Here’s an exit strategy I prepared earlier
WITH a keenness bordering on the creepy, we look forward to Tony Blair’s imminent appearance on Blue Peter — as revealed in yesterday’s leaked memo detailing his exit strategy.
Yet, according to the BBC, the PM’s appearance has been planned for more than six months. It will be filmed within the next few weeks and will consist of an interview and a children’s competition about the history of Downing Street.
The interview will be conducted by Konnie Huq, who has been a Blue Peter presenter since 1997 and is the sister of one Rupa Huq, who stood (quite coincidentally, no doubt) as a Labour candidate in the 2005 general election.
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This will not be the first time a prime minister has appeared on the show. Blair previously made an appearance in 2000, and John Major did so in 1993, thrillingly discussing lightbubs with John Leslie. Margaret Thatcher used her moment of children’s television fame to say friendly things about the Khmer Rouge in 1988.
The pioneer, however, was Harold Wilson, who in 1967 had a small part in a long feature about a cat that enjoyed watching him on television. Honestly, he really did.