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Jan
12

MP For A Week

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Actual unedited screenshot from Parliament's new edutainment game designed to teach children how politics works. Yes. Seriously.

Click here to play the game. How fast can you be fired for telling the Chief Whip to go boil her head and sabotaging your own speech about the evils of computer games? My desk was clear by Tuesday lunchtime, and only because I accidentally did something competent on Monday. I’m sorry! Won’t happen again, I swear!

Oh, to hell with it. I’m off to play Yes Prime Minister again.

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And I’m off to watch Yes Minister again.

(happy ’10)

Posted by gnome on January 13, 2010

I figure I’ll get booted when they discover I’m not actually a British citizen.

Or when I declare atomic war on France for no reason whatsoever. I may not have that kind of power. I may not care.

Posted by Bret on January 16, 2010

Having played:

Managed to get first day fired. In your face, British politics!

Man. Is the real thing composed of brown nosing every single person who calls you at random? Because I suddenly feel a yen for writing to politicians…

Posted by Bret on January 17, 2010

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