Comments on: How to perform the “Dance of the Intellectual Pygmies”

By: William

William — Wed, 14 May 2014 08:35:11 +0000

Weird postscript here. I was all huffy about Blunkett’s “intellectual pygmies” comment because I thought he was dissing Phil and Simon. But I now think Blunkett’s comment was a Parliamentary barb aimed at Ollie Letwin, who is genuinely short of stature (not that that makes bodysize related remarks acceptable) and undeniably intellectual. Have to verify this…

By: ruthkennedy

ruthkennedy — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:40:51 +0000

why isn’t this stored under PERTINENT ART???

By: clouds

clouds — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:35:14 +0000

Groovy guys, nice suprise all round. Let’s do it at the festies, specially the one on July 30th!

By: Michael Holloway

Michael Holloway — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:33:12 +0000

Right, well, pleased i caught that little beauty. Will find an appropriate event for you to lead a performance.

By: William Heath

William Heath — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:26:34 +0000

Thank you for all comments. Sorry akismet was a little over-eager and they all got trapped in a spam folder (I was wondering…) Yes, there are many others to name and praise; happy to have more names here. And Lord Allan’s bins are the stars of the show, chipped and with built-in CCTV no doubt

By: Stu

Stu — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 20:25:03 +0000

Well who would have thought it, a politics and dance mash-up. Excellent news, and progress at last.

By: Christina Zaba

Christina Zaba — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:12:23 +0000

Oh, how wonderful! More pioneering joyousness and good humour from Open Government! Hurrah!! Marvellous, splendid, and I HOPE EVERYONE DANCES IT. All over the land, in all the parks. Imagine. If William and Aliya can – we all can….

And a great tribute too, to the people who never gave up hope, and steadily worked towards the goal. Of course not forgetting this very site, a veritable beacon, as per the logo.

Now for the next steps. Onward, bravehearts.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:01:53 +0000

I’m sooo happy about the scrapping the ID card system I nearly joined in the dance 🙂

By: Ashley Stevens

Ashley Stevens — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:26:31 +0000

Are those chipped bins in the background? They look like they’re watching you.

By: NO2ID Newsletters » Newsletter No.150

NO2ID Newsletters » Newsletter No.150 — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:24:39 +0000

[…] Back in 2002 when ID cards were called “Entitlement cards”, the Home Secretary David Blunket responded to ID scepticism during a parliamentary debate in March saying: “I am disappointed, because this is degenerating into a contest with intellectual pygmies.” Following the recent news that the scheme ushered in by Blunkett is to be cancelled, William Heath over at the Ideal Government website has posted up a video of a celebratory “Dance of the Intellectual Pygmies”. The video begins with Star Wars style opening credits that state: “Once upon a time in a far off land an evil authoritarian emperor described opponents of the benighted ID cards scheme as “intellectual pygmies”. On that fateful day, plucky rebel commander William Heath vowed to fight the ID card legislation.” See http://idealgovernment.com/2010/05/2063/ […]