Kirsty Wark and Alex Salmond on Newsnight

A detailed, frame by frame analysis of the
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video of Wark Vs. Salmond, reveals further the contempt and loathing that Ms. Wark seems to hold for the first minister of Scotland.

You can see in this grab that Ms. Wark seems perfectly at ease, just before she makes a (false) accusation that Salmond had the document in question shown to him as part of a formal consultation exercise.
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However, after being corrected and, seemingly getting nowhere with her accusations, she seems to take a turn for the worse or should I say her neck does.
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Further enraged by Salmond’s incredulity at her ignorance of what had been said earlier that day in the Scottish Parliament, Kirsty Wark’s transformation was complete.

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On abruptly dismissing Salmond with a disparaging “exactly..”, the camera panned back to reveal Wark had levitated from her chair in front of a bewildered spokesman from The Scottish Office.
Fortunately, she was brought to earth to complete the interview after a glass of holy (Highland Spring) water was thrown over her floating body by actor Ardal O’Hanlon (Father Ted) who was in the building recording a new series of My Hero.

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Walking out into a cold Scottish night, tears (of laughter) streaming down his face, Salmond pondered how someone, so gentle, open and warm in other revelatory interviews (Madonna, Damien Hirst) could turn into a woman possessed.

As a footnote, from Scotland On Sunday :
“The UK government’s embarrassment increased last night after it emerged that, while Scotland was out of the loop, officials in the European Commission were aware of the deal.”

Comment (1)

  1. Miss Swiss wrote::

    like it, funny x

    Friday, July 25, 2008 at 10:47 pm #