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Bliar visit to St. John's Wood School

On 7 September 2006 Tony Blair dropped in on Quinton Kynaston technology school in St John's Wood, North London.

Video TB school visit - video/x-ms-wmv 19M

His welcome was less than, well, welcoming. In fact the majority seemed to hate his guts for one reason or another.

The mainstream media sat anxiously waiting the Blair speech, despite the BBC already reporting Blair's departure date. No interest in the school, or the students whose education was about to get a big financial boost from the corporate world.

Oscar Beard
e-mail: oscarbeard@yahoo.com.mx
Homepage: http://www.reprogrammingthedesensitised.com

Comments

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19.09.2006 06:36

if i don't see complete continuity.Then i suspect editing.then i do not believe.

Good, but....

19.09.2006 08:40

That was a great film Oscar and Jason. You captilasied on a great oppertunity really well.

Love the music and snappy editing and the gag at the end.

I tht it was a bit too long.

It didnt really show anyone in a good light did it. Sure the teachers looked ott, but the grown up agitators just made me want to puke too.

I also thought your constantly leading questions and distorted summaries of responses were not needed and reduced the impact of the film. I think a more middle of the road treatment means a film can communicate with and hopefully persuade a larger audience.

If a film like this looks too polemic it switches off people who disagree.

BUT it is a good film and I really enjoyed it. Thanks.

Mark.

Zaskar
mail e-mail: markdwatson@blueyonder.co.uk
Homepage: http://www,zaskarfilms.com

No objection to the film

19.09.2006 08:43

but let's stop calling him silly schoolkid names like "bliar" eh? The man's a charming, ice cold sociopath. "Bliar" is practically a term of endearment.

pedant

Cops and Educators

19.09.2006 09:20

Them teachers treated their pupils just like the cops treat demonstrators.

What a shit school that is. Foist Blair on the pupils and then threaten them if they voice their unhappiness with him.

A school run for the staff and bosses, not the pupils.

Hey teacher - leave them kids alone

Answering comments

19.09.2006 13:50

Continuity - all films are edited, to cut out the unwanted footage. The entire footage was in continuity,. so don't see your point. THere are major sections of the film not put in this version, as usual legal reasons get in the way.

Bliar - beleive me, that purely was a gramatical error - it was 4.30am when I posted it.

Leading questions? I wouldn't call questions like "What do you think of Tony Blair?" leading, nor "Why are you taking those banners off children?" For interviewing the children, we just left them to say what they wanted to say.

And the reason no one looked in a good light is because that's what the camera caught. I can't perform miracles and make you a superstar, only what you really are.

Oscar Beard
mail e-mail: oscarbeard@yahoo.com.mx

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Simon Hoggart's sketch:

19.09.2006 15:10

http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1867566,00.html

Nice film.

Joe

Nicely done

19.09.2006 19:55

Good video, effective protest. Just shows how shit things are in this country. I think someone should have chucked some eggs though. It's amazing how smart those kids are as well.

B-LIAR

20.09.2006 08:11

Calling someone a liar is NOT a term of endearment, Bliar.

Brian B

I coined 'bLiar' and I am not a 'schoolkid'. I did it in the 1990s

20.09.2006 10:08

I coined 'bliar' and I am not a 'school kid'.
I did it in the 1990s

The bliar is an empirical construction, based on the actions of the liar.

We should concentrate on the actions of the entourage now building around whoever gets to be in Bliar’s post following the liar’s departure.

Words do matter.

We must be alert to every word uttered by bliar and the varieties of propagandists doing the dirty deeds with him against humanity.

The Linguist

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