Business Buddies (Newsjack reject)

Business Buddies

JUSTIN:
A so-called buddy scheme has been announced, which will provide the leaders of Britain's fifty biggest companies; with direct hotlines to government ministers. I wonder how it'll work in practice!

FX: PHONE RINGS

VINCE CABLE:
(ANSWER MACHINE MESSAGE) Vince Cable speaking... unfortunately, I can't come to the phone right now. Leave a message after the tone.

FX: ANSWER PHONE BEEP

BUSINESSMAN #1:
This talk about cracking down on tax evaders better be a load of hot air... otherwise I'll shove a hot poker up your arse!

FX: ANSWER PHONE BEEP

BUSINESSMAN #2:
What's all this nonsense about boardroom quotas for women? An injection of oestrogen could trigger a global financial crisis - for God's sake!

FX: ANSWER PHONE BEEP

BUSINESSMAN #3:
The 50p tax rate is turning me into a pauper! How am I supposed to survive on a seven-figure income?

FX: ANSWER PHONE BEEP

BUSINESSMAN #4:
Would now be a bad time to ask for a bail-out?

Hi groovydude89

I don't think this is funny enough. It's okay but there is no big laugh/pay-off. Each of the messages left need to be gags too, really.

This'd probably work better with a message for a few different government ministers running throughout the show. Maybe even a 'JackApp special'.

Dan