positivity/negativity, and entertainment value. We leave our discerning readership to make up their own minds and to leave their verdicts in the Comments Section below this article. We then follow this with a bit of festive fun for all the family.
Brexit Facts4EU.Org Summary
The four main party leaders, in order of party vote share at the last general election
Their New Year’s messages to you all
3 mins, No.10 - click to watch
24 seconds, some Cons Party office(?) - click to watch
6 minutes, Blenheim Palace - click to watch
3.5 minutes, in a field - click to watch
[Source: Each Leader's X (Twitter) account.]
And now, a fun game for all the family!
To stave off any feelings of isolation and depression at having to work through the holidays (including Christmas Day and New Year’s Day), a member of the Facts4EU.Org think-tank team came up with a bright idea in our regular (virtual) office morning meeting yesterday, New Year’s Eve.
The Office's New Year's Eve Meeting
“Why not take a 10-minute break and play a political parlour game?” he asked. As other team members started wondering how on earth something like Charades would work in an Internet Zoom Workplace environment, he quickly provided a suggestion.
“For example, if the leaders were each a percussion instrument, which one would they be?” he continued.
There was general approval for the idea but as the meeting was about to pause for ideas to be scribbled down, a young female member of the team piped up with “But I only know the name ‘drum’, I don’t what the types are called.”
“Then use Wikipedia,” our Chairman said. Immediately there were horrified gasps around the virtual room. “On this one occasion only, I’ll give special dispensation, ” he added. “After all, you’re hardly likely to garner much enlightenment from our usual research sources like the ONS, Bank of England, the IMF, the OECD, the EU Commission, etc.” And at this point team members dispersed to work on this most unusual problem.
The results of this crucial vote
Reconvening five minutes later, the entries were tallied for each candidate and the Teller (a.k.a. our Admin Manager) announced the results. Below, for what it’s worth, is what the combined intellects of the best research minds in the political business came up with in their five-minute break.
- Keir : Bass drum
- Kemi : Suspended cymbal
- Nigel : Snare drum & Hi-hat
- Ed Davey : Triangle
The top reasons given were as follows :-
- Bass drum - Monotonous and unchanging
- Suspended cymbal - Important but doesn’t add a great deal
- Snare drum & Hi-hat – Disrupts, dominates and invigorates
- Triangle – The perennial primary school favourite
At this point our Chairman suddenly announced: “Thank you. The Ayes have it. The Ayes have it. Unlock!”
The other team members exchanged worried glances. The Chairman had certainly been overdoing it recently, the looks seemed to say, and he had definitely been watching too many parliamentary debates. One of them would have to find a way of disabling the Chairman’s online feed to Parliament TV….
And finally
For readers who might like to try this at home, you could of course vary the question. (Our Chairman admits to being “vaguely musical, I suppose”, which is no doubt why the originator of the game chose a musical instrument on which to test out the idea.)
For example: “If the leaders were each a music group or solo artist, which one would they be and why?” Or you could deviate from the musical genre and apply this to almost any aspect of life : food dish, drink, animal, film star, etc, etc.
Have fun, and Happy New Year to you all !
Observations
As ever, we confirm that Facts4EU remains non-partisan except on the core issues of independence, sovereignty, democracy, and freedom. The above was just a bit of fun and should not be taken as reflecting our views of each party in a more serious way.
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