See The Incredibly Awkward ‘Robot’ Interview With the British Labour Leader
- Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:08am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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We’ve all seen awkward TV interviews where a politician seems to trumpet nothing but talking points. But you might not have seen an interview where it’s this obvious. In fact, it’s so bad the interviewee is being labeled as a robot.
British Labour Party leader Ed Miliband is getting roasted in the British media for an interview he gave to the BBC yesterday regarding the public sector strikes in his country. Essentially, during the entire interview he gave one answer. Or at least variations of it. And it’s painful to watch.
Business Insider explains the talking point:
Miliband gives nearly identical responses to a series of questions about the massive UK strikes. Some combination of the following phrases: “These strikes are wrong at a time when negotiations are still going on… But parents and the public have been let down by both sides because the government has acted in a reckless and provocative manner… After today’s disruption I urge both sides to put aside the rhetoric and stop it happening again.”
The Daily Mail says the video is so odd that some BBC readers wondered if it was a spoof. The Mail responded by dubbing Miliband “Robo-Ed:”
With his bizarre nasal voice and geeky demeanor, commentators have often joked whether Ed Miliband really is human.
He has variously been likened to Wallace of Wallace and Gromit as well as gormless Ross from Friends.
Now, following a bizarre new TV interview, he has a new identity – Robo-Ed.
The interview is reminiscent of one given by Democratic senate candidate Alvin Greene in the fall, in which he repeatedly accused Sen. Jim Demint of starting the recession:
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Comments (60)
AmericanHorse
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:26pmLOL What a reckless and provocative interview. I suggest he go back to the table, put aside the rhetoric and prevent this from happening again!
Report Post »Mack truck
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:18pmGo suck a lime!
Report Post »roadhog
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:11pmThe Queen and the Communists
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:53amHis teleprompter was apparently stuck.
Report Post »TMan2020
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:44amLabour “Leader”? May God help the English!
Report Post »Wild1
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:44amLord Vader, how do you feel about the destruction of the Death Star?
Report Post »Vader: “These strikes are wrong at a time when negotiations are still going on… But parents and the public have been let down by both sides because the government has acted in a reckless and provocative manner… After today’s disruption I urge both sides to put aside the rhetoric and stop it happening again.”
Carl1 Supports Israel
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:22amLMAO, Stuck on stupid says it all….
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:19amSo ACORN has subsidiaries in Britain too huh?
Report Post »blazingaway
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:08amHe sounds like a broken record … Stuck on stupid
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:57amlol.. what a douchebag.
Report Post »Centurion_
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:44amFrightening…
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:39amThis is what a hard working taxpayers money is getting: A MINDLESS BUREAUCRAT. Fire him, downsize the British government. These type of mindless people have enslaved the British people. The guy must be on some heavy duty narcotics. Medveded can’t drive without crashing. Obama can’t string a cohesive sentence without teleprompters: Politicians have SO pampered themselves with taxpayers money, that they have become gluttonous waste. They do NOTHING for themselves they have servants. They don’t think for themselves they have writers. They are just PROPS. NOT REAL, THINKERS, PROBLEM SOLVERS or LEADERS. They are nothing more than drugged/liquored up pampered props pretending to adminsiter to the needs of society. Obvioulsy that is the last thing they are doing because society is up in arms over the mismanagment causing chaos in every community around the world.
Report Post »OR this guy could have Turrets Syndrome and should not even be in office.
jb.kibs
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:02ami agree, all this is slavery. mental and fiscal slavery… it needs to stop, we abolished slavery, yet still let it go on everyday in America. This exact interview is what it is like talking to a liberal. you can give them many different points and ask many different questions, and they answer with a canned response everytime, like good little pawns.
- Don’t regluate living things, let them grow.
Report Post »figgybelle
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:35amI think he took lessons from Alvin Green. Because Jim DeMint started the recession.
Report Post »UBETHECHANGE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:32amKinda creepy. Wish the interviewer called him out on his repetitive answer right then and there.
Report Post »Aaron in Polk County
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:32amAl Gore’s brother?
Report Post »randy
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:31am@ MONICNE Sounds just like reading some of your posts.
Report Post »Same drivel over and over and over and over again.
If I hadn’t known better I would have said this guy was an Obamabot
13th Imam
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:29amThe Blaze is being marginilized by HUFFPO editors. What was wrong with the original format?Stew or Glenn , get these sabatours out of THE BLAZE or most will bail. At least me
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:55amThat’s almost what I said a couple of stories ago. Why the change? There was no problem with the way it was. What they really needed was a way to spell check your post, or edit it before submitting.
Report Post »andyrm
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:26amThat is amazing! It’s like the telemarketer who has the script that tells him what to say to each question. If Q about parents, repeat the Q back to segue to point 2, then 1, 3, and 4. If Q is about coleagues, repeat the Q to segue to point 4, then 2, 1, and 3… lol
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:25amwhy would I care?
Report Post »southerngal
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:21amAlthough i like Sarah Palen, she uses the same repetative phraseology. She answers questions using the words used in the question. Scrambling them up in different ways to pretend to answer. I think it speaks to a lack of true ability to think through a situation. I guess one cares when they hear a popular person unable to difinitivly answer with a creative thought process.
Report Post »southerngal
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:34amAlthough i like Sarah Palen, she uses the same repetative phraseology. She answers questions using the words used in the question. Scrambling them up in different ways to pretend to answer. I think it speaks to a lack of true ability to think through a situation. I guess one cares when they hear a popular person unable to difinitivly answer with a creative thought process.
Report Post »YellowFin
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:23amWell, it was great talking to you, thanks (I think)
Report Post »katy
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:21amThe mother ship needs to check his circuitry. Wow that as bizarre.
While they‘re down here they can check on Obama’s motherboard too. He needs some rewiring.
Report Post »LadyLibertykicksASS
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:03pmThey need to take Obama model back to the Home Planet and melt it down!, This model is seriously flawed and extremely hazardous to all life forms.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:21amWith that guy’s empty rhetoric and demagoguery, he’s a natural for his own show on MSNBC or CNN. He missed his true calling.
Report Post »2010GOP
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:18amWhat a loser… similar to the dribble we hear from the WH. Just change the sentence structure and use the same phases the public is to stupid to catch on… this is going to be a serious world wide economy adjustment/reset… and a lot of anguish will be seen and many will suffer…
Report Post »LogicalMadman
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:36amHe hardly even changed what he was saying! He sounded like he was having a stroke!
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:38amI agree with you—by the end you can almost quote his statement! How pathetic to have only one “talking point”! Actually reminds me a lot of Obama except this guy didn’t need a teleprompter!
Report Post »Sheepdog911
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:18amSounds like a Democrat on sticking to a non-scense answer.
Report Post »BoiseBaked
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:12pmThink about this guy’s poor wife…. and their sex life…. She’s probably been driven to be a Weiner Tweet subscriber.
Report Post »enduro
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 2:15pmReminds me of an Obamabot…..
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:16amThe reason this is important?
Report Post »Eraldo NY Tea Party
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:20amThis are the most example of the liberals gone robot.
Happy Independence Day Fellows Americans.
Report Post »justafollower
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 10:46amIt’s rather painstakingly obvious he is not in charge of anything. He doesn’t speak for himself, he was told what to say and to not say a word more. And like a good little boy he did just that. The only real relevance I can see is that what is happening in Europe may easily cross the pond in just a short while. Hell look at Wisconsin and Minnesota.
As an aside, isn’t his call for abandoning the “rhetoric”…. rhetoric?
Report Post »the_zazzy
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 11:43amThat was not Alvin Greene, that was Obama without his teleprompters!
Report Post »ohyaok
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 12:47pmBecause it shows what liberals do. No thought just programed reaction.
Report Post »Weiners Wiener
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 2:42pm@MONICNE — For the life of me, I can‘t figure out why there is always some poster like yourself who loves to say something isn’t important — whilw proving it WAS important to you, since you read it and commented. Seriously — why do you do that? It makes you look dumb.
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 5:41pmNow that was funny..
Report Post »His Lamb is Satanic
Posted on July 1, 2011 at 6:34pmIt points out the absolute idiocy of these democratic idealogues
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