British Comedy Guide

Cabinet Reshuffle

I haven't posted in here for a while, so I thought I'd dish out something I wrote the other day.

CABINET RESHUFFLE by Mikey J

INT. PARLIAMENT. DAY.

HARRIET HARMAN WALKS OVER TO GORDON BROWN.

HARRIET:
Ah, Prime Minister. Glad I caught you. I'd just like to congratulate you on such a wonderful reshuffle. It was good of you to include more women in the Cabinet.

GORDON:
Thought you'd like that, Harriet.

HARRIET:
Just one question. When will we meet the new girl?

GORDON:
The new girl?

HARRIET:
Yes. Mandy. Is she here yet?

GORDON:
Oh, Harriet. You've got the wrong end of the stick. Mandy is a man.

HARRIET:
Oh, I see. Er.. Gordon. I know you wanted to create a cooler, more "with-it" party, but must we have a pre-op transsexual in the Cabinet?

GORDON:
Mandy isn't a pre-op transsexual. It's Peter Mandelson.

HARRIET:
Peter Mandelson is a pre-op transsexual? My word. I'd never have known.

GORDON:
No, no, no. Peter Mandelson is all man. So I'm told. He's back in the Cabinetā€¦ again.

HARRIET:
What? The serial resigner? Oh, surely that's bollocks.

GORDON:
Bollocks? Oh, you must mean Ed Balls. He's in charge of Education.

HARRIET:
But surely it was silly to bring back Mandelson. Especially in the current climate.

GORDON:
Climate? Oh, you must mean Energy And Climate. No, no. Ed Miliband is running that department.

HARRIET:
Oh, Gordon. Don't you ever learn?

GORDON:
Learn? No, I told you. Education is run by Ed Bollocks.

HARRIET:
This is bad for the party's health.

GORDON:
Health? That's Alan Johnson's position.

HARRIET:
This won't go down well with the community.

GORDON:
Community? That's Hazel Blears' job.

HARRIET:
Look. In my defenceā€¦

GORDON:
Defence? John Hutton.

HARRIET:
All I'm saying is that he won't do the party justice.

GORDON:
Justice? Jack Straw.

HARRIET:
Oh, sod this! I've had enough. I resign.

GORDON:
Sorry. That's Peter Mandelson's job.

END.

Laughing out loud Bloomin' good.

Thanx. :)
It's the only sketch I've sent to NR this week.

Been to busy on other projects of late.

That's very good and clever.

I think you could cut it down to one line quick responses to each other.

Thanks for the input.
And yeah, I suppose I could try cutting some of it into short sharp delivery throughout.

Clever sketch. Good one.

Made me chuckle. Good stuff.

:) Thanks.

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