Iain Dale has a very good April Fool on his blog about foreign loans to the Tories.
The Guardian reports that Coldplay's Chris Martin has decided to rock for David Cameron...
"In a coup for the Conservatives, the lead singer of Coldplay, Chris Martin, has declared his backing for David Cameron, releasing a song that the party hopes will become the Tory answer to Labour's 1997 anthem, Things Can Only Get Better... It was Mr Cameron's idea to release the single - a new version of the hit song Talk, retitled Talk to David - exclusively via podcast... Mr Cameron also revealed that he is in talks with Gervais about the production of a pro-Tory TV series, provisionally entitled The Central Office."
Listen to 'Talk to David' here.
The Daily Mail's 'red Downing Street' April Fool will raise a few laughs, too:
The Telegraph reviews all of the April Fools in the newspapers here.
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Or how about TVPrediction's revelation that "High-Definition TV, which delivers a picture up to six times clearer than regular television, is causing a sensation in Hollywood. For the first time, in high-def, viewers can see the stars as they look in real life, including their facial flaws and acne scars."
Love the song - better than the original I thought. Do you think the Guardian will let Tory Radio use it I wonder???
Posted by: Jonathan Sheppard | April 01, 2006 at 15:08
I have to confess that for just one beat, as I was half asleep over breakfast, I thought it was for real!!! As long as we can have a blue door when we get back. Thats only fair.
Posted by: Annabel Herriott | April 01, 2006 at 15:12
The Independent had a good one by BMW about "slow cameras". Slow drivers are just as dangerous as fast drivers therefore the Government is introducing slow cameras in order to make the roads safer from slow drivers...hehehe. Good April Fool, though clearly obvious.
Posted by: James Maskell | April 01, 2006 at 17:31
Pity - The US have minimum and maximum speeds on some roads for that very reason.
Posted by: Jonathan Sheppard | April 01, 2006 at 17:44
APRIL FOOL!
Yes, as many of you guessed, our item on the Radio 4 UK Theme being relaunched as a Euro Theme was an April Fool. Thanks to Charles Moore and Neil Kinnock for playing along. Listen again to the item by Nicola Stanbridge. Hear the whole spoof Euro Theme, composed by brilliant young musician David Schweitzer
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/
Posted by: Margaret | April 02, 2006 at 00:14
The Taxpayers' Strike caught a lot of people.
Wish-fool thinking?
Posted by: Guido Fawkes | April 03, 2006 at 09:09