April 20th, 2009

McBride Faces Eviction from Labour Party

Members of Damian McBride’s Finchley and Golders Green constituency Labour Party branch are to vote on whether to throw him out.  The local Labour MP for Finchley and Golders Green, Rudi Vis, says:

Damian McPoisonWhat he did was scandalous, totally scandalous.  Something like this is really important, especially when the Government is not doing very well. He has done the Labour party an enormous disservice. I don’t believe he is the sort of member we should have. I have never met him, never seen him at any meetings, never even heard of him before, so it won’t be any loss to us.”

Mr McBride’s future will be voted on at the next CLP executive meeting, on May 11. The group’s recommendations will then be accepted or rejected by the General Committee on May 27.  Local party executive member Robinson said:

“I can’t say absolutely yes or no as it is not my decision to make. But I will say that he has not done the Labour party any favours. Lots of people are saying that what he did was stupid, but it was much more than that – it was wrong.”

That will teach McBride for spilling Guido’s pint.

Hat Tip : Hendon & Finchley Times


336 Comments

  1. 1

    Ballot Boxes are interfered with

    Voting registers go missing

    The Police can kill innocent people and get away with it

    You can be put in prison for 42 days on pure suspicion

    You can be put in prison indefinitely on the word of a politician

    The State can torture people

    Your children are monitored at School by Political Officers

    Their behaviour is logged on a State database for their entire lives

    Your innocent fingerprints, iris scans and biometrics are held by the State

    You do not have the right to remain silent

    You are watched on 4 million CCTV cameras

    You may not photograph the Police

    The media is controlled by the State

    You do not have the right to protest peacefully

    Curfews exist for entire communities

    Your travel movements are logged and monitored

    Who you vote for is logged and monitored

    Your shopping habits are studied and logged by the State

    Your emails and telephone conversations are recorded by the State

    Your passport can be withdrawn at the whim of the State

    Government agencies can use lie detector tests on you.

    Name the country.

    • 3
      Feduptothebackteeth says:

      Don’t forget mugs (sorry, hard working families) who have paid into a pension scheme, not a state one of course, having it stolen by the government.

      • 245
        Ed 'I'm a useless self-serving c'unt I am' Balls says:

        I am a Satanist.
        I helped Gordon to fuck up the economy and now I, Tom Watson, Charlie Whelan and Ray Collins are completely fucking the Labour Party.
        So what! As long as my wife and I can keep stealing from the taxpayer and I can keep sliding up the greasy pole, who cares!
        Childrens’ education, who gives a fuck!
        I’m a selfish motherfucker and serve only myself and Satan.
        I love you Satan, you are my God.

      • 247
        Ed 'I'm a useless self-serving c'unt I am' Balls says:

        Oh yeah, I almost forgot: when I was at the Treasury I persuaded Gordon to not waste money on stupid soldiers requirements like armoured vehicles. Saved fucking loads of money we did, fucking loads more for expenses I say!
        So what if soldiers died becaused Gordon Brown and I underfunded the army during war time.
        Who gives a fuck?
        I don’t.
        I’m just in it for the fucking dollars man!

      • 264
        Prince Bandar says:

        I can confirm that The MOD is a most generous institution.
        They did after all pay me 30 million pounds every quarter for ten years as a bribe to buy their products.
        I must be going now as I am off to see someone who stole a loaf of bread have their heads chopped off.
        Cheerio.

    • 4

      Bit firmly between the teeth there OH? ;-) )

    • 5
      councilhousetory says:

      Morning OH. Surely this is North Korea or some other evil dictatorship?

    • 6
      Patrick says:

      One of the largest countries in Europe, this country has no parliament, no national anthem but does have a footable team. Name the country.

    • 8
      anonybot says:

      Is it the “old” Soviet Union ? Zimbabwe ? North Korea ? I give up !!!..It can’t be THIS country because we’re a “Democracy” with a “free media” and Parliament would NEVER stand for it would they ?

    • 23
      Monty says:

      ” … Who you vote for is logged and monitored … ”

      Huh ? Could you clarify ?

      • 33

        Your voting card has a unique number, logged on the electoral register when it is handed to you at the polling station. This is why the Glenrothes voting register has “disappeared”. Check your next voting slip for proof. I am now no longer registered to vote (£1000 fine by the way) and do not appear on the electoral register. Fuck them.

        E-Voting and postal votes do exactly the same.

      • 41
        Monty says:

        When did that come in ? It wasn’t lke that at the last GE, was it ?

      • 54
        Anonymous says:

        When I last voted the ballot paper number was entered next to my name on the register so they know exactly who you vote for.

      • 68
        They know how I vote says:

        Old Holborn raises the important point that we do not have secret ballots in this country. Yes, your voting slip is traceable to you. The authorities can look at a voting slip and see who voted for whom. Why do you think we don’t teach this stuff in schools universities.
        When you live in a country that tells you live in a great democracy you probably don’t – else why would they so often repeat it. We are often told we have a wonderful judicial system for a similar reason.

      • 72
        They know how I vote says:

        What with the postal vote rigging perhaps Guido could lead a campaign about that and the ability to trace how we vote. How about it Guido? The introduction of genuine democracy to this population.

      • 77

        Who can forget the German Democratic Republic eh?

      • 89
        William says:

        This was the case back in the sixties when I was a Presiding Officer. No idea when it started though.

        It’s not the voting ‘card’ – one doesn’t need the card to vote, you just have to give your address and then confirm to the poll clerkwho you are. It’s the ballot paper and counterfoil which have a matching serial number and this number is recorded on the register.

      • 160
        Fausty says:

        “Check your next voting slip for proof. I am now no longer registered to vote (£1000 fine by the way) and do not appear on the electoral register. Fuck them.”

        Old Holborn, bloody outrageous. Please make a stink about it – you might start by enlisting the help of David Davis.

      • 175
        Anonymous says:

        The third world system of dipping voters’ fingers in indelible ink is far more secure than ours.

        http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10293323.html

      • 203

        Your ballot paper has a number on it. It is logged and written down against the number on your POLL CARD, by the “staff” at the Polling Staion, on the Day.

        I have watched it happen every time since May 1997. I have voted every time, because it is right to do so.

        I wonder why they want this info?

      • 238
        Anonymous says:

        The electoral number establishes who actually voted (or at least that a vote was cast in the name of the registered voter). Political parties use them, for example, to see if people who promised to vote for them actually bothered to vote. To look at who an individual actually voted for you require a court order, which might occur if, for example, there were allegations of personation. Otherwise, how someone actually voted remains secret. Officially.

      • 251

        Always been like that – ever since the introduction of universal male suffrage at least. The tie up was used to note down communists etc – South Africa’s BOSS agency claimed that they knew the name and address of every communist in the UK, as a result of info being shared by MI5. More positively, the tie up was used to contact voters in Birmingham after the last postal ballot rigging scandal to ask if voters really *had* intended to vote labour – a court order was all that took.

      • 255
        Edinburgh Voter says:

        52 Anonymous is surely wrong?
        “When I last voted the ballot paper number was entered next to my name on the register so they know exactly who you vote for.”

        When I voted in our elections in 2007 my elector number was recorded on a separate “ballot papers issued” list, NOT on the register. Those “ballot papers issued” lists are sealed up at the close of the poll and are not opened at the vote count. Those lists can be opened only on the order of an Election Court. So I don’t see how anyone could find out how I had voted. The marked register should, of course, show that I did vote. That’s also no-one business, but it’s hardly the end of the world.

      • 269
        Miss Demeanour says:

        Ballot papers are logged to prevent fraud (Representation of the People Act 1918 – I think). When I did polling station duty as a local govt officer in the ’80s we were told that the papers and the register are stored separately and that the information can only be put back together on the order of a high court judge if there’s suspicion of misconduct.

      • 296
        Sam says:

        At the last election, the LibDem MP for Bermondsey Simon Hughes arrived at the ballot to find his vote had already been cast by post – for NuLab iirc. He raised questions in Parliament to be met with utter complacency, see Hansard: http://tinyurl.com/dz5wru

      • 300
        newsed1 says:

        Holborn is right. My mother noticed the same thing when she switched her vote locally and suddenly the attentions of the local parties switched as well. She was absolutely certain that the local politicians knew how she voted.

        Seems her instinct was right.

    • 57
      apricotfox says:

      Don’t forget :
      Your confidential details may be ‘lost’ or ‘sold on a whim

      Good comment, OH. Depressing but good…

      • 85
        Andy Carpark says:

        Two more arbitrary powers worth a shout.

        (1) the stop and search power under section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000

        “A constable may stop and search a person whom he reasonably suspects to be a terrorist to discover whether he has in his possession anything which may constitute evidence that he is a terrorist.”

        Spot the circularity.

        (2) the unrestrained power of the Treasury Asset Freezing Unit to designate persons pursuant to the Terrorism Order 2006

        “The Treasury has reasonable grounds to suspect that you are *or may be* a person who facilitates the commission of acts of terrorism”

        Google “Britain’s financial Guantanamo” for furthers.

      • 135
        Anonymous says:

        It’s the ‘Sold’ bit that is most worrying.
        A government that is hand in glove with big business to exploit as many people on as many levels as possible.
        A real corporate state with no ethics, no conscience and no honour; and its only ambition is to perpetuate itself in power.

    • 65
      Rimbo says:

      I was struck by a line in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at Covent Garden on Saturday – not picked up by Nick Robunson, who was also there, I noted. It was a defiant and resigned call by Dido, but could equally have been from our unelected prime minister………..
      “Your counsel all is urged in vain
      To Earth and Heav’n I will complain!
      To Earth and Heav’n why do I call?
      Earth and Heav’n conspire my fall.
      To Fate I sue, of other means bereft
      The only refuge for the wretched left”.

    • 79
      thick as thieves says:

      america?
      and replicated in this country by the cia agent gordon ‘bullshit’ brown.
      it is time we left afghanistan and forced the american administration to fight their own dirty wars.
      innit.

    • 92
      Anonymous says:

      If Gordon had an ounce of decency, he’d set out a bill to reinforce our liberties.

      The fact that he hasn’t tells you all you need to know about this homegrown little Stalin.

      Vote them out – ANYONE BUT LABOUR

      • 125
        Sir Reginald Titbrain says:

        We don’t need a bill to reinforce our liberties we just need Brown and his cohort of control freaks to fuck off.

      • 239
        Anonymous says:

        We do need something to reverse the draconian shit that has crept in over the last 10 years.

    • 100
      want my country back says:

      Not to mention those “heat detector” vehicles, that prowl the streets in the night detecting how much energy a household is “wasting”.
      l gather, said vehicles, also detect body heat, so that they can fine a household for “wasting energy” if none is in a room with a light switched on.
      WHAT A PILE OF UTTER BOLLOX AND SERIOUSLY INSANE FAT BLOATED PILLOCKS RULE THIS LAND!!!!!!!!!

      • 139
        Thats News says:

        l gather, said vehicles, also detect body heat, so that they can fine a household for “wasting energy” if none is in a room with a light switched on.

        These vehicles fine nobody. That’s not to say that someone could, one day, use such information to fine people, but they do not do so, yet.

      • 215

        But I thought that electricity and gas were bought and paid for, and therefore your property, and not yet still the state’s?

        If it is an offence to “waste” them, then that implies that the said energy resources have not become your property even upon bill payment? No?

        Are free range hens, “allowed to wander freely outside airy barns”, criminalised for not eating the stuff in front of them? We must really be in the poo.

      • 266
        Henna says:

        David Davis: “But I thought that electricity and gas were bought and paid for, and therefore your property, and not yet still the state’s?”

        And there lies the root of the problem. Private property doesn’t exist in ZaNuLabour UK.

        Sir Riginald Titbrian: “We don’t need a bill to reinforce our liberties we just need Brown and his cohort of control freaks to fuck off.”

        Sorry, the Tories won’t be an improvement. They are part of the problem.

      • 289
        Sam says:

        When I lived alsone in London I always left a light on to deter burglars, and to give the impression someone was there in case I was eg followed off the night bus – which happened more than once. One or two light bulbs on costs eff all. but turning lights on and off costs more (ditto cetnral heating) esp with the new ‘energy saving’ bulbs. They only save energy if you leave them ON all the time ffs!

    • 103
      Rexel 56 says:

      Ah yes OH, but as Toenails would say: these are not the “people’s priorities”

      • 112
        Anonymous says:

        How on earth he knows having spent a fortnight with “next to no news” is beyond me.

        Mind you it’s like a normal day for him, with only the Labour spin and how to get it out to the masses.

        A man with no shame and no integrity.

      • 246
        Toenails says:

        Can’t say anything yet – still no fax from Lab HQ

        If I receive nothing in the next 30 minutes I’ll call Mandy for the official line and post it on my BBC blog

        Sorry for the delay

    • 152
      Dogger says:

      You need an exit visa to travel to the Isle of Wight.

    • 169
      Fausty says:

      How long before our household thermostats are state controlled – for the good of the planet, natch?

      What happens in the US tends to end up here. See:

      http://digg.com/d1K4Ht

      • 248
        twisted root says:

        ‘Smartmeters’ are already being installed in commercial premises in this country. The domestic premises programme will start in 2010 and take about 10 years to complete. The power to your house can be remotely limited or disconnected.

        http://148.80.254.51/landisgyr/landisgyr/UK/_www/en/pub/solutions/advanced_metering/benefits.cfm

      • 293
        Sam says:

        I have no objection to this in commercial premises, which burn huge amounts of needless energy by leaving computers and lights on all night – but homes should be sacrosanct

      • 303
        newsed1 says:

        The motorway system has already been rigged up with a ‘national communications network’.

        http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=477914

        This will allow close control and monitoring of all motorway travel and – in the not too distant future – motorway charging via overhead toll readers on the slip roads.

        Many motorways in the south are already getting ‘ramp metering’ eg traffic light controlled entry to the slip roads which will make reading the charge card in your windscreen easier.

      • 306
        newsed1 says:

        Consider also the

        Supplemental Tolls Bill introduced in near-total secrecy by Ken Livingstone when mayor.

        http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/privbill/new/001/001.pdf

        Aside from allowing him to toll any road in London – perhaps at 42 days’ notice – and legally defining ‘Greater London’ it had some very jolly provisions in it.

        ‘Under clause 14 interference with any equipment used for a TfL toll order, the
        obscuring of a registration plate of a motor vehicle or using a false document with
        intent to avoid payment of, or being identified as having failed to pay, a toll chargeable under a TfL toll order or a penalty charge under a SUTPO is punishable by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both.’

        The above means up to six months’ jail for not paying a fine.

        Even better….

        Under Clause 15 the intentional obstruction of a person exercising any powers
        conferred on him by a provision made by a SUTPO to enter a motor vehicle where he
        has reasonable grounds for suspecting that any equipment required to be carried in or fitted to the motor vehicle while it is on a road which is subject to the charging of tolls has been interfered with, or there is in the motor vehicle a false document which has been made or used, with intent to avoid payment of, or being identified as having failed to pay, a toll under a TfL toll order is punishable by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both.

        The above means that Ken would have his own militia which were legally entitled to enter your car and ‘remove’ the tolling equipment (eg charge card). Resist and you could get six months.

        The intention of this bill – not mentioned in Ken’s 2008 manifesto – was to allow him to toll of the main roads in and out of Greater London.

        Have you noticed the banks of four cameras overhanging many of the main roads?

        Although he said the camera were there to monitor the Low Emissions Zone – they would have also been used for road tolling.

        Think about it. This bill is now on books and will lie there until revived by a future Labour mayor.

        One of the great ‘successes’ for the hate-filled socialists over the last 10 years is the massive installation of the hardware to bring in a future surveillance state much more advanced that what we have now.

    • 174
      Rebecca says:

      To think there are still people who will vote Labour is what puts a chill down my spine.

      • 180
        /Ambrose S!lk says:

        Rebecca sweetie,

        boo!

        Tra laa!

      • 192

        @ 117 Sir Reg – what we need is something along the lines of Carswell/Hannan/ Redwood’s proposed Great Repeal Act – supposed to be enacted within the first month of a Conservative govt if it gets approval from DC (!;-) )

    • 271
      Minekiller says:

      The Military is detested and put to destroy itself unfunded, under equipped and politically maligned by the government.

      Terrorists are allowed into government.

      Men can be legally killed by women.

      Demographic terrorism is committed by government to alter community identities and shore up important constituencies.

      The Police remove their identity numbers.

      Hospitals are so dirty they are feared as places of illness and death rather than treatment and cure.

      The media is beholden to the government and full of their placemen (and women).

      Where nothing the government says can be believed.

      • 297
        Sam says:

        Terrorists and quasi-communists. Martin McGuinness has almost unbleievably been put in charge odf education in N Ireland where is is currently busy trying to destroy the Grammar Schools, so that the next-generation electorate there can be as dumbed down as they have been here

    • 325
      Bertha Rochester says:

      And if you use a public library, what you read is also logged and stored.

  2. 2

    Best of luck on Daily Politics show Guido.

  3. 7
    Greychatter says:

    He has done a great service to the Great British public by exposing the corrupt leadership of his boss Gordon.
    Gordon has employed him for years in the Treasury and in No. 10. He knew what was going on.

  4. 9

    Surprised to hear Damian is so unpopular in his own constituency, some Labour supporters reckon smearing is quite acceptable in politics.

  5. 10

    Yeah, gett rid of the fat pint spilling prick. if he spilled someone’s pint in a Glasgow pub he would have been decked. The fat fuck.

    • 24
      haggisbasher says:

      I’m sorry but you’re clearly an imposter. In Glasgow we don’t deck people, we nut them.

      decking is something that Bearsden people have where their gardens used to be.

  6. 11
    Posh Tory says:

    Pity so far he’s the only one to walk.

  7. 12
    Master Baiter says:

    The Conservative Party really are fishing in the depths. If this is the best they can manage, they’re in for another good kicking and they deserve it.
    By the way how is it that this sorrowful excuse for a blog has suddenly cleaned up on the endless racist, sexist and homophobia and vast helpings of ‘unsubstantiated allegations’?
    The whole thing plays in to Labour’s hand.
    The Aunt Mauds who are the Conservative base have been put off in the extreme by all of this dirty dirty dirty business.

    What’s up with Osborne’s nose, it looks like a ….?!/*!!?

    • 13
      SpudGun says:

      “The Conservative Party really are fishing in the depths. If this is the best they can manage, they’re in for another good kicking and they deserve it.”

      Have you taken your methadone yet ?

    • 17
      Groucho says:

      This is ‘playing into Labour’s hand’

      Absolutely priceless.

    • 27
      Old Kent Road says:

      I think this shows that “Care in the community” just ain’t working.

      • 287
        For the restless, not the true believers, this one's for you... says:

        No communities left and no one in power seems to care…

    • 29
      anonybot says:

      When does “uni” go back from the Easter vacs ? Better start revising for those exams although in “Brown’s Britain” a 2.1 degree and better won’t get you a job although it might get you an interview for the check-outs at Asda along with the other 40 graduate applicants who graduated last year and the other 30 who graduate this !!!!

      • 35
        Master Baiter says:

        That’s all very well, master plumber, but what about Osborne’s weird nose.
        The country must know.

        Who knows about Osborne’s nose?
        (repeat ad infinitum)

      • 86
        Doctor Mick says:

        Or McBride’s – why is it so Brown geddit ?

      • 140
        Snotto-miner says:

        We all know about gordons nose as we saw him pick it on live TV and devour the contents… Yeek!

      • 144
        Anonymous says:

        And none of you will be given the job. It will go to am 18 year old Latvian girl, who can speak, read, and write better English than any of you. She will also be clean and have nice teeth. Supermarkets don’t want to hire British people, they look poor and sad, and they put customers off.

      • 230

        “Uni” mostly goes back in a week. The “exams”, such as they are, are in about a fortnight to three weeks. Then no teaching will be done, for the rest of term. Not for any of the “years”. I can’t figure out what the bloody lecturers do for the rest of the time, fuck the students probably.

        (I typed “studebts” first, perhaps that should have stayed, and perhaps that’s how [some of] the girls get out of jail at the end of three years debt-free. good for them, bless them.)

        Here’s a putative 3rd-year sociology finals question:-

        “Why is it so hard for a man to go into prostitution and make lots of money? Discuss.”

      • 309
        newsed1 says:

        “Why is it so hard for a man to go into prostitution and make lots of money? Discuss.”

        Because his potential clients know he won’t call her the next morning….

    • 94
      Anonymous says:

      Is this that student-union dick Tom Miller?

    • 114
      Anonymous says:

      “If this is the best they can manage, they’re in for another good kicking ”

      Ho de ho, this made me laugh.

      Head up somewhere where you cannot see the light of day, masturbater?

    • 171
      Anonymous says:

      Is Master Baiter Redditch’s very own Richard Timney?

  8. 13
    Fat Slags says:

    Rudi Vis said ” What he did was scandalous, totally scandalous. Something like this is really important, especially when the Government is not doing very well. He has done the Labour party an enormous disservice. I don’t believe he is the sort of member we should have. I have never met him, never seen him at any meetings, never even heard of him before, so it won’t be any loss to us.”

    Feck off Rudi you twassock, you selfish Liebourshite. Never mind ‘the Government’, why no mention of the pain suffered by ‘the general public’ or ‘the long-suffering taxpayer’

    Self interest again!!

    WTF!!!!

    • 60
      Leroy Himmler says:

      Rudi who? Who the hell is Rudi Vis?
      What stone did he crawl out from under?

    • 75
      Pissed off voter says:

      Mr Vis didn’t mention his own cosy not-so-little second home arrangement. Fuckin’ thievin’ hypocrite.

    • 155
      backwoodsman says:

      Right, you’r a nulab stooge MP , and you say this about the man widely credited as being your bosses ‘ consigliore, ” Ihave never met him ….never even heard of him before”.
      Are you : a very stupid
      b very dishonest
      c likely to be sleeping with the fishes in the near future

      • 299
        Sam says:

        He was talking about expelling Damien from the Labour Party – that is all. His remarks make perfect sense in that context – do keep up all of you at the back! I understand Damien only joined the LP in 2004!

  9. 15

    So McBride’s behaviour is bad – “especially when the government is not doing very well” . Which implies that if Gormless Gord was riding high in the polls, smearing opponents would be OK.

    • 18
      Feduptothebackteeth says:

      Of course.

    • 28
      /Ambrose S!lk says:

      You silly people are so funny when you are indignant, plese keep it up.
      Ofcourse smearing opponents is ok.
      Using an official undeniable email address to discuss the possibility of doing so is not ok.

      Mind you using email to discuss the possiblity of smearing is not smearing.
      Perhaps you are too dim to understand that difference.

      Tra laa!

      • 96
        thick as thieves says:

        ambrose silk,
        you are clearly a woman because you go on and on like one!
        you miserable old spinster, you will never get a man nagging and nagging. even if you did catch a foolish man he would soon run off and have an affair with a more pleasant lady friend.
        sheesh what a silly old tart you are…..tra la la!
        hold on…… you are harriet ‘man hating lesbian’ harpy and I demand my five pooooooonds!!!!!!!!!
        ps I would just like to clarify that I am not anti-lesbian, I fully support lesbian women (the pretty ones anyway)
        pps I bet you are a right ugly bastard, aren’t you ambrose?

      • 98
        Anonymous says:

        Yeah Ambrose.

        We’re so silly for getting indignant about Labour spending our money during a great depression (which by their ineptitude has left us worst-placed to deal with) on smearing their opponents for “a laugh”.

        Maybe you’re too dim to give up supporting a lame duck….

      • 119
        Harry Va Derci says:

        Ambrose: The smearing was going to take place. The dumb fucks got caught before they could action their dastardly plan. Tell ya what. Let’s test your theory. Hop along to Heathrow with a carry-on bag full of Semtex. When the handcuffs go on tell ‘em:
        “Carrying a bomb on a plane with the possibility of setting it off is not actually setting it off”.

        Or perhaps you are too dim to understand that difference.

        Tra-fucking-laa-yourself

      • 121
        /Ambrose S!lk says:

        Brace yourself, you are about to be educated.
        However, first you must wipe the flecks of foam from around your mouth.
        Then you must sit back exhale thoroughly and repeat until you gain some state of calm and semblance of rationality.
        For you that will take some time.
        After that further information will be passed on to you.
        Probably at first you will not understand the information, eventually however, you will understand.

        Tra laa!

      • 128
        /Ambrose S!lk says:

        Hairy,
        Perhaps you missed….

        “Ofcourse smearing opponents is ok.”

        You missed the point also.

        But that’s because you are in fact dim.

        Tra laa!

      • 250
        Peter Grimes says:

        So Silky Arsehole knew that Guido would be on the Daily Politics show and not available to moderate personally.

        Along comes Silky Arsehole dripping his putrid slime all over Guido’s blog.

        Silky Arsehole is a dollybot troll of the finest water!

      • 281
        Rebecca says:

        I take it you are unemployed as you post on this blog so much you cannot be involved in any other worthwhile occupation. Or are you some New Lab office cyborg whose reason for existence and income is to post pro government comments. Every time I see the “tra laa” sign off I imagine a cheap self satisfied magician performing a rubbish trick…

      • 290
        Minekiller says:

        This Ambrose Silk is a complete space cadet.

      • 298
        /Ambrose S!lk says:

        The work Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten has been called “a powerful allegory of homosexual oppression”.

        Britten and his partner Peter Pears when staying at Escondido, California read the poem by Crabbe and were struck by it. Britten, being a native of Suffolk, strongly identified with the tragic story of the Aldeburgh fisherman Peter Grimes. Peter Pears played Peter Grimes.

        Tra laa!

      • 326
        Anonymous says:

        Getting to you is it Mr Sick?

        Watching your little ZaNuLab empire turning to shit right before your eyes

        Worse to come son, worse to come

  10. 16
    SpudGun says:

    “”The Conservative Party really are fishing in the depths. If this is the best they can manage, they’re in for another good kicking and they deserve it.”"

    Have you taken your Methadone yet ?

  11. 19
    Old Tory says:

    No mention of the Ed Balls story from the Sunday Times ? It made very interesting reading. I think with all these stories of “career polictians” we can all understand how none of them saw this financial mess coming. Its about time we had a Government that cares about governing. This shower has got to go.

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6122756.ece

  12. 20
    /Ambrose S!lk says:

    Guidiot you are such a lightweight, you wouldn’t be if you ever stumbled on and uncovered actual corruption, such as in the example below. YOu never will ofcourse, becuse you love the banksters.

    US buyout group Carlyle has decided to stop using placement agents to solicit money from public pension funds after the indictment of a New York state political figure to whom it paid $12m in finder’s fees. The policy change is the latest fallout from a probe by the SEC and New York’s attorney-general into alleged kickbacks paid to secure money from New York’s $105bn Common Retirement Fund. The case has involved several private equity and hedge fund managers and raised questions about the means they use to gain assignments from public pension funds.

    Tra laa!

  13. 21
    Plato says:

    Spotted this in the Smeargraph by one of the three writers there with integrity – Mr Dan – Labour have always been like this

    I mentioned the Labour attempted smear about the Paddington rail victims when this kicked off – great to see that it’s getting the spotlight now.

    Truly appalling.

    • 31
      Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau says:

      Not now Plato!

    • 34
      Master Baiter says:

      Plato,
      Do you remember the Hillsborough disaster, looks like your freemason chums are going to have their frillies exposed.

      Now what was it the ‘soar away’ Sun printed about the victims?

      • 51
        Plato says:

        I do hope so Mr Baiter – and serves them right.

        However I suspect this is merely a very tasteless attempt over the weekend to distract attention from the group suicide note written by Mr McBride.

        Still one lives in hope.

      • 148
        ZanuLabour StaziTrooper says:

        The sun. The same sun thats supported the Labour party for 12 years.. the very same sun that said it was the sun wot wun it.

        Oh …that Sun!

        Dumbmass!

  14. 22
    Bill d'Sarse says:

    Not good enough. The should all be ejected from public office as soon as possible.

  15. 25
    bentkopper says:

    How many pints of beer do you need to drink a day to get a fat bloated red blotchy tw*t of a face like his or maybe he’s been shagging Jacqui bathplug, she’s got access to hand-cuffs and truncheons and all the other kinky stuff.

    Her husband can do the filming and charge the laundry bill on expenses.

  16. 30
    Anonymous says:

    If you have the self control revenge is always better taken cold and when your enemy knows that you are the engine of his downfall.

    • 52
      Right Bastard says:

      Revenge will be taken at the next General Election and it wil be hot, hot , hot!

      • 216
        Reality Check says:

        Election – are you kidding? My money is on Snot Gobbler pronouncing a State of Emergency next year so that the 2010 elections can be “delayed”.

        ZanuLab is already stoking the fire of National Security – the seed is planted – be afraid – very afraid

  17. 32
    Anonymous says:

    Will this result in him spilling the beans on Labour? Offer him some money and see what he does.

  18. 36
    Cato Street Conspirator says:

    Rudi Vis, says: ‘What he did was scandalous, totally scandalous. Something like this is really important, especially when the Government is not doing very well.’

    Of course, it would have been fine and dandy if the Government was doing very well. They never learn, do they?

  19. 37
    Voter says:

    Toenails is back with not a great deal to say about “those” emails, except to say Duff Brown’s ratings have gone down. Aren’t you happy paying for this man’s salary?

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nickrobinson/2009/04/back_to_work.html

    Thanks to you Guido, the masses will not stand for churned out copy crap from Number 10 repeated verbatim by the MSM.

    • 181
      AlJabeeba Monitoring facility says:

      I love his excuse for not knowing about whats going on or even really covering it now

      ‘I spent the past two weeks not just out of the country but away from virtually all sources of news.’

      Oh come off it (I know you read this site) you think we believe that shite and your boss never once. not once??? picked up the phone (like all our bosses do when we are on holiday)and said “guess what’s just happened the ass just fell out of the government you report on day in and day out? Oh and by the way…your not involved are you?”

      You are as bad if not worse than those who were caught and your credibility is in the gutter if it wasn’t there already. I myself constantly travel the world due to work and get news everywhere even if I don’t want it with the only exception I can think of which was Pitcairn Island (look it up)

      • 262
        Talwin says:

        Toenails “…away from VIRTUALLY all sources of news”. Not all news, then. So what was he getting? The weather? Susan Boyle’s won a heat of Britain’s Got Talent? No one happened to mention the biggest politics story around? Do Robinson and his like not even care about their credibility? Tossers all.

    • 295
      Cassandra King says:

      Nick Robinson works for the BBC which works for newlabour who issue stories to Nick Robinson who repeats them on the BBC that we pay for!

  20. 38

    Saw Gordon on Sky this morning banging on at some former tech. college type Uni or other. Usual stuff about what he is doing for us, saving the world sending a few e-mails [joke] . Nothing new you may say, but what is new is his presentational style, someone has been at work here and doing a good job. Head up looking all around the room, intelligently using hand gestures, smart fitted dark suit, white shirt dark tie… seems he’s already accepted the next general election is lost and he’s looking to auditioning for the world statesman role whcih until Guido started digging out his foundations, clearly awaited him. He’ll need some positive TV tapes for his website and to show prospective clients.
    What would you bid for a well used slightly refurbished failed prime minister?
    I’ll start the bidding euros 500 and throw in an unreconstructed dolly or two…

    • 59
      Right Bastard says:

      He’s not worth the paper he’s written on with his felt-tip pen.

      • 254
        Peter Grimes says:

        The paper that he is forged on.

        That RSA creep wouldn’t look at the camera when Guido was alongside him on Daily Politics this morning. I wonder what he was ashamed of?

      • 313
        newsed1 says:

        RSA?

        Was it that twat Matthew Taylor? Blair’s ex-policy advisor and leading exponent of sofa government?

        Guido mashed him up a few weeks ago.

        He basically took over the RSA – which was found for the encouragement of commerce and manufacturing – and Taylor engineered a little Militant-like entryism.

        He and mates took over and turned into a Blairite talking shop.

        here’s the website bollocks

        “For over 250 years the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress. Our approach is multi-disciplinary, politically independent and combines cutting edge research and policy development with practical action.

        We encourage public discourse and critical debate by providing platforms for leading experts to share new ideas on contemporary issues. Our projects generate new models for tackling the social challenges of today and our work is supported by a 27,000 strong Fellowship – achievers and influencers from every field with a real commitment to progressive social change.”

        And some of the engaging talks due soon from Blairite bullshitters….

        “Dr David Eagleman considers some emerging questions relating to law and neuroscience, challenging long-held assumptions in criminality and punishment and predicting a radical new future for the legal system. Tuesday 21 April, 6pm”

        “RSA Thursday – Neuroscience, Free Will and Responsibility
        Distinguished neuroscientist Professor Christopher Frith comes to the RSA to explain how the experience of free will is critical to the self and others. Thursday 23 April, 1pm.”

        Simply, what Taylor has done is fitted himself and the Blairite bullshitters up with a magnificent building just off The Strand and 27,000 fellows whose annual fees keep him in the style etc, etc

        Basically, if you are a FRSA, you are paying to keep the Blairite flame alive and manufacturing can go hang.

    • 62
      Ebay bidder says:

      two used condoms

    • 64
      shellingout says:

      What do you bid for a leader who has achieved nothing, except a mountain of debt? Exactly.

      • 102
        Anonymous says:

        It was Loughborough (so you’re being a bit harsh) – unfortunately The Leader appeared to pronounce it Lochbrugh – he really is useless.
        He was also quite animated – like the Living dead – so wondered about the dosage.

    • 105
      Anonymous says:

      Three tractors and one combine…

  21. 39
    Innocent Bystander says:

    I know Major used to like a good Curry and so what if the Tory boys have the occasional quiet evening with Miss Whiplash, it’s not coming out of my pocket and I don’t care either way. This government are however screwing all of us and will just brazen it out until next year’s election and only one thing will get an election earlier; the media.

    The problem is the BBC and they have lost the plot completely. What happened to “Speak Truth unto Nations?”

    If only the BBC had the courage and integrity of the boys this government send to get killed in Afghanistan.

    Then and only then would all start to unravel and others in the media would follow. But they don’t have that courage; they just bring on a talking head at the end of every damaging story about this Labour/Communist government to explain it all away.

    When elections have been cancelled, because the Gordon Brown says there is too much to do, and freedom of speech has finally been squashed for ever; when we are all begging in the street and eating the soles of our shoes the BBC will still bring on a government minister to lecture us on how they are working hard to get put it right and it was really the fault of the last Conservative government and anyway is started in America.

    Somewhere in the BBC there must be someone with courage who can see through this disgusting collection of misfits and start to speak the truth.

    • 61
      Master Baiter says:

      Yeah, but what about Osborne’s weird nose?

      • 66
        Innocent Bystander says:

        Better than Brown’s dick up Ball’s arse.

      • 78
        Mrs Baiter says:

        Come in now. I’ve told you before not to play with that nasty Brown boy

      • 185
        Anonymous says:

        do tell us pleeeese.. what about it?

      • 195
        Ratsniffer says:

        Hi Labour troll. Kindly sod off. If any of them have been sniffing powder in the past or getting their arse thrashed by a wobbly-titted hooker, so long as it’s not coming out of my taxes I don’t give a toss.

        And none of this smearing will make the slightest difference to the result of the next general election: labour will be toast, another disasterous term of office consigned to the dustbin.

    • 83
      Taxi Driver says:

      The is a great career for someone who has the balls to stand up and take on the prize misfits. Sort of “That was the week that was” or Peter Cook “doing Macmillian. Come on -what with all this UNI education.

  22. 40
    anonymouse says:

    That means he couldn’t get a job with ZaNULabour. Gordo will be speechless!!

  23. 43

    The British people aren’t interested in this silly tittle-tattle any more. This is now a non-story, despite Guido and the right wing press trying to drag it out.

    Remember – you may be disappointed with Labour, but do you really want the Tories to come back? Do you want Thatcher to return?

    • 327
      Socialism has murdered 150 million human beings--- pride says:

      Do you want Thatcher to return?.

      Shame you don’t have a soundtrack –”(A Lot More Than) A Few Dollars More” would be a good one given you wasting bastards habits.

      What is she 90 odd?

      You fucking gutless Socialist prick. Pissing your pants at the thought of a showdown with a feeble, frail 90 year old woman.”Let traitors flee” and all that bollocks. You need new words “Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree, Kiss the Arse of Tyranny”

  24. 44
    BBC Journalist of the Year: Nick Robinson says:

    I’m back at the Beeb. Please feel free to visit my blog and leave a few complements regarding my impartiality.

  25. 46
    Dame Celia Molestrangler says:

    Toenails has changed his tune…..

  26. 47
    Nailrod says:

    Over on this John Harris article on CiF they’re looking for a new descriptor for Labour that captures the essence of the party in a pithy word or phrase. I’d like to contribute but I’ve been banned from CiF so many times I can’t actually think of any new email names to register under. I wonder if someone would be kind enough to offer ‘Quantitative Sleazing’ on my behalf…

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/19/labour-ballot-box-postal-voting?commentpage=2

    • 58
      Throbber says:

      I think Scum is a better choice. Sums them up to a tee.

    • 183
      Plato says:

      Mr Nailrod – you have performed a great public service.

      Have you tried Harman_Pride?

      • 312
        Nailrod says:

        My understanding is that Harman, or “that Mr Pride or whatever his name is that I barely even know” as he is now officially termed on CiF, has now been disowned by them and is reduced to stalking these boards.

    • 311
      Nailrod says:

      Thanks, NotHappy.

  27. 49
    SwissBob says:

    Guido on the Daily Politics, Live Chat here starting in 20 minutes:

    DAILY POLITICS LIVE CHAT

  28. 55
    Anonymous says:

    Guido,may your pint never run dry.

  29. 56
    Throbber says:

    I hope the people in Gorgons constituency decide he’s also been a disgrace and expel him as well. That would be a tiny part of the humiliation he deserves.

  30. 63
    new boy says:

    Can somebody tell me why he’s called toenails?

    • 70
      Twizzle says:

      ‘Cos he’s so far up Brown’s backside, you can only see his toenails.

      He went in head first.

    • 71
      Groucho says:

      Because he is so far up Brown’s arse, only his toenails remain visible

    • 88
      Laugh out loud says:

      Andrew Marr is called ‘Further’ because he is further up Brown’s arse than Robinson!!

    • 100
      new boy says:

      Thanks toi all….obvious really

    • 104
      Pissed off voter says:

      Two witnesses. guess it must be true. Wonder if they know Jacqui Smith, she is reputed to enjoy warching a little action – when she can get someone else to pay for it.

  31. 69
    Leroy Himmler says:

    Guido, give ‘em Hell!
    Never give in, never surrender!

  32. 73
    Peter says:

    DAILY POLITICS – G F is billed to appear – 12.00 NOON

  33. 74
    Redson says:

    Wonderful moment on 5 Live. Victoria Drearyshire – in a programme on expenses – is broadcasting live from the bedroom of the london shared flat of John Mann MP when the doorbell rings and a bunch of flowers is delivered to totally flumoxed Mann – from a ‘Tracey’ for ‘putting her up…’

    Now that is – to quote Donald Segretti – ‘Something with a little wit attached’

  34. 76
    The Inqu!sition says:

    Many people think that Cameron is a balding, wimpish thicko. That his anointed deputy Hague (the loser) is a garden ornament, that his shadow chancellor Osbourne is an effete lightweight with a cleft nose and that his shadow shadow chancellor Clarke is a fig leaf with a paunch, and that in combination they are clueless and gutless in the biggest economic crisis for eighty years or more and that they haven’t one cojone between them.

    Financial misconduct = Conservatives

    • 87
      Leroy Himmler says:

      But then again more people don’t think so.

    • 97
      Drop Dead Gorgeous says:

      Hello Master Baiter, having a bad day?
      Never mind just piss off back to Lablier Commy List.cum
      Or has that closed now like Red Rag.tit

      • 108
        Anonymous says:

        They’ve given it over to the students, who have been furiously typing out article after article to shunt Draper’s pathetic whinings and stories about how shit the Labour party are down to page 2.

        Now it’s just like being at a Socialist meeting at Uni. Full of twats who deserve a good hiding. Especially that Laurie Penny who describes herself as “a socialist feminist”

        God help us. Another Harridan in the making. No doubt she is also connected to the old rich, just like all these champagne socialists.

      • 260
        springbok says:

        Funny old world isn’t it.

        Reminds me of “Uni” days back in the bad old SA.

        We were all hot stuff lefties then mainly because it was proscribed and we had something to fight about – Nationalist Socialist minority totalitarians stomping on the majority – passing laws with very familiar titles like the Suppression of Terrorism Act, the 180-day Detention Act, the Civil Contingencies Act, all used to trample on democratic rights and freedoms.

        In those days (60s) we even worshipped Peter Hain as a democratic, liberal fighter for freedom! How that worm has turned.

        This lot, the trolls and progeny of the Draper-McBride-NuLiebour Smearing Parteh, have completely perverted what Great Britain once represented to us idealistic lefties in the colonies, and I confess to some nostalgia.

        The parteh we see destroying this country today closely resembles the one us lefty students opposed all those years ago. Then as now, we were bashed, trunchoned and detained by police thugs and their vicious dog squads.

        So is it really “Welcome to totalitarian-ruled Britain”?

        The Nazty, thuggish, racist, fascist, Liebour scum in power seem to suggest it is.

        Is history no longer taught in Liebour skools?

    • 161
      Anonymous says:

      “they are clueless and gutless in the biggest economic crisis for eighty years”
      Well, the thing is, they didn’t start the fire, and sometimes it’s better just to let things burn themselves out. If they start helping, they’ll just be blamed unfairly.
      Anyway, even if they did come out with solutions, any good ones would be instantly nicked by the mucophage himself (he is a financial wizard after all), and anything that didn’t look like a winner would just attract more criticism.
      They’re doing the best thing of all – giving enough rope.

    • 190
      Anonymous says:

      INQUEERSITION— YOUR TERRIBLE SMEAR AGAINST CAMERONS SON MAKES SENSE NOW GIVEN THE LATEST LABOUR PARTY EVENTS.
      PART OF THAT RED RAG TEAM WERE WE?

      THAT SMEAR WONT BE FORGOTTEN

    • 302
      Hoon!!! says:

      Why can’t you spell “Osborne”?
      Is it really so difficult?

  35. 82
    What me? Impartial? Nick Robinson says:

    The rats are turning on themselves, but we know it’s all a sham.

    In the diseased, hate filled minds of the Brown ZanuLabour cabal, they are the victims.

    The question is does Guido have any extra ammunition to ramp up the pressure on the Watson/Collins wretches?

  36. 91

    ‘Something like this is really important, especially when the government is not doing very well’

    Do the Labour bosses in Finchley imagine that if the government was doing ‘really well’ it would not matter quite so much?

  37. 93
    SwissBob says:

    Guido Fawkes on the Daily Politics, Live Chat here DAILY POLITICS LIVE CHAT

  38. 95
    Agent 99 says:

    Holy shit

    Toenails accuses Balls of lying and puts Brown and Balls very close to McPoison

    Has the sun got to the man can’t someone point out he works for the BBC FFS and he is off message. Bloody hell whatevernext they will expect the BBC to report impartially next.

  39. 106
    The Inquisition says:

    Pointless stooge of a corrupt and nasty government = The Inquisition

    Lol, Master Baiter Ambrose.

    (Ps: we are incapable of learning the lessons down here in the bunker, as with our master Brown, we can’t do anything but trot the same shit out again and again)

  40. 109
    nick 12 says:

    Very disappointed that you have not spent a bit on time on Ed `I barely know Mr McBride’ Balls. He could be your best scalp yet.

  41. 111
    The Inquisition says:

    The smeargate emails are going to be such small beer when the real corruption at the heart of the conservative Party is exposed.

    Financial misconduct = Conservatives.

  42. 116
    Fatty McBride says:

    Draper and I can’t help making turds of ourselves, good job the Labour Party provides such an apt and splendid stage for this!

    Tra laa!

    Nasty bunch of devious red faced loons = The Labour Party

  43. 118
    Dame Celia Molestrangler says:

    Damian is suddenly now “Mr. McBride” according to Al Beeb who now appear all to have had a road to Damascus moment. Balls is toast, and Brown hereafter.

  44. 120
    Andy Pandy says:

    Sorry to be off-message and untechnical, but does anyone know why Guido’s blog now often appears on my computer screen (and those of two of my friends at different locations) with certain lines of text in most of the posts virtually missing and illegible? I think it may have started recently when the blog was moved. Anyway, whatever the reason, it’s really most annoying for this regular reader.

    • 123
      Love you too darling says:

      I know, but just highlight it with your mouse and all is well again.

      • 319
        Andy Pandy says:

        Thanks. A serious reply (as opposed to common abuse!) was muchappreciated and – as you say – it does work.

    • 126
      Anonymous says:

      you’ve got a shit computer..

    • 173
      Spin Doctor says:

      Upgrading to IE7 and installing SP3 made no difference for me aparting from getting rid of the missing text in the left hand margin problem. If you are affected by the overlapping lines of text then just press F5 and problem is solved (for now).

    • 187
      i.t. support says:

      Turn the computer off and then on again.

      • 218
        Spin Doctor says:

        Those lazy Hunts in IT Support do nothing all day apart from surfing porn sites whilst eating mega buckets of KFC.

      • 220
        i.t. support supervisor says:

        Follow the thick cable leading from the back of the pc to the socket in the wall. Now… is it plugged in?

        If all else fails, replace IE (shit) with Firefox (no probs)

    • 229
      Anonymous says:

      I just double click somewhere in the region of the text and it’s fine then

      • 267
        McMoron says:

        Verrrry dangerous. Random clicks are to be discouraged at all costs, ask Dolly.

        Friefox is the answer and it takes some of the cash out of Bill we-rule-the-world Gates pocket.

      • 304
        Sam says:

        I use firefox on a mac and I’ve getting areas of solid grey at times. I think recent problems are just due to so much traffic over the last two weeks. It only happens when I’ve been on the site for some time though eg over an hour; double clicking does nothing to get rid of it. I have to close up and re-open

  45. 124
    Anonymous says:

    He can always join ZaNuCon when they start their games..

  46. 127
    Spin Doctor says:

    Brillo did Guido proud on today’s Daily Politics.

  47. 129
    BULLETIN REGARDING THE HEALTH OF THE SUPREME LEADER says:

    A bulletin has been posted on the railings of 10 Drowning (in Debt) Street by a SpokesPorkPerson, which reads :

    12 noon, Monday April 20, 2009

    The Supreme, Beloved, and Glorious Leader remains weak, and in a very low condition following emergency apologectomy last week.

    It has been revealed that the procedure to extract the apology was complicated by the well-hidden position of the object, and the fact that another more hazardous approach had to be made.

    The niggardly apology has now been transferred to the museum of the Royal College of Spin Doctors where the shrunken object will be placed on display.

    The Glorious Leader managed a small breakfast of groats, a refined version of the food commonly found in his place of origin.

    Teams of spin, diversity, equality, compliance, and other jobsworths remain on standby lest the Glorious Leader relapses.

    The Deputy Glorious Leader, ever watchful for her interests, remains on standby ready to take over.

    A further Bulletin will be released in due course.

    Bulletin ends

  48. 130
    'Mad' Jack McMadd says:

    I forsee the time when e-Government will allow us to vote online. Hopefully put an end to this postal vote rigging caper.

    The absence of a secret ballot does concern me however.

    What if one where to vote Conservative all of ones life and (God forbid) the Communist Party get in? Up against the firing squad it is…

    • 141
      The Inquisition says:

      Where have you been?
      The Communist party is in.
      Long live Our Glorious Leader.
      We know where you live you know.

    • 305
      Sam says:

      The only way to go is by SECRET BALLOT in person with photo ID
      Any other method is wide open to fraud and personation

  49. 131
    Air Nokia One says:

    Just a thought here as I was unaware he was a fully paid up party member.

    As an advisor or similar and a member of the Civil Service under the code of conduct when undertaking his duties he is required to remain impartial as it was the tax payer that was paying his wages. He can of course in private have political leanings as is anyone’s right. The problem here though is:

    1) If he is a fully paid up member of a political organisation (in this case Labour) how could he ever be considered impartial?

    2)Is this membership not a direct conflict of interest with the position he holds on behalf of and paid for by the tax payers?

    3) Does this not conflict with the meaning and interpretation of the CService code (without the spin) as given now without fiddling around with it in the future (McDooms big idea) to show something is being done and is actually an offence requiring dismissal not resignation and re-postioning?

    • 157
      anonybot says:

      Silly Boy – keep track – the rules apply to others NOT to these people – they MAKE the rules !
      Let’s face it they’ve been making the rules up since 1997. There is no longer an impartial civil service as it was prior 1 May 1997. It was the first rule of NuLabour – control the press;control the broadcasters;control the civil service and security services/and police by ensuring that people who share your philosophy are promoted and dissenters sidelined or sacked or forced to resign and of course they don’t need to fear Parliament holding “the executive” to account either(well not the “Commons” – they control that too or did and the backbench “sheep” do as they were/are told with one or two honourable exceptions)and forget about “Cabinet government” too until recently – Blair governed with a few of his “Sofa Cabinet”. That’s how we went to war in Iraq to name but one instance

      • 167
        Twizzle says:

        You missed the most important element. Politicisation of the role of Speaker of the House.

        Without the executive needing to be held to account, the rest is easy.

  50. 132
    Mzzzz. J. Boot, 32AA Minsta for Tourists 'n Terrorism, 'n Terrorist-Tourism, says:



    While I am appearing at this special hearing before you, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank Taxpayers for my Bath Plug.

    It is very nice.

  51. 133
    Tory Bear says:

    Nice jacket on the DP Guido.

    If anyone’s bored why not create your own Gordon Brown south park character http://is.gd/tqGV in light of his pending appearance on the show….

  52. 136
    Dr. Aper, says:



    Hello. My name is Dr Aper. I ape things. And I need to clarify my position. Or at least muddy the waters.

    It is true – in so far as I understand the meaning of the word – that I am not all that I purport to be. In fact I ape my properly qualified and far more experienced betters. I can’t help it really. But many insignificant squirts do the same.

    This tendency to affect what one isn’t is especially pronounced in a ‘patient’ of mine. He claims to be ruler, saviour, expert, all-seeing sage, – and so on, – bordering on, and sometimes crossing the boundary with fantasy. He also bizarrely claims that nothing is ever his fault.

    Well, fantasy is OK if it doesn’t involve other people, or important things.

    I guess we both should seek proper help.

  53. 138
    SS says:

    ‘Lots of people are saying that what he did was stupid..’ They claim to be moral people but when their own private thoughts are expressed,we get a different picture.

  54. 142

    Not unusual for scum to rise to the top of contaminated water. A Guido scoop helps to remove it.

  55. 143
    Anonymous says:

    These are the kind of comments that Toenails Robinson rejects on his “blog” (aka Government mouthpiece page).

    “Welcome back, Nick.

    I hope you’ve had time to get yourself up to speed on how the population will no longer tolerate being fed government spin verbatim by thinly-veiled mouthpieces such as yourself.

    It is time for the debate to move on – past those such as yourself who are complicit in holding it back.

    You have been found out, and it is time for the independent media to take over where you have so shamefully and abysmally failed.

    It will be holidays all year soon mate!”

    Off-topic apparently – what a bunch of jokers.

  56. 147
    Pip says:

    John Pinar on Five Live believes Alastair Campbell had been wrongly maligned.
    Not all political journalists have shaken of their shackles.

  57. 149
    Geordie Girl says:

    Liked Guido’s comment to Andrew Neil on Daily politics re Kevin Maguire – “a journalist of sorts”.

    Can anyone tell me why Maguire is called “Toilets” ?

  58. 150
    Orange Wlaker says:

    How Unfortunate to see that Labours distaste and distress is entirely the result of their perceived decline in reputation. Any defence of standards of public decency, indeed, any attempt to instil decency in the party, is, it seems, entirely incidental to the endeavour to influence public perception. Surely friends, this is the prerogative of the scoundrel ?

    • 182
      George's Nose says:

      Yes.

      If only there were a few decent Labour MP’s a vote of no confidence would give us an election now. Otherwise this will go on and on.

      There are cracks so who knows perhaps the dam will burst eventualy.

      Guido for Minister of Information please. He doesn’t have to become an MP. Dave can make him a Lord. At least he’ll allow free speech.

  59. 154
    nick 'rimmer' robinson says:

    I am a zanulab zombie propagandist.
    please blow my brains out and put me out of my misery.
    My last request is that I be allowed to rim Gordon Brown one last time. I just can’t get enough of Gordons arsehole, yum yum!
    ps I so not have Down’s Syndrome even though I have Down’s Syndrome eyes.

  60. 156
    It all started in America you bastards! says:

    Gordon Browns next career move?

  61. 158
    Anonymous says:

    Interesting. But Constituency Labour Parties do not have the power to expel members from the Party or even discipline them.

    To prevent the inevitable fratricidal infighting this power is tightly controlled. In fact the only power they have is to prefer charges to the National Constitutional Committee of the Labour Party.

    It will be interesting to see whether the NCC would vote to expel McBride. I imagine he would at that stage make public comment and let us know who * really * knew what was going on.

  62. 159
    Anonymous says:

    There’s not much time left for Brown. Senior Labour figures from all sides are planning to dump him after June’s local and European elections.

    We just can’t afford many more articles like this in today’s Sun if we are to avoid a complete meltdown at the next GE:

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/columnists/kavanagh/article2384927.ece

    Labour councillor.

    • 196
      Ess.Aitch.One.Tee says:

      Thank You.

      • 206
        Ratsniffer says:

        Looks like Murdoch has finally rumbled Snottus Gobbulus and his team of nasties for what they are. Let’s see the Murdoch press now ditch their allegiance to Zanulab, and really start putting the knife in.

        No point in backing losers, Rupe.

    • 205
      Anonymous says:

      The sun has changed sides and dramatically. Brown and Labor have had it
      No way back for Labour now it truly is all over and a disastrous budget followed by the UK going back to the IMF under labour government for a second time will just be the cheery on top. (Not a health clinic but a National and International humiliation)

      Were fucked utterly fucked..

      • 212
        Ratsniffer says:

        Agreed – remember that famous headline? “Will the last person to leave the country turn out the lights” That was aimed at labour – Windbag Kinnock to be precise – but let’s be honest by the time of the next election these useless ZanuLab fuckers will have already turned off the lights long ago.

      • 253
        anonymous says:

        The IMF Application is already in Darlings “Out” Basket – it’ll be handed in after June elections – after 12 years Labour have truly bankrupted the country – achieved very little apart from making us a hell of lot less safe – involved us in one illegal war and another unwinnable one- destroyed civil liberties – destroyed the future for a generation of young people coming on to the jobs market who find they own a worthless degree and a debt of £20,000 and can’t even get a job stacking shelves

        As you succinctly put it – Labour are well and truly f**ked big time. the June elections will be a bloodbath but remember that the general election will be much much much worse

      • 283
        Fausty says:

        The media’s gunning for them and they’ll struggle to fund the LP – even the unions cheesed off with Labour.

        How might the LP pay off its huge debt?

  63. 164
    emj says:

    LabourHome, in the guise of Alex Hilton, has launched a blistering attack on the Labour Party General Secretary, Ray Collins.

    Another scalp for Guido?

  64. 168
    Anonymous says:

    Brown must be relieved that Toenails Robinson is back and on-message and that pesky Laura Kuensberg is pushed back into the shadows where she can’t tell the truth about this appalling government, as she has been doing this past week.

    • 217
      Ratsniffer says:

      The senior Kommissars at Brown’s Broadcasting Corporation must have been staging hand-wringing crisis meetings at how they can play down all this “bad news” and get back on message, portraying their political masters in the best possible light. More tractor production statistics needed!

      Watch out for a few half-arsed negative stories involving tories and the prominence that ZanuBeeb give to them.

    • 285
      Cassandra King says:

      Clean skin laura back in the box and toenails back in again ‘like magic’ toenails can say I didnt know anything and he didnt compromise his inside contacts with the old smear unit and now of course he can begin to pump out shite from the new smear unit based around Mandelson?

      Trebles all round for the BBC.

  65. 176

    “I don’t believe he is the sort of member we should have. I have never met him, never seen him at any meetings, never even heard of him before, so it won’t be any loss to us.”

    One could almost say the same of Rudi Vis MP; he doesn’t exactly have a great record representing Finchley.

  66. 199
    Anonymous says:

    Anybody know what time pig baiting starts in the Commons this afternoon?

  67. 200
    Peter Mandelson ( Lord ) says:

    Mr Fawkes,

    This matter is now closed by order of HM Government.

    Any further comments will be deemed a threat to national security in these difficult global economic times as it may prevent our glorious leader from providing real help for real families.

    If you continue you will receive a visit from the New Labour Police Force ( sans indentification ).

    Yours

    P. Mandelson

    • 207
      IRB says:

      Are families “real” and not “hard working” any more?

      And people say they are out of touch.

      • 275
        Anonymous says:

        Sorry yes live sport culture questions at 2.30 starring andy (i won’t cry) Burnham. sorry assumed it was a committee – that’ll learn me.

      • 282
        Cap'n Willy says:

        Without jobs, they are still “real” but no longer “hard working”.

        Of course, many of them are still “hardly working” liebor voters.

  68. 202
    Alien8n says:

    How long before my post on NR’s blog gets moderated? In fact I’m surprised it survived this long!

    Post 78 :)

    • 213
      Alien8n says:

      BANG! And it’s gone!

      All I said was:

      I’m just wondering what kind of political journalist goes on holiday to find the biggest political story of the decade and says “I knew nothing till I got back”. I can believe you didn’t read any papers. I can believe you didn’t check the internet. But I can’t believe you didn’t receive a single text message from your colleagues going “OMG, guess what just happened to McBride!”

      • 232
        Twizzle says:

        I’ve no doubt he gets texts from McBride.

      • 243
        Ess.Aitch.One.Tee says:

        He’s heard it so many times from McDoom he now believes it.

      • 263
        Groucho says:

        Yes, Nick has learned well from his political masters. No matter how preposterous the lie, just come out with it.

        It doesn’t really matter if the plebs don’t believe you. They will still be forced to pay your wages.

      • 265
        Alien8n says:

        A lot of people have noticed, this must be the most heavily moderated blog on the BBc now, I swear there are more comments being deleted than are actually getting published!

      • 291
        Alien8n says:

        Hmmm, moderation seems to have stopped now, seems they’re more content to just leave everything as “waiting”.

  69. 204
    Britain's Lost Generation says:

    If that Hoon Chancellor Darling/Brown can find £15 billion budget savings now through efficiences then why couldn’t he find it 6,12,18…..6xN months ago.

    Expediency!!!

    WTF!

    • 208
      Anonymous says:

      votes? Hhahahahahaahaha

    • 211
      Alien8n says:

      As I said elsewhere, he’s just admitted that they’ve been wasting billions of taxpayers money for the last 12 years.

      Not to mention the further billions wasted on useless IT projects that don’t work or that aren’t needed and aren’t wanted.

    • 233
      Gareth says:

      Let’s hope it’s not more of Chancellor Brown’s Gershon efficiency savings that weren’t.

    • 257
      Groucho says:

      Exactly. Reminds me of just prior to the last election when Brown said he would be cutting 104,000 public sector jobs in order to save money. How come he hadn’t spotted these 104,000 underemployed people previously?

      Anyway, it was all a big fat lie simply to grab headlines. He created tens of thousands of new public sector jobs after the election, instead.

      Until the likes of Guido, nobody held these liars to account.

      “Mr Brown, you said you had ended Boom and Bust”

      “No Andrew, I said I had ended *Tory* Boom and Bust”

      “Fair enough, Mr Brown. Thank you.”

      • 317
        Sam says:

        I hope the incoming Govt will advertise national and local public service jobs online only on a designated site, as well as halving them.

        That should kill two birds with one stone, by killing off the obxnoious Guardian as well as widening the candidacies to people who won’t buy the rag, also saving money on the ads with which it is filled every day

        It would be a good idea if some way could be found to circumvent the seeming monompoly on media jobs being advertised only in The Guardian

  70. 209
    Anonymous says:

    200

  71. 219
    Anonymous says:

    Nulabour are still going strong for the smear tactics. So much for wanting a clean campaign.

    Daily Mail “I’ll shame top tories claims prostitute”

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1171986/Ill-shame-Tories-claims-prostitute-links-George-Osborne.html

    Now how much do you want to bet that the person offering the drug dealing hooker vast sums of cash has close connections with nulabour?

    Can’t wait for all the other prostitutes and rent boys to line up to sell their stories on nulabourites.

    • 228
      Shipley says:

      I REALLY don’t care if he’s shacked up with some hooker right now. I’d still vote for the guy!

    • 234
      Twizzle says:

      Smear tactics? No, Max Clifford.

      • 314
        Anonymous says:

        No. smear tactics. It’s no coincidence that these are the allegations in mcbride’s emails, now is it?

    • 236
      shellingout says:

      It must have been a very large amount to make it worth her while.

    • 288
      Master Baiter says:

      There is a big difference between ‘unsubstatiated allegations’ and ‘substantiated allegations with a witness and photographic and video evidence’.

      The beauty of the next lot of allegations is that they fall in to a pattern and there will be a lot of witnesses.
      This leaves the distinct prospect of the Conservatives being unable to persuade the Aunt Maudes to come out and vote for their dirty dirty dirty politicians.

      Chuck and make sure it sticks.

    • 324
      Sarah says:

      Yes, this is definitely a black ops story. Note the detail – the book won’t be published until next year. Why? Is it a translation of War and Peace into Tagalog or Chichewa, and they’ve only just started?
      Believe me, if this book was ever going to be published, it would already be at the printers. But it’s ok to announce that a book will be published, and what it might contain. If no book comes out, no worries, that was never the object.

      Two words: Max Hastings

  72. 223
    The Beast Of Clerkenwell says:

    And Dolly Draper faces eviction from the family home having fucked up just too often.
    Poor Hoon wont even have a car to sleep in seeing as how it was crushed due to non payment of tax.
    Women tend to hate failures and boy is Draper a complete and utter failure.

  73. 225
    Shipley says:

    You know back in the 90′s when folk were sick to the back teeth with the Tories and their sleazy ways.

    Well I’d fucking have a bunch of sleazers who do the dirty on their wives now and again – but who still do their fucking job – rather than this shamble of shite. Labour came to power with smiles and promises and have officially dicked the country over big time. I’m only 28 but I believe the rest of my life will be affected seriously by the crap they’ve brought upon us.

    I never have voted Labour, but most importantly, MOST MOST MOST importantly, I never fucking will.

    My family have told me about the last time they were in power and how badly it was left and that it was the Tories who had to do the hard work and claw money back off the people. It’s happening again. I am so fed up with this crap.

    TTFN X(

    • 273
      anony60mous says:

      I have lived through both the Wilson years and the Callaghan years and I can tell you that Labour fucked the country then and regrettably they’ve done so again now – they learnt “presentation” in their long exile in the 80′s but precious little else. I fear despite early promise that Labour governments ALWAYS end in failure and the Conservatives ALWAYS seem to have to repair the damage. I am afraid it’s your generation and my children and grandchildren’s generation that will pay the price for Labour’s errors and Brown’s hubris NOT mine and I’m sorry for that and all the destoyed dreams and lost chances that this government who was elected with so much hope has squandered over the last 12 years along with the electorate’s trust which they can never regain until they have spent time in Opposition again. Just as in 1997 when the Tories got their “marching orders” from the voters it’s time for change ! Time for this lot to go and go now !!!!

      • 320
        Sam says:

        The problem however remains that the totally dumbed down electorate is more interested in ‘celebrities’ and football than whether the country is run by scum. ‘Bread and Circuses’ has worked so far. We will always be in danger of another wrecking Labour Govt because of this allied with bone-headed ‘tribal’ loyalties. The scum depend on it.

      • 323
        Shipley says:

        I’m really hoping that The Lib Dems do well in the next election. I would love for them to be the main opposition. Vince Cable is the only one who I rate but even the rest of them I would rather see above the those in the Labour party.

        Anony60mous – you’re bang on with the “presentation” of Labour. I’m aware that spin-doctors existed before 1997 but this last 12 years has been OTT on media manipulation.

        As I say, the Tories when they;re in can be selfish (indiviually) maybe I’m wrong but that’s the impression I got – but I really don’t mind the odd tosser doing his secretary in his football strip or whatever other antics they prefer – it’s when all the crap actually affects the country. It’s one thing to read about Joe Blogs MP with his trousers down – another to read, Joe Public with his down because of Joe Blogs.

        On top of this – it’s this party that screwed me over for my education. Mine was the first year to get hit with having to pay for university. Fuckers! What kind of socialism is that anyway??? It bleeds irony, you just couldn’t make some of this stuff up.

  74. 231
    Mr Rotivator says:

    Harman Pride last week: “Even at our lowest ebb we still have 30%[in the polls]….our core vote won’t desert us”

    Sun: “We’re down to 26 per cent, but there is nothing to stop it going lower,” said an ex-Cabinet minister. “We are in freefall.

    “People accused Tony of telling lies but Gordon is the biggest liar in modern politics.

    “The question on election day will be: Do you want Brown for another five years? Millions and millions of voters are going to say NO.”

    Got the message yet HP?

  75. 237
    Koba says:

    We are witnessing the death of a much derided party of the stupid for the stupid on behalf of the stupid.

  76. 240
    Humpty-Dumpty says:

    Ha ha, an article with Dolly published the day before the email convening the Red Rag meeting was sent. Link below, but a classic quote, has he turned into a clairvoyant??

    ‘I have no doubt the internet will play an increasing role in these polls and wider British politics’

    Oh, it did, Dolly, how right you were!

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1111406/DEREK-DRAPER-How-Im-taking-Tories-blogging-war.html

    • 272
      Anonymous says:

      This quote from the same article is even better:

      ‘I may have hesitated to return to Westminster, but I seem to have got back just in time. With today’s website launch, Labour people now have their own space in the blogosphere. Let the cyber-war commence.’

      MWAHAAAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAA!!

      • 280
        anonymous says:

        Moral – never go into print with such hubristic tosh unless you’re certain that you’re actually competent to deliver !!

        Is there any truth in the rumour that “Red Flag” is being rebranded as “White Flag” ? Thought I’d ask.

  77. 249
    Anonymous says:

    Listen, you poxy morris dancers-REMEMBER GLENROTHES!! (And the “missing” voters registers)

    Do you STILL think that liebour will be trashed at the GE??

    I THINK NOT!!

    Gordon Brown will STILL be with you lot for ANOTHER 6 looong years!!

    Hahahahahahahaha!

    • 278
      bergen says:

      I’ve posted on this before.Everyone must be very careful but Labour bussed in volunteers from everywhere to Glenrothoes.It will have to spread itself very thinly at a nationwide general election and I don’t think they will be able to pull a similar scam .

      Glenrothoes is a scandal beyond measure.

      • 284
        anonymous says:

        Highly unlikely – a lot of the local Labour Parties have precious few “willing” activists left or even many of their so called “core vote”willing to vote for them. I suspect that the local and euro elections will see the BNP make big gains at the expense of Labour in “traditional Labour” wards and constituencies

      • 316
        Anonymous says:

        Thanks Bergen-its Glenrothes by the way!

        No-nothing to do with “bussing in.” Its to do with POSTAL VOTING -nothing more!

      • 321
        Sam says:

        Anon, it takes a lot of legs to gather up those postal votes
        (strictly illegal of course). This is how it’s done:
        ttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1719968.ece

  78. 256
    Anonymous says:

    Look out that he doesn’t decide to spill your blood instead, next time.

  79. 279
    Plato says:

    I mentioned earlier today that Dan Hannan has picked up on the Paddington rail crash victims smear – well try this:

    Someone on my blog has pointed out that the perpetrator was one Dan Corry – Gordon’s current Head of Policy – what a surprise.

    http://plato-says.blogspot.com/2009/04/fuck-me-paddington-disaster-smearer.html

  80. 307
    Mr Christopher says:

    Could McPoison have signed up in Finchley as part of some long forgotten plan to stand against Maggie?

  81. 322
    Cicero says:

    Not known to the local party…never goes to meetings…surely Labour should keep to its traditions and rather than expel him have him measured for a parachute and nominate him to run as their next parliamentary candidate…..

  82. 328

    [...] flags up the news that Damian McBride is facing expulsion from the Labour Party. His local MP, Rudi Vis, has [...]

  83. 329
    MG says:

    I don’t like this Govt and agree with much of the list of issues but the suggestion that the Govt know how you vote is not really true. There is a nos on ballot papers that can be traced by a judge by a seperate process of matching up after an election but this is to avoid rigging if a question was raised about behaviour during an election, it can’t be done by a party or a party in Govt. This is a different matter to the issue of the lost marked registers and indeed this matter has discussed at length on other sites and the view was that having a number that can be traced would allow the issue to be resolved later if needs be even if papers went missing. As far as I am aware this has been the process and backstop for a long time.

  84. 330
    Anonymous says:

    McBride is a tool. As a previously commited Labour voter – I despise him and want him out of my party. However I have now deserted the sinking ship – and to be honest they can keep him – they’ll need every single vote come the next election.

  85. 331
    BOB says:

    The most disturbing aspect of the whole Damian McBride affair is the way in which Labour has gradually annexed and absorbed large sections of the civil service into its own party machine so that many ministerial employees are now not only doing Labour’s work but also evidently its dirty work.

    For McBride to be paid 100K+pa of taxpayers’ money to sit in his office all day inventing lurid sexual fantasies about members of an opposition party is an affront to all of us. We should most probably be entitled to a collective peerage for a donation to Labour Party funds on that scale. Such cavalier and self-serving abuse of the public purse under Labour has made a major contribution to our country’s current financial predicament.

    Gordon Brown’s moral compass is now irrevocably tarnished. His denials of involvement in McBride’s smear campaigns appear like those of the proprietor of an escort agency who denies the assignations he arranges may be for sexual purposes.

    http://www.bombersonbenefits.blogspot.com

  86. 332
    Peter Grimes says:

    And N010 still spout that McPoison was a lone operator?

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/21/damian-mcbride-whitehall-media-no10

    Did MI5 give Guido his leak? Did they give him enough to fix others’ fate?

  87. 333
    neil Craig says:

    Since I was expelled from the Liberal Democrats, officially for being an economic liberal but, according to the guy who wrote up the charges, actually because you can’t be a LibDem unless you approve of racial genocide (all true) I would have thought Damien’s actions more dissociated from his party’s nominal principle than I.

  88. 334

    What intrigues me most about this affair is how McBride came to his post in the first place. He was, apparently, employed in the VAT inspectorate when he was plucked to his recent eminence. Just how did his peculiar talents come to Gordon’s notice?

  89. 335
    Scottishdissenter says:

    Even bloody Kinnock says this sleaze has gone too far…

    http://www.bigissuescotland.com/news/view/74

  90. 336
    financing says:

    what is credit? :)



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