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September 08, 2004
The Wimpy Voices of Holyrood
Imagine - It is 16 March 44 BC, Marcus Antonius strides into the packed Roman Forum. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your … “. [Voice goes dead. Yell from behind the plinth] “Hey you, you bleeding idiot - you pulled out the bleeding cable …”
It is 3 April 1917. Lenin arrives at the Finland Station. He is met by his multimedia and sound team. “Vladimir Ilyich, we have had to postpone everything …”
It is 4 June 1940, Britain’s darkest hour, the Prime Minister is in mid-speech, “We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall …” [Voice goes dead. Civil servant rushes in.] “Awfully sorry PM. Tech probs. Can we do it again tomorrow? “
Fact - yesterday the BBC reported on the first day at Holyrood, “The debate ended when MSPs were cut short after microphones failed and business stopped early.” news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3635060.stm
Whatever happened to the human voice?
Gladstone could address 10,000 people in a market square. Did he need a microphone? Did Lincoln? Or Lloyd George? What do we have now? MSPs hiding behind microphones like lung-collapsed pop singers! Shame on you all!
Posted by Simon Holledge at September 8, 2004 07:16 PM
Comments
bravo!
Posted by: nitotika at September 9, 2004 02:37 AM