even further beyond parody

Via Labour Watch, an intriguing approach to party building.

LABOUR is to start conducting weekend “academies” to win wavering supporters back to the moral values upon which the party was founded.

The idea is pioneered by Hazel Blears, the Home Office Minister of State, who said that they would run along similar lines to the Alpha courses, the popular beginners’ guide to Christianity.

Ms Blears, one of the rising stars of the Labour Government, said that she had already run two Labour academies.

Groups of 25 people will commit themselves to two full Saturdays, as well as homework in the form of reading key texts on Labour’s history — including works by Tony Blair and Gordon Brown — to serve as the basis for discussions of personal morality.

My emphasis. I hear that as a memento, those who attend get little wristbands with the words ‘What would Tony do?’ stitched on to them. Meanwhile, the glorious leader himself mooches around the world with his hideous family, occupying the spare rooms of plutocrats. I suppose the next stage is holding mass rallies, giving public sector workers the day off and then taking roll call at the event. Or maybe they’ll start tithing party members.

Comments

[Chris Brooke]

I couldn't resist.

More over here.

[Chris Brooke]

Sorry: that's here:
http://users.ox.ac.uk/~magd1368/weblog/2004_08_01_archive.html#109251410186663235