There’s no prize at stake – just the opportunity to prove you’re wittier than any other LDV reader…
(Hat-tip to the Colchester Daily Gazette.)
Here’s veteran Lib Dem MP for Colchester Sir Bob Russell, knighted for public service in this year’s honours, enjoying a frame of snooker with Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg. What do you think might be being said or thought by or about those pictured?
And the winner of our last caption comp is…
Some fantastic entries for our most recent caption competition, Jeremy Browne “it’s not always this black-and-white” Edition.
The winner, according to The Voice’s judging panel of one, was this one by Alistair, with a highly commended offering by Ed Maxfield here.
Got a photo of a prominent Lib Dem you think would work well for a future caption competition? Then please email us at [email protected].
* Stephen was Editor (and Co-Editor) of Liberal Democrat Voice from 2007 to 2015, and writes at The Collected Stephen Tall.
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I can’t think of a caption, but Nick has clearly executed a jump shot, where the white has left the bed of the table. But I am puzzled by the colours of the balls; this appears to be a form of pool, rather than snooker.
“Well, the knighthood has rendered you ‘armless, Bob, now for the balls …” 🙂
Daily Mail Article; In latest political scandal Nick Clegg is accused of giving peerages for pool victories. Here he is pictured cuing the wrong ball whilst recently knighted Sir Bob Russell ignores this hideous cheating.
Nick Clegg reveals his strategy to down the reds and leave more yellows at the table…
1. Russell. ‘Our opponents always claimed Lib Dems were weak when it came to pot.’
2. Russell. ‘It’s the first time since Cleggmania there’s been a cue for Nick’.
3. Russell. ‘I think he’s got a pledge or two in his back pocket’.
Clegg executes a jump to the left to split the Yellows from the Reds. Observers wonder if it’s to his left or their right.
Clegg “Dear oh dear – the white ball is going to smash the ground harder than Nigel Farage on Election Day”
Russell: I know how to get knighted for public service – get this maniac away from the pool table before he wrecks it!
Nick Clegg: “Bob, the object is to replace the red and yellow balls with blue ones.”
Nicks concentration was somewhat ruined by his desperate attempt not to put the black ball, at least not after the week Ed Miliband had.
After potting all the reds, there was no way Nick was paying tribute to the last ball on the table.
Sir Bob…..”Yet another ‘balls-up’, Nick!”
Russell:
“Nick, when I said we should set up ‘Ed Balls’, I was not referring to this contest and did not mean in a footballing manner.”
Ed Miliband’s juvenile Twitter manager (in audience):
“Look like Nick’s going round the block with that one.”
Nick Clegg: “Bob, is this right? When I last played this I had a mallet and the grass was at ground level.”
“Ha, I was in politics before you dropped your balls, Nick”
“One by one, the yellows dropped.”
Sun headline: ‘Deeply Screwed’
Critics call foul over Clegg’s camera trickery: “it’s all spin.”
We all love a politician who takes a firm stance on issues……………