Above: “Ming” Campbell was regularly lampooned by Bremner, Bird & Fortune - above is Rory Bremner portraying “Ming” as (simultaneously) Ginger Spice, Baby Spice and Scary Spice (I think the Spice Girls had just attempted a revival, attempted revivals being an on-going theme in Liberal-Democrat politics). After endless goading by members of his own party “Ming” walked out as Liberal-Democrat Leader in one of the most famous strops of modern times. The episode was so beyond parody that Bremner Bird & Fortune simply reproduced it, almost word for word - it was one of the funniest things they have ever done.
Sir Menzies “Ming” Campbell, erstwhile leader of the Liberal Democrat party, appeared on Andrew Marr’s Start The Week show this morning, promoting his memoirs (published this week). The discussion turned to “assisted dying” and with the typical arrogance of the political elite “Ming” dismissed lobbying of Members of Parliament as an unhelpful interference. Presumably in his view MPs should be lords over life and death untrammelled and unbothered by public opinion.
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