Video: David Cameron Conference Speech Parody

well this just about sums the Conference up, from @Cassetteboy https://t.co/Lu2KSbxcwC

— Armando Iannucci (@Aiannucci) October 1, 2014

Set to Eminem’s 2002 track ‘Lose Yourself’, the rap slices together moments from the Prime Minister’s party speeches over the years.

It was released the day a new EU law came into effect which allows comedians to splice together or parody other people’s work without risking legal action. [The Independent]

(N.B. some use of mother farmers in video, but in a pulp fiction sense)

The British Prime Minister’s actual speech to the Conservative Party Conference did reach moments of self parody.

Line on autocue: "This is who we represent!" Cameron reads too quickly. "This is who we resent!"

— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) October 1, 2014

(He was talking about children from housing estates and young women struggling to get by)

— Michael Deacon (@MichaelPDeacon) October 1, 2014

Article written by John Sargeant on Homo economicus’ Weblog

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