Londoners say 'Which Kerry?'

[Feanorcurufinwe]

The name Kerry blanketed most newspapers in London last week and was the name on the lips of many Londoners, but it was not the Kerry you would expect.

The "Sunday Express" reported a telling anecdote over the weekend about a conversation among Labor members of the House of Commons in a bar last week. One Labor Member of Parliament said, "I think Kerry is going to win it," prompting others to jump in to discuss why Massachusetts Senator John Kerry would capture the Democratic nomination.

That produced a blank stare from the MP who had posed the question. He had been talking about Kerry McFadden, the favorite to win the "Queen of the Jungle" title in the British Television reality show, "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here."

On the day the senator captured the key states of Virginia and Tennessee, literally driving Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark from the race, only one London newspaper, "The Daily Telegraph," published the news on the front page, above the fold. Other papers talked about the other Kerry.

More: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4285721

[NV1962]

1. Also

When Londoners speak of "US" the refer to themselves, not the country that incorrectly refers to itself with the name given to the whole continent...

:shrug:

Darned limies! ;)

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. "I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here."

How could they not know it was the US version? :shrug:

[T_i_B]

3. Not suprising

I don't think that most Brits are paying too much attention to the primaries and more of us think that I'm a twat...get me out of here! is more important to their own lives.

That said I have heard more people commenting on Kerry than on any other candidate. Not all good impressions either! The odd thing is that the thing I dislike most about Kerry, namely his National Service policy is the thing that makes a lot of the people who are apprehensive about Kerry think twice in my experience!