In keeping with the finance Minister's mood of Christmas spirit that befits an adjournment debate, it's not infrequent for an adjournment speaker to use the framework of the 12 days of Christmas to demonstrate how the opposite side mirrors a fictitious 12 items. In fact, in most adjournment debates I've heard something to this effect. I too considered this but thought maybe a more interesting parody might arise from this exact day in history 40 years ago and the television programming guide on 9 December 1980, and to consider how the programming that day might mirror the Government in front of us today. 