http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11555 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 11:28:08 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11555#post-31616 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:22:26 +0000 mr blue 31616@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Stars, not least for the Cherie description. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11555#post-31609 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:34:07 +0000 StoopyDeGunt 31609@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Like it </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11555#post-31563 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:04:35 +0000 Oxbridge 31563@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Bwahahahahaha, whether or not. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11555#post-31560 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:00:49 +0000 ChrisHarrison 31560@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>I have a vague feeling this idea may have arisen before, though I'm pretty sure I haven't seen it as a full sub, in which case I apologise in advance as I log off for the day. </p> http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=11555#post-31557 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:48:59 +0000 ChrisHarrison 31557@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>Tony Blair’s latest book, A Journey, has been revealed to be the work of a student from King’s College, London.</p> <p>The announcement comes after Faizal Iqbal, a second year Chemistry and Politics student, personally delivered a copy of his 2008 novel, A Bush in the Hand is Worth Two in a Bird, to the desk of Times editor, James Harding. Within hours, Mr Iqbal’s work was authenticated by leading historian, David Starkey, and top literary critic, Gok Wan. Conversely, neither expert could find anything genuine about A Journey.</p> <p>Speaking out on his Facebook page, Mr Iqbal said, ‘I feel like I have been totally ripped off by Mr Blair, and I am not too happy with him stealing my book either. When I wrote a fictional account of his life story based on his Wikipedia entry and some ugly rumours I heard at University, little did I realise that it would be bastardised, and I use the word bastard advisedly, having been advised to do so by my solicitor.’</p> <p>When confronted last night by reporters, Mr Blair commented, ‘Listen… I want you to know I’m serious about this. That is why I am speaking… in a staccato voice… with a slight Estuary accent. I may have borrowed passages from Mr Iqbal’s novel. I’m a busy man… I don’t have time to remember my own lies, sorry, life… and write it down… But you can’t deny… that my book is much more titillating.’</p> <p>The titillation to which Mr Blair refers is the so-called ‘sexing up’ of the memoir, ghost written by former Communications Director, friend and porn writer, Alastair Campbell. A Journey is punctuated by lengthy, graphic descriptions of the act of lovemaking between Tony and Cherie Blair, under the premise of explaining exactly how, when and where their children were conceived – a recurring theme notably missing from A Bush in the Hand… which focuses instead on an unlikely and highly inflammatory sexual relationship between Mr Blair and former US President, George W Bush.</p> <p>There are differences too in the depiction of Cherie Blair in the respective books. In one account, she is said to ‘look like she has just stumbled drunkenly off the set of a Wallace and Gromit film, and possesses the common sense and charisma of a concussed donkey’, whereas Mr Iqbal paints an altogether more sympathetic view of the former First Lady. That aside, even the most disenfranchised university lecturer could not fail to spot the similiarities between the two works.</p> <p>Mr Iqbal says that he hasn’t yet decided whether to launch a plagiarism suit. If the case does go to court, Lord Hutton is believed to be standing by to preside. </p>