Tuesday 3 March 2009

Circuses 'short of UK performers'

Circuses 'short of UK performers'

Clowns protest outside Parliament




On the day when our Clown-in-Residence is off learning a few new slight of hand tricks and jumping through a few more hoops whilst paying homage to his masters,





a massive clown deficit in the UK has emerged.



A few pegs short of a Big Top!

But on the positive side Tractor production is up year-on-year and now our shops have as many as 20 steaks, each.

From the BBC

British circus clowns are in short supply, MPs were told

Britain is suffering a shortage of home grown clowns and acrobats, MPs on the home affairs committee have been told.

Malcolm Clay, of the Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain, said they needed to recruit performers from China and Eastern Europe.

But they feared the new points-based migration system, which starts next month, is not ready and Embassy staff have not been properly trained.

Mr Clay was giving evidence to the home affairs committee.


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2 comments:

Unknown said...

lol The idea of protesting clowns is hilarious.

Pablothehat said...

Great innit! I have this image of H of C and their Lordships all turning up and falling out of their joke cars.