Sunday, December 30, 2012

Why Political Correspondents Love The Damart Catalogue

No reason for today's post; I'm steering clear of the pooter for a couple of days so this is filler.
This is a photo I took mid-afternoon just before Christmas of some poor sap from the BBC shivering in the freezing cold, waiting to interview some imbecile politician.

This place is known locally as "Liars' Lawn" because it's where all the political interviews take place for the news channels. It's actually the flat grass roof of Abingdon Street underground car park …

… but where the guy's camera is pointing gives this as a backdrop, which is pretty cool.

Enjoy your run-up to the new year. I'll be enjoying an early night tomorrow, for all the usual reasons.

4 comments:

Speedway said...

Looks like the presenters need 2 kinds of outfits when interviewing the pols - one for "It's a cold day in hell" and another made of UV-protection fabric for when the gloriousness of the bullshit burns too brightly for mere human tolerance.

Ms M said...

"Liars' Lawn" -- I like that tremendously....

I also really like the 2nd photo -- so striking with the lights.

Petrea Burchard said...

I believe I've seen many shots from that spot.

dive said...

Speedway, they need full body wetsuit protection from the spray of bullshit spewing from the politicians' mouths.
I'm worried that after so many years of being saturated with lies, something huge and evil will burst forth from the ground there to consume us all.

It's a pretty set of buildings, Ms.M.

Petrea, it's the default site for lies and spin in UK politics, so I would imagine you've seen a lot of it over the years.