Gilles: So that’s not a good one. And coming here for the week I had to work on that one pretty much. But we get on, it’s all OK. She understands. I was already fully into it when she met me.
Emm: Oh, yeah, so she knows it’s an occupational hazard. You have to know that.
Gilles: Yes. It’s not easy though.
Emm: Absolutely, it’s not.
Gilles: So who do you think is going to win the elections this year? Is Bush going to win again?
Emm: I would say so, barring something really crazy. I mean, he’s so powerful, and is still pretty popular.
Gilles: And he’s quite good in a way. I mean I hate to say it. I’m not a Bushite whatever, but I just saw him doing a few speeches when he came to England and he's got better at that.
Emm: Talking? (laughs)
Gilles: Better, yes, he’s got better at that. He’s got a bit better standing in England.
Emm: Yeah, it seems like he has. You know I love to watch Question Time. I always wonder how Bush would fare if Congress could just fire off questions at him like that.
Gilles: Do you get that here?
Emm: Not the show “Question Time”, but the parliamentary questions. They show it on C-span.
Gilles: Oh, oh yes. The parliamentary question time, where they’ve got the cameras in the House of Commons.
Emm: Right. I love that.
Gilles: It’s pretty controlled though, I think.
Emm: I bet. I wonder if Blair gets the questions ahead of time, do you know?
Gilles: I don’t know, I’m sure he does. Nothing really surprises him.
Emm: I liked Blair a lot when he was--- I guess it was when Clinton was in office, and they were boys. I really liked Clinton too, though. I was really surprised Blair bought into Bush and this war thing the way he did.
Gilles: Yeah, he had to. I couldn’t believe how he sold his soul on that one. He came across as very admirable. He had a lot of humility as Prime Ministers, people in power go. He came across as very honest, and he just basically, he was told you’ve got to go with us. And he had to lie through his teeth to go. Actually, last year, when we were here, the day that I did my show from here, he was on the seven o’clock news, which is midnight England, and when I started, I could hear the news bulletin saying how America, all the allies had just started bombing Iraq. It was such a downer. And so it just felt really strange being here actually.
Emm: Yeah, I remember that. Such and unfortunate day. So what’s next for you? You’re here in Miami this week and then. . .
Gilles: Well I’m doing a show in New York on Thursday.
Emm: That’s cool. You don’t play over here in the states that often.
Gilles: No, I don’t really. I really want to play in New Orleans too, man.
