Anyone got a spare £10,000?

That's the cost of what could be five of the most (unintentionally) humorous minutes on British TV - a Party Political Broadcast for the Courage, Strength and Indefatigability Respect Coalition. In this Weekly Worker article about the SWP's recent Conference (which is quite illuminating about the way the party works) there's this little titbit:

In the May 2004 general election Respect is going to stand no more than 20 to 30 candidates.

You see, you need to be standing 50 candidates to get a PPB, so Respect are going to fall short. So, if anyone can find the money for them to hit the magic number, we could still get 'George Galloway: My Struggle' on TV before the next election. With its view of history, it might make a good double bill with Churchill: The Hollywood Years.