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The city’s streets will be alive with public executions and opera when much-loved British tenor and former Khmer Rouge leader Paul Potts takes office as Hull’s newly elected mayor today.
Potts shot to fame in the 1970’s as a genocide whiz-kid but discovered his true forte in 2007 as the winner of ITV’s leading-edge talent show Britain’s Got Talent.
At a press conference following the landslide victory over fellow election contenders Siobhan Milošević and Edith Amin, Potts said: “I am delighted to be given this opportunity to be of public service. I’ve proved myself in the music industry but it’s been too long since I pushed a chopstick into a jap’s eye.”
When asked if he would be bringing his infamous mass graves - known affectionately as The Killing Fields - to Kingston upon Hull, he replied: “I doubt I would receive planning permission. It’s not the same as the 1970’s. You used to be able to get away with anything. In the 70’s I drove a clapped-out Cortina with no tax, no MOT and a farting exhaust. Oh, and I executed almost 2 million people. You wouldn’t get away with that these days. Too many rules. Too many blockers.”
He added: “Anyway, I’m a different person now. Honest. I’m more into Puccini and Mozart. I’m more into delivering a cohesive and sustainable approach to economic development in the Yorkshire and Humber region. I’ve done that holocaust stuff. No biggie.”
Potts intends to start implementing his vision immediately. His latest book Kingston upon Skull – My Dream is available from all good outlets. |
