Labour attempts to make best friend of Obama...

Despite their harbouring of secret wishes that their good friend Hillary could have been the one to cinch the US Democratic nomination, it appears that most high-profile Labour politicians, including Gordon Brown, have decided to take the plunge and prepare their noses for the long and arduous journey into the as yet unchartered territory of Barack Obama's arse hole. Naturally, we don't mean that literally (in all cases), just that, now that the presidential hopeful has breezed the Democratic nomination, the UK Government has set its sights on becoming his new best friend. Lucky for him.

The Prime Minister has only met Obama once in person, as opposed to the interminable amount of time that he has apparently spent boring the socks off of Clinton. However, government spokespeople have said that, even though it would have been easier for them if Clinton had taken the nomination, Obama's camp is easy to work with and that lines of communication have been kept open ever since that famously staged first meeting with Brown back in April.

Cynics will be able to spot another reason for Brown's zeal when it comes to befriending Obama; the fact that he is famed as a punctilious fundraiser, who has managed to acquire funds from over a million donors, be it online or otherwise. Reports made recently claimed that the Labour Party had managed to find itself in a spot of financial bother and that perhaps high-profile party members could be held personally responsible for the debts.

Obviously, the fact that Obama stands a pretty high chance of becoming the ruler of the free world is a motivation not to be sniffed at, but perhaps Labour's desire to dig themselves out of their financial mess has also led them to try and sniff a few monetary pointers out of Barack's proverbial butt crack.

*Sniff*

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Written by Oli Anderson on 5 Jun 2008 11:29 AM. Permalink