Schoolchildren jeer Tony Blair

[kskiska]

PRIME Minister Tony Blair's spin doctors have mounted a novel defence after schoolchildren appeared to boo him on a pre-election visit, explaining they were actually chanting "boom", an arcane term of approval in British youth slang.

As he unveiled a plaque to mark the official opening of school in south London, Mr Blair was welcomed by hundreds of pupils loudly applauding - but also, to the embarrassment of aides, an audible minority which seemed to boo.

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The pupils explained that they were in fact chanting "boom", a slang term roughly equivalent to "hooray" which is popular among young black Britons, of whom the school has a sizeable population.

Headmaster Gary Phillips backed this up, saying: "Different cultures celebrate in different ways".

Other pupils, however, told reporters they had indeed been booing Mr Blair and Education Secretary Ruth Kelly, who had accompanied the premier.

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[deadparrot]

1. LMAO.

Yes, indeed.

Boom.

:)

[jpgray]

2. Are you saying boo or boo-urns?

Sorry. I had to say it.

[seemunkee]

3. I was saying boo-urns

[CatWoman]

17. LOLOLOL!!!!!!!!

beat me to it!!!!!!

:hi:

[MisterP]

4. the Poodle had to be put back into his VariKennel after yapping

furiously at the children

[Mist]

5. Lamest. Spin. Ever. n/t

[CO Liberal]

6. Smart Kids

:-)

[rurallib]

7. Maybe W's handlers should let him in a real crowd

I am sure there would be a lot of "booms" here also!! Lots of booms. Tons! More than little Tony. Boomers for Bush!

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. And the Urban Dictionary says:

pretty;
to have sex;
to have a shit.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Boom

[AP]

9. "An audible minority" -- fitting description for Tories. Describes PMQT.

[Cha]

10. tony is as HUGE a LIAR

as bush..so what do we expect when the little buggers "booo" him? Admission? I don't think so!

[LeighAnn]

11. Boom Baby!

Yeah, right. Poor poodle. Wish I could have caught his stammering act when that happened!

[James T. Kirk]

12. The jig is up, Blair! You and the the Labour-fascists are going down!

[non sociopath skin]

16. So you're wishing a racist Conservative government on me, there, Kirky?

Since when have you been working with the Klingons?

The Skin

[w4rma]

18. A LibDem government would be nice right now. (nt)

[non sociopath skin]

21. But it ain't gonna happen. The choice is Blair or Howard. Period.

Even Charlie Kennedy knows that.

Think LBJ v Goldwater. That's about where we are.

The Skin

[James T. Kirk]

23. Those two options are not good enough!

There is always another alternative!I need more options!

[James T. Kirk]

22. Skinny, there are more than two parties.

Blair and the UK government have been close allies of Bush in the "war on terror" in Afghanistan, Iraq and on the streets of London. If Labour wins again, it will put a rubber stamp on all of that.

Maybe we could root for the Liberal Democrats or something, hmm?

And even if the Conservatives win, their wacko economic policies would weaken Britain's economy and force them off the world stage. Wouldn't even that be better than having fascists - fascists! - in power?

I guess it's "God save the queen and the fascist regime" for you.

[kainah]

13. kick to share the laugh

and I suspect that both groups are probably telling the truth. Kind of like the orchestrated chant the repugs go into at their events when Code Pink slips in. :-)

[AspenRose]

14. BOO-yah

Disapproval is disapproval, no matter who's doin' the shoutin'.

Spin away!

[dogday]

15. And they say children are not learning anything in school!

[Jacobin]

19. Not choosing his 'supporters' carefully, like Smirky does

[Spiffarino]

20. "They were chanting 'Toooo-ny'"

Oh brother...:eyes:

[mogster]

24. I don't believe this!

How obvious can it be?

I'd say that if you need to explain what children are shouting at you--at length--you probably have a problem as a politician.

:rofl: