A FEW GOOD MEN CAN'T SAVE BROWN.Byline: George Galloway NOT just because Demi Moore looked swell in her navy uniform as, I kid you not, Captain Galloway, I watched again the courtroom devastation of Jack Nicholson by pretty boy Tom Cruise in the oscar-winning A Few Good Men. Colonel Jessep, played by Nicholson, swaggered into court like he owned the place; no "faggoty white uniformed" Cruise, still less the luscious but over-emotional Captain Galloway, could possibly lay a glove on him. The film ends with Jack being led away by MPs, if not in shackles then on his way to the glasshouse. Gordon Brown similarly bestrode be·stride tr.v. be·strode , be·strid·den , be·strid·ing, be·strides 1. To sit or stand on with the legs astride; straddle. 2. the parliamentary scene here these last 15 years. The Boy David, he thought was just a lightweight popinjay pop·in·jay n. A vain, talkative person. [Middle English, parrot, from Old French papegai, from Spanish papagayo or Old Provençal papagai, both from Arabic who could be swept away by his great clunking clunk n. 1. A dull sound; a thump. 2. A blow that produces a dull sound. 3. Informal A stupid, dull person. v. clunked, clunk·ing, clunks v.intr. fist. He was a novice, while grizzled Gordon knew it all. But he was too clever by half. And New Labour doesn't have the kind of MPs who could lead the old man away. CAPTION(S): DRAMA: Tom Cruise and Demi Moore in A Few Good Men, with Jack Nicholson, right |
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