A cherished annual feature of local TV news, before it was captured by the doctrine of if-it-bleeds-it-leads, was an April Fools' Day film of bloopers and mispronunciations. DIXIE CHICK: She was ...

The big time: political bloopers Then it’s on to the big time: politics and unintentional tongue twisters and embarrassing moments, particularly those special slips of the tongue known as ...

Mr Abbott later expressed regret at the mistake. A comment by Clive Palmer about Mr Abbott’s chief-of-staff Peta Credlin was responsible for another recent political blooper.

Of course, there are folks like Gary Hart and Gerald Ford, who probably wish they could press rewind and erase career-shortening bloopers. Which group will Bush and Gore fall into? History will tell.

Political bloopers at past conferences Every year political parties have a conference, an opportunity for the party leader to set out their vision, but it doesn't always go to plan.

So for political wonks and partisan insiders everywhere, we’re putting together a list of the bloopers, scandals and overall buffoonery that spiced up state politics.

Apart from being enjoyable in their own right, these bloopers all have something in common - they are all consequences of the strange new ways in which we are adapting to work through a pandemic.

And no matter who wins, the laughs are guaranteed. Bush ’ s verbal bloopers have been so frequent, Vanity Fair went so far as to speculate he may be dyslexic.

Every year political parties have a conference, an opportunity for the party leader to set our their vision, but it doesn't always go to plan.