April 14th, 2009

+++ Danson Takes 100% Control of New Statesman +++

Guido thought the deal was that he would buy out Geoffrey Robinson’s 50% when Gordon left office. Oh, hang on…


171 Comments

  1. 1
    Anonymous says:

    Forget insignificant in-house Labour rags like the New Statesman. The super soaraway Sun has officially dumped Brown:

    ‘……Isn’t it the Prime Minister HIMSELF who needs to be taken away by the men in white coats?

    He claims not to know what his hand-picked aides are up to. But he chooses mates like McBride and Watson because their characters mirror his own: Arrogant bullies and shameless liars.

    As his shambles of a Government disintegrates around him, the psychological flaws in Brown’s character become clearer by the day.

    In public he waves the Bible while behind the scenes he’s in the gutter — the hallmark of the religious hypocrite through the ages…..’

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/columnists/fergus_shanahan/article2375497.ece

  2. 2
    Anonymous says:

    Draper gets it in the neck in that Sun piece…

    “He sent his filthy emails to Derek “Dolly” Draper, a loathsome Mandelson toady who described the sick ideas as “brilliant”.

    Watson, McBride and Draper are the true face of today’s Labour Party: A party that has lost all decency, all sense of honour, all connection with the people it was elected to serve.

    These are the people who skulk in darkened rooms in Downing Street at night, huddled over their computers giggling at each others’ obscene filth while the deranged PM broods about how he can stop Cameron moving in.

    The answer, chum, is that you can’t. But chin up, folks. Only another year of this to go.”

    • 62
      Anonymous says:

      That would be the Sun that backed this shower of shit when they first came to power then? Still if it sells papers…

      • 102
        jo public says:

        not so much as selling papers as prescott controlling where cabelling could be installed thus giving the suns parent a head start selling dissemination tv.lol
        you rub mine and i’ll rub yours……………..

  3. 3
    bta says:

    “oh, hang on” the man says.

    How soon, Guido?
    Before the Budget?
    The Locals and Euro elections?

    C’mon, give us a clue.

  4. 4
    kinglear says:

    Maybe the credit5 crunch has got to Robinson – its got to better men than him….

  5. 5
    Tom FD says:

    Who cares? Its circulation pales in comparison to blog readership. Its big scoop of last year was a supposed quote from Obama calling David Cameron a “lightweight” – a quote that didn’t fit Obama’s persona (especially given how vulnerable he is to the ‘lightweight’ jibe himself), nor the context of their second meeting last week. And yet strangely this unattributed quote made its way across the entirety of the old media, even poking itself into television. With this weekend’s revelations I wonder if the busy hands of McBride and Watson had anything to do with it.

    • 19
      Fat and Smelly says:

      attributed to mandy

      Official US reaction to the supposed comment – horseshit

    • 35
      Gareth says:

      The ‘lightweight’ jibe was reported by James Macintyre. It was a strange story that took 5 months to surface and happened to appear in the middle of the Damien Green affair.

      • 44
        Gareth says:

        I wonder if McBride himself was the “senior Labour source”. It isn’t attriubuted to a minister or MP.

      • 75
        McMoron says:

        James Macintyre? Another tribalist!

        Over on PB they are suggesting the GreatScumMcRuiner and his tribe have for decades used identical slime and sewage attackdogs in running Scottish Liebour media/party/assembly MPs. Its son of the manse’s trademark apparently.

        Now would any of the MSM be up for an in-depth expose?
        Form an orderly queue back there …all of you

      • 123
        Anonymous says:

        Is he that tosser on a bike who fucks off builders?

    • 52
      Master Baiter says:

      The fact that David Cameron is a lightweight and that Obama and his administration concur in that view is not an ‘unfounded allegation’.
      Cameron regrets it but cannot deny it.

      • 63
        Mr Ned says:

        Actually the Americans rightly state that any suggestion that Obama actually said that is, “horseshit”

        You want to see a lightweight in number 10? Look at Brown. Look at the effect of having an imbecilic lightweight completely out of his depth in power? Look at Britain today!

      • 64
        Fat and Smelly says:

        a well chosen nom-de-plume

        as, indeed, is mine

      • 66
        Half eyed Scottish idiot says:

        I guess Cameron is a lightweight alongside the tub of lard “Two dinners” Watson

      • 109
        Anonymous says:

        Hey Pal

        Even you think you’re a wanker.

      • 110

        Not to worry your little head for much longer, you’ll soon be back to flipping burgers with your Nicky No Stars badge.

      • 136
        Master Baiter says:

        AAaaaaarhhhh! the McDonalds put down, oh the searing wit of bird brains with very short legs and fishy breath. You merciless blubbery sea bird you. Get ready for another kicking for the Conservatives. Thanks to you and the other sewage filth on this site, they’ll never be able to cover up their true image, no matter how many times Faker Cameron says green (licks his lips) hoody (licks his lips) progressive (licks his lips). Come the election he’ll still be forced to rally his perverse and mean spirited toops with the usual racism, homophobia, bullying and stigmatising of lower income families together with a dose of wholly discredited free market fundamentalism.
        John Major – check
        William Hague – check
        Ian Duncan SMith – check
        Michael Howard – check
        David Cameron – next

      • 144
        Game Over No More Credits says:

        It used to be once a month or so that there would be a scandal in your beloved party Wanker, but now it’s daily. DAILY.

        The rotten, flacid, corrupt, empty heart of the flawed NuLabour project is open for all to see Wanker.

        They can no more run this country than you can attempt in your pathetic little mumblings to defend them.

      • 146
        Budgie says:

        One of the (many) oddities about ZaNu trolls is that they seem incapable of distinguishing truth from fiction. So the truth about Jacqui-boots Smith’s porn-payed-by-the-taxpayer and Nigel Griffiths’ antics with a prostitute in his House of Commons office (and his ‘forgetfulness’ about it afterwards) appear to the ZaNus to be equivalent to their own entirely fabricated stories. No wonder they have difficulty running a country when they are away in la-la land.

      • 156
        Mrs Robinson suggests says:

        Master Baiter time for spell check.

        Toss out an ‘e’, insert ‘u’ and drop an ‘i’.

        Then check with Mr Five Bellies Smith for some congenial viewing.

      • 165
        Anonymous says:

        mb

        bullying and stigmatising of lower income families together with a dose of wholly discredited free market fundamentalism.

        err 10p tax band

  6. 6
    jo public says:

    is young geoffrey clearing his decks in anticipation?????????????

  7. 7
    pp says:

    No doubt getting ready for labours pre-election leadership campaign.

    Funny that Brown will then be able to parrot thatcher – that he left office having never been rejected by the public.

    oooohhh I feel sick….

  8. 9
    Minekiller says:

    That Ted Danson bloke has come a long way since his days as an affable bartender in Boston.

  9. 10
    Anonymous says:

    Yeah well NuLabour are gonna come down hard on alkies now.
    You bin made redundant?
    Havin’ a bevvy wiv whats left of yer cash?
    Well Gordo aint gonna let ya get the dole. He’s gotta cut the numbers gettin paid out by the taxpayer somehow.

    • 12
      jo public says:

      mmmm one no 10 advisor salary= dole for 250 jsa claiments payments per annum
      Guido see your saving the economy single handedly lol

    • 55
      Al Quay says:

      *Hic* fuck *burrrp* that.

    • 108
      Gob like a Hoon says:

      I wonder what Purnell himself drinks?

      More to the point, how does he pick it from between his teeth?

  10. 16
    jo public says:

    I must say this is the most rewarding part of sitting at home waiting for my Hernia op.
    To think i busted my balls to keep this bunch of shysters paid whilst in office

  11. 17
  12. 23
    JD says:

    I’ve just had a thought. We have a deeply vindictive Labour party in power (if not in office, or rather in the office sending filty e-mails!).

    I wouldn’t be suprised if they try to pass some sort of weird law trying to close down blogs like this. Either that or they’ll get the fuzz to nick Guido. You watch, they’ll try something. Brown-trousers wants to win at any cost. He’ll probably declare martial law.

    • 32
      Anonymous says:

      It would possibly be of some minor concern if there was anyone in the current Labour party who was even vaguely competent. Every single thing this government does is done badly and fails. It doesn’t matter what it is, they fail at it.

      They would fail at martial law as well. Jacqui Smith would probably end up signing her own death warrant by mistake while Gordon Brown would be out in a backroom somewhere howling at the lightbulb after mistaking it for a full moon. I’m surprised any of the Labour leaders can even drink a cup of coffee without using a sippy cup for safety. They must come close to drowning in their morning cuppa every day.

    • 42
      Minekiller says:

      Re: martial Law @23 JD….

      The British Army have already been proxy questioned on their attitudes to opening fire on British Citizens in the event of a Military Aid to the Civil Power (MACP) situation being called.

      (Of course in Afghanistan they have already had to fire on a number of ‘British Citizens’, but that is another story as we know.)

      The British Army would of course down tools before even countenancing such a course of events, probably why Blair/Brown and the pro-IRA and pro-Islamofascist Labour government got them out of the way by forcing their participation in the neo-con war in Iraq, the War on Terror/Drugs in Afghanistan. This has been achieved ensuring they had to engage in these wars with limited technical resources and over stretching their personnel resources – which also serves the dual purpose of debilitating the Army as an institution back in the UK, since Labour are paranoid and see plots all around, this makes sure the Army (one of the ‘forces of conservatism’ you may recall Blair saying) does not pose any threat to Labour’s grip on power in the country.

      The Police have become Labour’s ‘Securitate’ and it is they who are getting into practice by batoning toward death newspaper vendors, blowing the heads of Brazilian electricians, arresting scores of protesters near power stations, arresting students for using chalk on pavements, arrsting people for the ‘wrong coloured garden ornaments’ and establishing survellience control via CCTV and Speed cameras.

      Do not be surprised if an ‘increased terror alert state’ is used as an excuse to postpone (indefinitely) a general Election. This anti-British (and very anti-English) rabble will do anything to hang on to power, given that they were ‘elected’ last time around with around only 23% of the eligble electorates vote.

      • 67
        /Ambrose S!lk says:

        Were you one of the striking miners in 1984?

        …………I thought not.

        Tra laa!

      • 79
        Mr Ned says:

        And as I understand it, an EU army would be used to quell dissent as foreign troops will not be reticent wrt shooting English protesters.

      • 83
        Minekiller says:

        Ambrose old chap….no I was not a striking miner (my mother raised funds for them however) and you’ll recall that the politicization of the police began then and has been honed by NuLabour, not reversed by our whiter than white, committed to social justice and all that bollox Labour regime.

        Just a reminder in case you may choose to rewrite history Army NOT involved at all in miners strike. (In fact miners I spoke to subsequently said they’d have trusted the Army more than the police).

      • 89
        /Ambrose S!lk says:

        Churchill sent mounted cavalry with swords drawn against English dockers.
        The cavalry learnt a harsh lesson.

        Tra laa!

      • 112
        Minekiller says:

        @84. yes, you’d have thought that a more progressive Labour government would have learned from that sort of thing wouldn’t you?

      • 115
        Anonymous says:

        Ambrose Sick

        Churchill is dead mate. The only turds likely to call out the bully boys are your own dear ZaNuLab pals.

        The thing is: they don’t have the balls. Once they start relying on the military how long will it take some bright officer to decide to put ZaNu to the sword and run the show himself?.

        Uneasy lies the head etc.

      • 117

        I suppose Ambrose will have a badge saying Damian One Star – because he gives the supervisor a blow job in the staff toilets. Another good reason not to go to McD’s for a burger.

      • 119
        Minekiller says:

        Ambrose @84 FACT check for you…

        Belfast Dockers Strike 1907

        Breakdown of the Strike

        The breakdown of the strike can be attributed to numerous factors. Perhaps confused and frightened by the degree of working class cohesion and militancy, the representatives of the British labour movement in Belfast began to guardedly dissociate themselves from both the strike and from Larkin. The press also employed scare mongering tactics, peddling the twin threats of socialism and Irish nationalism. Negotiations with some employers brought sectional settlements and isolated the dockers.

        A body blow to the unity of the strike, or at least the perception of working class unity, was the military reaction to rioting on the lower Falls. After responding to stone and bottle throwers with bayonet and cavalry charges, soldiers fired on the crowds on Monday, August 12. Although troops were withdrawn from the area on the following day, the damage had been done. A distinction had been drawn between nationalist and unionist sections of the working class, and opportunistic unionist and nationalist politicians, as well as the press— particularly the Belfast Telegraph—drummed home the sectarian message.

        By September, the strikers were as good as defeated. Settling with non-unionised workers, retaining blacklegs, and locking out union members, the employers isolated Larkin and the dockers. Despite localised outbursts of unrest carrying on into the winter, the strike was effectively over and the employers’ reaction began.

        Further reading:

        City in Revolt: James Larkin and the Belfast Dock Strike of 1907 (1985) by John Gray; Labour and Partition: The Belfast Working Class 1905-23 (1991) by Austen Morgan; James Larkin (2002) by Emmett O’Connor; Divine Gospel of Discontent: The Story of the Belfast Dockers and Carters Strike 1907 (1980) by Fergus O’Hare; Class Conflict and Sectarianism: The Protestant Working Class and the Belfast Labour Movement 1868-1920 (1980) by Henry Patterson.

      • 143
        /Ambrose S!lk says:

        Belfast is in Ireland not England.
        The cavalry was ordered in by Churchill.
        You must try harder.

        Tra laa!

      • 147
        /Ambrose S!lk says:

        Mr. CHURCHILL I think it would be convenient for me to give an answer to the question of which I have received private notice. Reports received this morning from Liverpool are to the effect that there is no improvement in the situation. The dockers have not returned to work, and the shipowners have declared a general lock-out from this afternoon. There is a good deal of rioting and disturbance, and though it proceeds mostly from the hooligan class, who began the riot last night, it is serious in character, and throughout the town attacks are being made on warehouses and factories, and even private houses. The police are being assailed in the performance of their ordinary
        duties. The responsibility for maintaining order rests with the local authorities, but in these circumstances it is, in the opinion of the Government, essential that the police should have effective military aid, and that all necessary measures should be taken to secure the restoration of public order and the observance of the law. Orders have been therefore given for the movement of further troops, which will raise the force in Liverpool to a complete brigade of Infantry and two regiments of Cavalry. It is believed that this force will be sufficient for all emergencies.

        Tra laa!

      • 150
        Minekiller says:

        Ambrose. FFS. Ireland was part of the UK back then. I imagine you must have been the lucky recipient of a sate education.

      • 151
        Minekiller says:

        However Ambrose dear chap, it seems I must reinforce the point that whatever strike we reference, it seems that Labour, such progressives, haven’t learned the lessons.

    • 167
      Anonymous says:

      “Jacqui Smith would probably end up signing her own death warrant by mistake”

      Fucking Priceless

      Hhahahahahahaah ROTFLMAO

  13. 25
    Plato says:

    Just been listening to Steve R, Lance Price and Iain Dale on R5.

    If you missed it – do try to listen later – it was quite shocking what Steve from the Indy had to say.

    I’ve linked to the stories on my blog if you want to learn more about McBride’s tactics.

    I’m appalled and it takes quite a lot to do that these days.

    http://plato-says.blogspot.com/2009/04/mcbrides-tactics-exposed.html

  14. 26
    Outrages Victorian Aunt says:

    Is anyone watching the interview with Francis Maude on the BBC now?

    • 36
      Plato says:

      He did a great intv on R5 – Paul Flynn is completely slimy and tried to say it was all the fault of the newspapers for publishing the stories.

      I thought Stephen Nolan was about to burst a blood vessel at the cheek of it.

    • 122
      Mad Mad of MacMad says:

      it was Matt actually, not Francis M. you were listening to the Archers. ref. time of your post.

  15. 30
    Gordon Brown (Sub-prime Mentalist) says:

    I am giving all HardWorkingFamilies my undivided attention. I think about you all from waking up in the morning to resting my head on the pillow at night.

    I sometimes dream about you too.

  16. 34
    Former civil servant says:

    I think there will be intense family pressure for Gordon Brown to stay.

    Brothers Andrew (spin-doctor for EDF) and John (spin-doctor with lucrative businesses in Dubai and Portugal)have not had their careers hindered with their inside knowledge . John lives next door to Gerry McCann’s brother in Glasgow so no surprise that the McCann’s missing child endless saga got such unquestioning and unprecedented attention from brother Brown the PM, and the media. Sarah Brown’s ex-business partner Julia Hobsbawm has built her business ‘Editorial Intelligence’ on ‘contacts’. Many other examples

    • 82
      Anonymous says:

      do tell – that was such an odd business – still is!

      • 159
        Former civil servant says:

        There is a huge spindoctor operation fronted by ex-BBC man Clarence Mitchell for the McCanns. John Brown attended planning meetings and persuaded his brother to get involved, against all precedent and offending the Portuguese nation (few of whom believe in the English couple’s complete innocence,as we all do) . Who pays for all this I do not know. But ought for nought. J B is also I am told a regular overnighter in Downing St before flying off to Portugal and the Middle east to advise various businessfolks. Who but those after an easy entree would employ this early-retired Scottish local government officer, a sort of Gordon Brown without any charm or intelligence, and certainly without a business brain? As for Andrew what better choice for an energy company than another ‘resting spin doctor’ meeting the PM daily as their pr man?

    • 97
      Ctesibius says:

      Would Julia Hobsbawm be related by any chance to the Communist apologist and ‘useful idiot’ the historian Hobsbawm, by any chance? It’s not a terribly common name.

      • 101
        Old Hack says:

        She’s his daughter.
        I’ve heard that she and Sarah Brown fell out with each other some time ago.

    • 100
      Anonymous says:

      Brown &Co. have a great vested interest in nuclear power – facility construction etc.

      To any old prole this smacks of an obvious conflict of interest.

  17. 37
    IUnknown says:

    Guido!

    Check out the latest comments on amazon on Dolly’s new book – copied it here for prosperity.

    Even you, Guido, are mentioned!

  18. 39
    One Eyed Faeries fra Kirkcaldy says:

    Seems the Times must have had McSnot on the telephone to complain about the brilliant Brookes cartoon this morning, as it seems to have vanished.

    Not to worry, here’s a copy captured earlier – too good not to share. Sums up McCavity perfectly.

    http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/198/admiralbroon2.jpg

  19. 40
    Mc_Pride says:

    Brown’s letter to Nadine Dorries in full – takes up 2 pages as The Cyclops wrote it in BIG MARKER PEN

    “I enclose a letter sent to Gus O’Donnell to revise rules for political advisers. The political adviser concerned has apologised unreservedly and left his post.
    He sent these prank emails without the knowledge of anyone in Downing Street.
    I understand the embarassment caused, and any activity such as this that affects the reputation of our politics is a matter of great regret to me. As you can see, I have taken action to do all I can to avoid this happening again.”

    • 61
      /Ambrose S!lk says:

      Nadine Dorries is not an attractive person.
      She should sue her botox administrator.
      What a mess!

      Tra laa!

      • 74
        Lola says:

        Oh dear, oh dear. Is that the full extent of your imagination you utter little cretin AS? Bugger off.

      • 76
        One Eyed Faeries fra Kirkcaldy says:

        Is Ambrose Silk a variety of toilet paper?

      • 80
        oldrightie says:

        Wondered where the prime time Dolly morons have been. Creeping out of the woodwork making a passable effort at being like their Lords and Masters at the top of Labour’s dung heap. Bet you don’t get a fraction of the public largesse they do, Ambrosia pig’s ear of a silk purse. Twat. Unless of course you are Watson himself. You spout enough crap to just might be.

      • 86
        Minekiller says:

        As usual, morally bankrupt Labour trolls with no argument, making it personal!

      • 149
        Eric Cantona says:

        Very good Ambrose.

        And your point is?

      • 158
        McMoron says:

        Another Damien McPoison clone – time to join your brother in purgatory sulky

    • 72
      I Squiggle says:

      “..prank emails..” He still doesn’t get it, does he? Who’s drafting these things for him now, because that’s an absolute classic.

    • 153
      Brownbadger says:

      “Left his post”?

      Has he resigned from the civil service or not?

      We should be told

  20. 41
    StrongholdBarricades says:

    Iain Dale has picked up the smokescreen in Brown’s letter of “regret” too

    http://iaindale.blogspot.com/

    Not so much an exclusive, as I’ve been expressing views on here and the DP since yesterday

  21. 45
    Dick Turpin says:

    When are you selling up Guido? Or have you actually sold up already – in which case who is your mysterious paymaster, the shadowy figure that pulls all the strings?

  22. 47
    Mr Christopher says:

    So New Labour’s Beobachter is changing hands? I was surprised that anybody still read this kind of stuff. Let’s all look forward to its last issue.

  23. 50
    johnny come lately says:

    Minekiller @ 39.

    Brown does not need the British Army. All he needs to do- when the Lisbon Treaty is ratified- is call upon the EU to send in their troops and police. Brown signed the treaty which allows for EU troops and police to come to the aid of any eu state seeking help!

    Welcome to the EUSSR and we are just a Gulag on the map of the EU (You will not find England)

    • 58
      Anonymous says:

      Was that the one where our prime minister turned up late again? A clash of appointments I understand. Having an extended crap because he’s a rude twat more like.

      • 84
        Minekiller says:

        That was because he thought he could sort of like pretend not to be really signing it. FFS.

    • 59
      Minekiller says:

      Good point indeed. Thanks for the reminder.

  24. 53
    Robinsons Barley Water says:

    Shagger Robinson is preparing for retirement taking the view that licking Gordon’s dingleberrys after next election is a meal too far. UB40 time for NuLab.

    Supporting Brown financially for a decade or more was rewarding – ministerial salary, a bit of hero worship from impecunious politicians Brown/Blair and co, company car. And of course most importantly influencing the DTI to reach a favourable decision on TransTec.

    Shagger’s Orion Trust is much diminished. Drained by poor investments and significant distributions. Forced sale of lossmaking New S. vital.

    Sadly ole Geoff is too old to find and Madame Joska Borg. to replenish Orion pot. Geoff was not a bad fellow, he even enjoyed the odd tope whilst driving his Jag. Nut like John Reid he denied any knowledge of how the substance came to be in his property.

  25. 56
    BrianSJ says:

    Really great post on PB

    For those interested in the life of this story, tell me where the trend line on the graph at the right hand side of this page is heading…

    http://news.google.co.uk/news?pz=1&ned=uk&hl=en&topic=h&ncl=1330793100&cf=all&scoring=n

    by Scott P April 14th, 2009 at 2:06 pm

  26. 57
    Verity says:

    DONAL BLANEY’S getting into all sorts of trouble again!! Calling for the death of Ted Kennedy and some extremely embarrassing revelations about his YBF organisation!!

    Have a read: http://ddtaylor88.wordpress.com

  27. 69
    Plato says:

    Haven’t seen this posted so far – Frank Field on CiF is rather interesting. Why he is in the Labour Party remains a mystery to me.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/14/labour-party-damian-mcbride

  28. 70
    Master Baiter says:

    People like Guidiot and Draper are in the positions they are in precisely because they are small fry and totally expendable.

    • 107
      Des says:

      Dear Mr Baiter, are you a northerner? You see it makes a difference in the pronounciation – if you are a southerner, then I gues your “handle” is a name. On the other hand, if you are a northerner, then it is a description. My guess is it is the latter. Please clarify.

      • 128
        Minekiller says:

        No Des, Master Baiter/Masturbator…. is actually Jacqui “Porn Queen” Smith’s Husband. Innit.

    • 135

      What the fuck does that make wankers like you then? Oh, right, soon-to-be-burger-flippers-again.

    • 164
      Anonymous says:

      What, getting a little jealous Derek & trying to be clever by mentioning yourself in your comment.? As I’ve identified you can I have my £5 now please?

    • 171
      "For the Restless, not the True Believers, this one's for you.." says:

      They are all expendable….

  29. 73
    Dick Cheese says:

    Dolly’s days of doing his whining Mavis impression (ooh Rita, it’s just soh unfair) will soon be over. His shit encrusted bonce will be offered up as a ghastly sacrifice and in all probability he will be expelled from his precious Parteh.

    Bolstered by his multiple degrees, the wretch will still have his ‘professional’ practice – fully booked up and all private, no less – to fall back on. Guido should, if he hasn’t yet done so and is quite sure of his facts, make the appropriate bodies aware of the validity of some of these ‘qualifications’.

    Go on, Guido, kill him off.

    And now Milburn’s just been on the radio with his version of how Mcpoison briefed agin him. It’s fratricide amongst the brothers.

  30. 77
    wadey says:

    To be fair to Danson he wasn’t bad in “Cheers”

  31. 78

    WHo’d pay for that rubbish rag?

  32. 81
    Plato says:

    Oh dear – Gordon has full confidence in Minister Watson… if there was any doubt – that’s his fate sealed.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/5153020/Gordon-Brown-ally-Tom-Watson-under-pressure-over-Tory-email-smears.html

  33. 92
    Taxpayers Alliance says:

    Does McBride get a civil service pension because he ‘resigned’?

    • 95
      Master Baiter says:

      Stop playing with yourself.
      The party’s over.
      Every drop has been squeezed out already.
      You’ll get a rash.

      • 120
        Minekiller says:

        Well the party is definitely drawing to a close for you lot.

        …and I am still laughing at you!!

      • 140

        Oi you, back to the floor scrubbing, this place needs a good clean before you and Damian can safely cook burgers!

    • 154
      Brownbadger says:

      But has he resigned from the civil Service or just from his “post”?

  34. 99
    Half eyed Scottish idiot says:

    OT but watched Glenn Beck on Fox News last nite. It’s refreshing to see smoe news that challenges the liberal consensus rubbish we get fed.

  35. 116
    Half eyed Scottish idiot says:

    Well Goodbye Dolly
    This is Guido Dolly
    Its so good to see you go back where you belong.
    You’re looking hell Dolly, I can tell Dolly
    You’re still lying, you’re still crying and you’ll soon be gone.

  36. 124
    Alan B'stard says:

    And now it starts….

    ….revelations about government ministers profiting from bank shares.

    “The Trade Minister is set to receive £4million in shares from the bank Standard Chartered, it has emerged.

    Lord Davies stood down as chairman of the bank in January after he was appointed by Gordon Brown.

    But he is still eligible for the bonus of 426,000 shares – worth £4.2million – which will be awarded if the bank hits its targets in the next few months.

    They would also be placed in a blind trust to avoid any conflict of interest while he is a Government minister.”

    Trade minister in line for £4m shares bonus from bank

  37. 125
  38. 134
    chronic says:

    Are teachers asking for a 10% pay rise so they can work out their wages more easily?

    • 152
      Minekiller says:

      Maybe, or else some clever economics teachers have calculated what ‘quantative easing’ equals and realise they’ll need at least ten per cent to afford the wheelbarrows to bring home their pay.

  39. 141

    Moderated! moi!
    test

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    chronic says:

    Dear Mr Draper
    Now that your present career(what ever that is) is well and truly over let me provide you with a exit stratergy that will elevate you to become a public hero.You must realise that your pupetmasters never saw you as an equal and used you like a tampon, useful when needed but flushed down the toilet when not.To destroy your present public image of being a parasitic sheep you could grow some balls and spill the beans (not down your shirt) on all the sleazy politicians you have come in contact with.This advice i give you for free because you wifes tits have given me many a good wank.

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    Brom O'Drosis says:

    My Algorithm’s too tight
    Intermittently since last night
    These hours have gone by and
    The cat has just cried
    “You got Schmidtgut!”
    “Your Schmidtgut puts a hurt on your clothes!” (TEST)

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    Just watching the BBC ‘news’ – nearly pissed myself as they used a picture of someone writing with a felt-tip pen to represent McDoom’s letters of ‘apology’.

    Guess he’s not allowed sharps again!

  45. 170
    honestlabour says:

    The attacks on Brown make me sick. This shows the depths the Tories will stoop – making fun of the Holocaust. Whay Murray has written is worse than anything Derek Draper ever actually published.
    http://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2009/04/hitler_had_no_i.html#comments



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