Hilarious skit on on the New Labour government of the 90s and noughties. Prime Minister, Edward Clare, in an attempt to know the electorate better, sets off on a national tour of the low spots of Britain. His companion is Jack Spratt, the policeman who stands at the door of Number 10, and his disguise includes high heels and a brunette wig. Sharp and funny without being cruel - works as a trip down memory lane or amusing satire on times past.
'I'm an actress,' said the Prime Minister, and flicked a black curl out of his eye.
Baker said 'I knew I recognised you from somewhere. So what will I have seen you in?'
By the time the train drew into Waverley station in Edinburgh, the Prime Minister had constructed a complete acting career from an early struggle in rep to dining at the Ivy with Maggie Smith and going to garden centres with Judi Dench.
Jack was impressed with the Prime Minister's ability to throw himself so vigorously into his own fantasy and was only slightly alarmed when the Prime Minister said as they stepped off the train, 'Ah, Edinburgh at last. I won a Perrier Award here in 1982.'
