October 7th, 2009

Why is the Mirror Wasting Money on Champagne?

With losses of £73 million last year can the Mirror group really afford to be buying champagne for Tories?  They just tried a stunt to send over a couple of glasses to George Osborne for breakfast.  They should perhaps focus on the local government fat-cats at the The Conservative Local Government Champagne Reception, sponsored by Tesco.  Will it be Tesco’s finest champagne?


215 Comments

  1. 1
    Phil O'Pastree says:

    Would have made a great photo-op for a tired hack with a cameraphone.

    • 3
      genghiz the kahn says:

      Which presumes that the said hack isn’t too over tired and emotional to use advanced technology.

      • 5
        Phil O'Pastree says:

        He had a cameraman in tow as well. No wonder they are losing money if they can’t find any news and have to manufacture it.

        • 15
          Champagne Charlie says:

          Will and Dave hold the Maginot Line:

          • JMT says:

            Magnum Line, shurely?

          • Anonymous says:

            He’s a slippery fish that Hague. Don’t knock the fellow unless he turns traitor on europe. Still, we shall judge in the attempted run up to implementation of the Lisbon Constitution. Waiting for an election may be too late before we are under euro control. Possibly January at the latest when any civil patriotism is shown and rebelled by the new ordnance of Tasers and the right to enter our castles. (25000 new tazer harpoons)

          • Lora Norda says:

            THERE WILL NOT BE A REFERENDUM ITS ALL FUCKING BLUSTER

            A major reason for the rise of the b+p and UKIP is the fact that even firm promises by the three major parties are not worth a candle. A few weeks ago Cameron gave a “CAST IRON GARENTEE” that he would hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Already he is now failing to reaffirm this promise since the Irish voted “yes”. He now looks to be as bigger liar as the Labour party, he knows that the overwhelming majority would vote “NO” on this issue. What a missed opportunity for a wipe out of Labour and the Lib-Dems. Under British law no government can tie the hands of its successor and that if he really wanted democracy on this issue gives him the freedom to allow a vote.

            Such duplicity by both of these parties Tory and Labour is why the b+p and UKIP are becoming more to the forefront, neither side are listening to the electorate. We should wake up and smell the coffee before that arsehole Blair rules the world.

          • Phil O'Pastree says:

            So the B­NP can be trusted eh?

          • Ivor Schwartzporsche says:

            I think Benp was a protest vote or where ukip weren’t standing last June. I believe there are not many racist people but they will vote for benp. Patriots and those who want freedom for business and employment opportunities for all, with less government intrusion will vote UKIP. IMO

    • 24
      Champagne terrorists says:

      FFS since when was it illegal to offer someone a glass of champagne?

      The plod had no business arresting the waiter.

    • 92
      Anonymous says:

      Looks like Ben Bradshaw is still smating from looking a complete tit on last week’s question time.

      Bradshaw attacks “feeble” and “biased” Today programme
      http://page.politicshome.com/uk/bradshaw_attacks_feeble_and_biased_today_programme.html

    • 106
      Barry says:

      what time is DC’s speech today?

    • 164
      Grayling alienates a whole Nation says:

      Well the Conservatives will never get elected in Scotland again.

      Chris Grayling has just announced.

      “We will increase the price of a four pack of super strength lager by £1.33
      We will more than double tax on super strength cider”

      • 189
        Tax tax tax says:

        Sod that, they should increase the tax on Scottish Whiskey by £3 in one go, it’s not like the Scots vote for the Tories anymore anyway. Why has Brown stopped the tax on spirits going up all these years? Time the tax went on the spirits.

    • 169
      Am I Missing the obvious? says:

      If George is going to link the state pension to pay and he is going to freeze pay. How is that good for pensioners?

  2. 2
    Dack Blog says:

    Business and politics. Ah, there’s the nub.

  3. 4
    Mark Oaten says:

    Toilets has to pop the rohipnol somewhere

  4. 7
    C-Dept-Ops_Section says:

    The Mirror are not “ordinary people”.

    They are traitors. We have the case files.

    • 208
      Lord Hardbringer says:

      All your department has, (and ever will have)
      is old pre-1975 Luncheon Vouchers.
      F**kin worthless….

  5. 8
    It's all Balls says:

    A rhetorical question Guido.

    A starter for 10 for the next 6 months campaigning by the left.

    Labour have fucked the Country and their credibility is shot. They cannot take the high ground on policy so watch out for the shittiest campaign in this Country’s history.

    This is small beer (pun intended) compared to what is around the corner.

    • 12
      English Liberation Front says:

      Their Trolls are everywhere, no doubt paid for by the taxpayer in the final long insult to the British people. Dirty communist bastards trying every trick in the book.

    • 14
      Father McBride says:

      Doing it now!

    • 16
      tat says:

      yes and what fun we will have watching the piggies bashing each others brains out.
      I hope they tear each other to shreds and I am quite happy with the way things are going because the parties are all as bad as each other.
      the dirtier the better as far as I am concerned.
      a hung parliament is bound to be the outcome of such infighting.
      and a hung parliament would be in the best interests of the country.
      top boy has spoken.

      • 20
        Phil O'Pastree says:

        Will top boy do the hanging?

      • 26
        shoul've gone to specsavers says:

        Hello gorgeous.

      • 27
        Mongel says:

        Tat
        I do think you have to decide which is the lesser of two evils, as in a hung parliament the LibDems will form a government with the party that throws them the best bone, whether it’s Vince as chancellor, proportional representation or whatever. And that could be Brown, although if the Libs have any sense they will demand the execution of Brown and Harperson and put the posty in charge. But don’t forget how far they are up Brussels’ arse.

        • 41
          tat says:

          no no, you entirely miss the point.
          thatcher, blair, brown and now cameron all have their grand visions for the country.
          never mind grandstanding wankers like them, striding off doing their own thing.
          fuck that shit.
          ’tis time to return to a more sedate, thoughtful parliament based on debate and agreement rather than have some nutter running off doing what they want and being able to because of a large majority which cannot be challenged.
          no more rushing to war or rushing to push through unpopular policies, it is time to have a more popular form of politics than the tribal form we currently suffer.
          that is all I am suggesting when I ask people to vote independent.
          a coalition government would be a far more democratic way forward and as we are at war a coalition government is the appropriate form of governance for the time being.

          • Ivor S. says:

            I kind of agree with you TaT but UKIP are putting up 500 candidates who would be ‘independent minded’ as much as independent Independents. Independent usually means freedom loving people and that is what UKIP people are.

          • tat says:

            any step towards independent minded candidates is a good thing.

          • Phil O'Pastree says:

            Independent means no alignment to any political party or manisfesto. UKIP are not “independent” in that sense.

            Titfer is advocating 646 different political view points. Sooner or later they would have to agree some form of policy in order to form a government and this would inevitably involve a lot of closed room horse deals.

            I’d like to know what a proposed govenment’s policies would be before I vote, not after.

          • Greychatter says:

            What’s Democratic Government? – this last twelve years of Blair and Brown have wiped the momory.

          • tat says:

            don’t be daft phil.
            the independent movement will be lucky to win fifty seats in the next election.
            not a large amount admittedly but large enough to hold the balance of power and to keep the nutters in the other parties in line.
            and in fairness to them, UKIP are more independent minded than any of the other parties and are a step in the right direction towards real political independence in the house of commons.
            it is important to be pragmatic in politics and to make friends with decent like minded peopel when you can.
            innit.
            unlike the TORY SCUM who would do a deal with satan if it got them into power.

          • Anonymous says:

            When they come round canvassing I will tell the ALL to FUCK OFF except the b=p

        • 63
          Sukyspook says:

          As the old saying goes: “the lesser of two evils is still evil”.

          • Ivor Schwartzporsche says:

            So please vote for who you find are closest to meet your aspirations.

          • Mongrel says:

            Not much help Sukyspook. As the anarchists used to say: don’t vote – the government always gets in. My ideal outcome is the same as tat’s – but short of that it has to be ABL.

      • 210
        Lord Hardbringer says:

        My cocks on fire – too much IMAC round me balls…

    • 17
      Mark Oatcake says:

      A shittiest campaign and I’m retiring?

      Well I’ll be blowed!

  6. 9
    English Liberation Front says:

    Yeah, but it supports Labour so it STINKS – like you.

  7. 10
    going mental says:

    its so shit

    • 84
      Anonymous says:

      Has MB been getting his little chums to join in here, or has Guido got a brand new stalker?

  8. 11
    Never been on a Horse sober says:

    Cheers me Hearties !!!

  9. 13
    going mental says:

    hope it goes bust soon

  10. 18
    Inglorious Basterd says:

    North Sea Oil is cheaper than French Champagne

    • 52
      North Sea Roustabout says:

      And its non-alcoholic so you can drink and drive

    • 88
      Agent Fixxafiz says:

      The owl will hoot at midnight. Now hand over the photos and slip away into the night, IG.

      • 113
        Inglorious Basterd says:

        I’m trying to have a serious debate on the price of North Sea Oil compared to the price of Champagne.

        What the fuck has owls got to do with it?

        • 183
          Ivor Schwartzporsche says:

          What has Oil got to do with trying to get dodgy pictures of politicians drinking and getting well oiled at a Tesco party?

  11. 19
    MisterE says:

    Oh well, it could be worse I suppose…

    The Mirror could be printing fabricated pictures of British soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners, thereby massively increasing the risk and danger to our men and women in the armed forces.

    Oh wait, they’ve already done that haven’t they…

    • 31
      tat says:

      hmm… but you forget that after the mirror printed that false story we really did go on to torture Iraqis.
      remember baha moussa? 93 seperate injuries inflicted by our soldiers.
      occupations always turn nasty and involve torture and illegal behaviour by the occupier.
      like in northern ireland where the sas summarily executed ira suspects.
      SUSPECTS.
      bit of a stupid and crass point for you to try to make, eh, mister e. you dopey c’unt.
      TROOPS OUT NOW

      • 46
        C-Dept-Ops_Section says:

        “Remember baha moussa?”

        Yep.

        As you have no fucking idea what the chaps had to endur out there on this subject in particular you should just keep your mouth shut.

        You know fuck all about anything you ignorant hoon.

        Now let the pensioner behind you have a go on the internet – its her public access library too you know.

        Wanker.

        • 53
          tat says:

          so torture is okay in your book.
          you do alqaeda’s dirty work for them you cretin.
          got your tin hat on have you? ready to go to the front line?
          no?
          then shut the fuck up you arsehole.

          • mad fred 2 para says:

            TAT,

            SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THINGS YOU PATENTLY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE OF.

            It is you who do the enemies work for them as you tar every single man & woman serving on the frontline with the same brush.

            Your ignorance here is often amusing, on this subject you are a complete Hunt.

            Now YOU shut the fuck up.

          • Anonymous says:

            Or even better – given that you fancy yourself as such and expert on the subject Tat, how about you puy your money where your mouth is and go and join up so you can actually see first hand and be in a position to comment.

          • tat says:

            mad fred,
            I thought you would have had the interests of our troops at heart.
            clearly you do not.
            our own generals admitted we kicked the fucking door in by going into Iraq but Afghanistan is even worse, we sneaked in like burglars in the night.
            our politicians sneaked our soldiers in underfunded and undersupplied because they did not want the public to know what was going on.
            our soldiers are still suffering from that underfunding by not having sufficient helicopter support due to gordon brown cutting the helicopter budget.
            and yet and yet when I argue in favour of extricating our soldiers from the shit the new labour war party has dropped them in you pull the soldier card.
            for fucks sake fred, get with the fucking programme.
            we have as much chance of finding victory in Afghanistan as we had of finding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
            zero chance.
            medidate on that motherfucker before you rant at me you c’unt.

          • tat says:

            I will take no part in the occupation of a foreign country.
            we learned in the 13th century that there is no profit in occupation and so I would not do something that damaged my own country.
            but should a foreign power occupy this country then I would cause them all sorts of fucking problems and after I had killed dozens and dozens of the occupiers when they finally hunt me down and kill me they will have to prise my gun from my cold dead fingers.
            oh, and aswell as taking up arms against the occupiers I would also be pumping out a fucking truckload of propaganda aswell. night and day fred, I would work to expel the invaders.
            so do not question my intentions or loyalties fred.
            I am loyal to my country and will protect her until my last breath.

    • 42
      Lieutenant Crawford says:

      Do you defend the behaviour of the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment, whose members now have admitted to stealing from a safe at the Ibn Al Haitham hotel in Basra, being reported by the hotel’s owner, promptly returning to the same hotel, arresting all the males, beating one of them to death with 93 separate injuries?

      In fact that criminal behaviour by members of the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment did endanger the lives of British service personnel in Iraq and elsewhere.

      Didn’t it?

    • 213
      Granny smith says:

      THE BASTARDS.

  12. 21
    James1st says:

    What are the Labour party for? Why do they exist?

    These questions were prompted by my young grand daughter asking me why god put nasty creatures like cockroaches on the earth.

    • 30
      Mongel says:

      Because there isn’t one. That’s what I told my children, and they are a lot better adjusted than I was at their age with the benefit of a catholic upbringing.

  13. 22
    going mental says:

    DEATH TO THE MIRROR

  14. 23
    Resident of the Priory Rehab Clinic says:

    and it tastes better

  15. 25
    hoorah says:

    Why didn’t they write on Cammo’s hotel door, “David Cameron sleeps here,” and strew a few empty champagne bottles about the corridor? That would be up to their usual standard of journalism.

    • 34
      Hugh Janus says:

      Much too advanced for the Mirror hoorah. Not strong, not soft and not absorbent. Like NuLiebour, a complete irrelevance.

    • 36
      hoorah says:

      Guido, sorry about the extra work mate, but this lot needs cleaning up.

      This Tawkes idiot has dumped all over your blog gain.

    • 79
      Moley says:

      They could have done far worse.

      They could have smeared him by leaving a copy of the Mirror with his morning papers by his door in the morning and taking another photograph.

      • 94
        Hugh Janus says:

        Blimey, that really would be below the belt!

      • 99
        Phil O'Pastree says:

        Or get some naked dolly bird to throw him to the floor and spreadeagle herself over his face. It may not be believeable but it sure would sell the paper.

        “I didn’t order kippers” cried a bemused George.

  16. 29
    Dippy ness says:

    TESCO!!! Dear God that’s slumming it. Waitrose my dear boy.

    • 35
      Mongel says:

      Yes Waitrose, the workers’ collective. Cut the inverted snob crap – John Lewis is one of the country’s few ethical retailers.

  17. 33
    inky says:

    Guido has warned you about being a tedious twat before.

    Don’t you ever learn FFS?

  18. 37
    Moley says:

    Here is a link to the Mirror article.

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/10/07/david-cameron-seen-drinking-champagne-as-tories-reveal-wage-freezes-and-pension-cuts-115875-21728511/

    The Mirror forgot to mention something important.

    It is not illegal to dr*nk champagne; labour politicians,and union leaders drink it too; it is after all a bit of a challenge to spend all that money they pay themselves.

    It is however illegal to smoke in a Pub, Working Men’s club, or other public place.

    But Labour MPs exempted themselves from the smoking ban and continue to smoke in the House of Commons Bars.

    Will we see that outrageous hypocrisy blazed across the top of the Mirror?
    Probably not.

  19. 38
    Phil O'Pastree says:

    Ever since Hard Labour (12 Years) got rid of those two old pros, McBride and Draper, it seems to me that the quality of smearing has gone actually gone downhill rapidly.

    Cameron sipping a glass of champagne? Osborne with a Bucks Fizz? What next, Hague with a half of mild; Clarke sneaking a ciggie out the back?

    McLabour, I’m Losin’ It.

    • 45
      Hugh Janus says:

      Desperate times call for desperate measures – and no one is more desperate than the present bunch of incompetents pretending to be a government. In power but definitely not in control.

    • 70
      Sukyspook says:

      Worse still Phil, Osborne and Clarke nipping off to Bilderberg – AGAIN….

  20. 44
    barnet says:

    Yeah that headline the Sun pulled about the, “last one to leave Britain please turn out the lights,” didn’t have anything to do with me losing the election.

    That was just down to me being a total knobbing, welsh windbag loser.

  21. 47
    going mental says:

    labour and the mirror cant even do a decent smear campaign

    • 107
      Inglorious Basterd says:

      The Sun & NOTW can be pretty dirty. Brown in bed with Jordans dad should make a good starter.

      • 161
        Sir Reginald Titbrain says:

        Probably less repellent than being in bed with Jordan.

        Prick and top hat come to mind.

    • 138
      Anonymous says:

      They all went along to the smear test, that was when they realised they really are just a bunch of immature Hunts

  22. 48
    CMQ says:

    I was at the pride of Britain awards on Monday night. It was opened by the editor of the Mirror. I honestly thought that a tramp had found his way in and wandered on stage. The guy looked like a bag of shit, tied in the middle with string. If I didn’t know better, I’d say he hadn’t washed or combed his hair for days. A late mid life crisis perhaps?

    He made a series of pathetic, pro labour political points and then thanked his paper’s readership for their support. The woman next to me quipped that his entire readership could probably fit into the room we were in.

  23. 55
    It's a funny old World says:

    I wouldn’t class “The Mirror” AS a newspaper to be honest -it’s just a propaganda rag for Labour

  24. 57
    mad fred 2 para says:

    The Mirror?

    Fake pictures of British troops pissing on prisoners?

    Piers – we will remember you always.

  25. 58
    The Fight back begins says:

    1 Don’t mention the deficit.
    2 Send 2 noteworthy ministers to Afghanistan.
    3 Go to extreme right wing blogs and subtely try to persuade extreme right wingers the errors of their ways. NB need to be subtle otherwise they may spot you as an interloper.
    4 Take pictures of Old Etonian toffs quaffing champagne
    5 Err thats it…

    • 65
      going mental says:

      what number fight back on we on now ?

    • 82
      Hugh Janus says:

      Aintworthatoss and Postie are ‘noteworthy ministers’? You quite sure about that? They are just two more NuLiebour time-servers who don’t have an original thought between them.

      • 93
        The Fight back begins says:

        Should have been ‘noteworthy’ ministers.

        Was trying to be ironical if there is such a word

    • 100
      nell says:

      Well not a hope with 2. then because there are no noteworthy labour ministers.

  26. 59
    Armaggedon says:

    the one up yer arris?

  27. 60
    Lidl - alround a much cleaner act says:

    Ah yes, Tesco, Shirley Porter, another criminal.

    • 68
      Make Mine Ermine says:

      Still in the Lords I believe?

    • 114
      boing says:

      yes, I remember her well, another trougher who got away with it – couldn’t afford the fine you know, so got away with paying less – then buggered off to one of her homes in Israel I believe. saw her in London a while back so can obviously still afford to travel and mix it with her mates!!!! one rule for them one for the rest.

  28. 62
    shelling-out says:

    Isn’t there anything worthwhile for us to comment on, Guido?

    I care nothing for the Mirror or their readership, whether they can afford champagne or not, and who is or isn’t drinking it.

  29. 64
    shelling-out says:

    Isn’t there anything worthwhile for us to comment on, Guido?

    I care nothing for the Mirror or their readership, whether they can afford champagne or not, and who is or isn’t dr*nking it.

    • 98
      Engineer says:

      Perhaps it is interesting in it’s way. If this is the best the Left can throw at the Tories, it swould seem that the Tories don’t have much to worry about – except guarding against becoming the unwitting victim of a smear set-up.

      Perhaps we also need to make sure that the Tories don’t get too complacent or arrogant; they do need to be fairly and properly held to account. It’s our country they aspire to govern.

    • 109
      Comment says:

      Do you feel better after 3 days of tory news tan you fealt after 3 days of the labour beano.

      Who is having the better impact on our general frame of mind?

      Is the obvious bias of AljaBeeBa ever going to become an MSM story?

      Any others?

      • 141
        South of the M4 says:

        I’ll share this. My 12 year old son this morning, having listened to the BBC radio news, asked me “….are the Tories the bad guys “………..

      • 149
        Engineer says:

        In fairness to Charles Moore in the Telegraph, he is pointing out the problems of the Beeb, and has publicly stated that he won’t pay his telly tax this year. He’s donating the money to Help the Aged instead.

        The Labour conference was what you’d expect; a lot of froth covering no substance. The Lib-Dem conference was utterly forgettable apart from the Mansion Tax which rose and then fell almost instantaneously. The Tories do sem to be making the right noises, and give the impression that they could govern.

  30. 71
    Comment says:

    I had assumed you would have been at school during the day

  31. 73
    McGroom says:

    The loony left will not face up to the mess they have made of this country, so as George Osbourne warned yesterday, the more desparate the Labour party and their supporters get, the more personal the attacks will become.

    Rise above their vitriol and cast them out to find their way in the real world.

    The Mirror has just proven that champagne is for the socialists

  32. 78
    Fume de ma taunt says:

    Ah, a perfect matching, Ken Clarke’s face and Vodermann’s arse.

  33. 86
    Engineer says:

    JOURNOS SLAG POLITICIAN OVER ONE GLASS OF BUBBLY.

    LEFTY JOURNOS TRY DIRTY TRICK ON TORY.

    Did someone say “hypocrites”?

    • 89
      going mental says:

      its gutter smears/stunts at best , they really think we are stupid fuckers

    • 134
      Phil O'Pastree says:

      So do we take it that Downing Street has “outsourced” its Dirty Smears Dept. to the Daily Mirror?

  34. 96
    Inglorious basterd says:

    How many apples in a bunch of grapes?

    This is on-topic since grapes are the main ingredients of Champagne

    • 123
      Engineer says:

      Name three fruits beginning with ‘n’.

      A napple.
      A norange.
      A narna.

      • 135
        Inglorious Basterd says:

        Wrong the answer is two pears.

        1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 are tonights winning jackpot lotto numbers, promise.

        • 193
          Under a flower pot at the bottom of the garden until that c'nt brown calls the General Election says:

          Just as likely, or rather unlikely, as another set of 6.

  35. 97
    Ideas dept. says:

    If no-one mentioned the Mirror, it would go out of business.

  36. 101
    jeremy says:

    This S’pedo Tawkes Bollocks character hangs around this blog like a fart in a lift.

    WTF is all that about?

    • 112
      HOWLER says:

      I think it all depends on the phases of the moon.

    • 119
      Kevin Maguire says:

      Think of him as the local Uncle Knobby character.Just stay clear and ignore him.
      Eventually he will get bored and wank himself to death.

  37. 104
    We're all in it together says:

    “Osborne looked stunned”
    That’s his standard expression.

    • 120
      It's a funny old World says:

      Nice “monicker” and also the sound-bite from Georgie_Boy – trouble is after 12 years of Brown at the helm – first at the Treasury and than at Downing Street we’re all in it together up to our bloody necks and whilst the Tories may be trying to throw us a safety rope Brown is just chucking bags of sand for us to grab as we go further down in the ess-aitch-one-tee courtesy of him

    • 127
      tat says:

      shouldn’t that be “Osborne looked stoned”?

      • 202
        Code 5 says:

        shouldn’t that be “ tat should be stoned”? with 2 large pointy ones and a flat and a packet of gravel pls.

  38. 105
    blob says:

    the gutter politics election has begun

    • 142
      Inglorious Basterd says:

      Brown wnats to know what day of the week Quinquagesima Sunday will fall next year.

  39. 118
    Anonymous says:

    Might it be Pickles that is the fault here. How unrealistic can you get.

    I would have thought that anyone can drink anything they like as long as the money paying for it is obvious. Is that not freedom? If Tesco is sponsoring and encouraging excessive drinking then they are only keeping to character, selling their cheap subsidized booze to destroy the local business and pubs.

    At least they are staying true to type. Conservatives need to stay honest and true to type, not be shown as faking it.

    When will the government see that the social centre and pubs are an essential part of our society, providing supervised drinking and social interaction. While they let companies like Tesco dump the price of alcohol and move drinking behind private doors and street corners they will get what they want: an unsocial population.

    It is time to stop entertaining the Tesco’s of this world and start taxing bulk buying of alcohol and dropping tax on small “social” businesses.

    (From a teetotaller)

    • 200
      Anonymous says:

      So Pickles actions are the confirmation that politics is all organized deception.

      Why oh why, can they not understand TRUST is the issue not life style. There will always be a wealth divide but the common thread is to show a wealthy, or political, background does not preclude honesty.

  40. 124
    It doesn't add up... says:

    Maguire seems to have forgotten… champagne is for socialists and the BBC election night party. Perhaps he thought they were still at the Labour Party conference?

  41. 131
    Master Baiter says:

    The bubbly story of Dave Komodo, lizard lip, flicking tongue and stupendous combover being an ‘austerity’ champagne quaffing Conservitude fraudster was in the London Evening Standard, last night.

    We’re all in this together.

    Really?

    http://waugh.standard.co.uk/2009/10/champagnewatch.html

    • 153
      hootsman says:

      Yeah, and all the punters will think is, ” Oh I fancy one them. Go round to Lidl’s luv, and pick a bottle of their finest Aussie Cava, here’s £3.99.”

      Wanker

    • 162
      Phil O'Pastree says:

      This is a BIG story. Should run on and on like the last one… “Coulsongate”.

      • 180
        Master Baiter says:

        Coulsongate can be revived, easily, because it’s criminal activity and against the Royals too, oh dear.

        Anyhow the point is that contrary to the drooling ravings against the Mirror the champagne picture was run by the London/Moscow Evening Standard first. So let’s make it really easy, but please concentrate, thinking hat on?
        The Mirror didn’t break this story.

        • 195
          McGroom says:

          Trivial side story that Masterbaiting trolls like you want to divert attention away from the fact that……….

          12 years of Labour have increased government spending and debt to record levels.

          Unemployment has increased under every Labour government and especially under this one.

          this government takes a greater share of tax payers money than any other government in history.

          only socialists think they can afford champagne, the rest of us know wankers like you have got giddy on our money for over a decade

  42. 132
    Moderated out again. says:

    The moderation is a bit fierce today Guido.Have you got a over eager YTS trainee in today?

  43. 137
    Hard-Lazing Voter says:

    What kind of man has the name Julian?

    A toenail-painting Grauniad writer of a man, that’s who.

  44. 140
    The Bonkers Bullion Bunglar B ugger, deluded, daft and depressing says:

    Ah got mae Soshlist Champagne fra’ tha’ Hi’Strut.

    an’ nuth’ns ma fult ye un’stn.

  45. 142
    Mrs T says:

    The Conservatives are on a roll – they will easily win the next general election !!

    We are putting right all the things NuLiebor has got terribly wrong

    Rejoice

  46. 155
    The 'tard in No 10 says:

    Ah’ saved the wuld ye un’stn!

  47. 160
    neddy says:

    CON 41% (+1) LAB 28% (+1) LD 18%(-2)

    The big Labour fightback has begun, i.e. no shift at all in the polls.

    Hahahahahhahahahahahahha…..

    • 167
      tat says:

      41%?
      WHAT A LOAD OF FUCKING SHIT.
      NOT GOOD ENOUGH TORY BITCHES, JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
      the election has slipped away from the tories you scum tories could not trick enough people into supporting you.
      it is now too late and the polls have been too low for them to influence the vote.
      tough shit tories, you had your chance to do the right thing by the people but dave the benefit scrounger and gideon snortalot analised it.
      hung parliament, for sure.

    • 190
      bbc newscaster says:

      ‘The Tories are in crisis as their support flatlines, could this be due to the disasterous start to their conference and the Euro referendum row ? Over now to Nick Robinson at a subdued Tory Party Conference…’

      ‘Well Hugh, Labour are seeing the gains after last week but for the Tories the champagne is most definently on ice…’

      • 203
        tat says:

        labour are fucked too!
        as someone who wants to see a hung parliament this is a win-win situation.
        top boy says: SWEET FUCKING DEAL!
        41%? fucking useless.
        just like dave.

  48. 165
    Madeyeshannan says:

    No referendum!

    Just a mirage, a false hope, an empty promise!

    The Tories have been sold down the river by Camoron et al.

    Big business calls the tune!

    Hail President Blair!

    Long live the Federation of Europe!

  49. 168
    Infamy, they've all got it in for me says:

    Pravda is biased – towards the Tories. He is having a laugh.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8294418.stm

    Although is Paxman a closet Tory? Was quite gentle last night

  50. 170

    [...] hardly something that would normally make the front page. However, The Mirror, despite it’s losses have been sending bottles of champagne and cameramen over to hand out glasses to senior Tories, [...]

  51. 172
    Desperate Dan says:

    Instead of banning champagne Pickles should ban spectacularly gormless and unattractive conference attendees standing behind Andrew Neil on the Politics Show and other TV interviewers. The most gormless of the lot are even on their mobile phone ringing their Mums to say: Look I’m on the telly.

  52. 178
    Diet Pork Pie says:

    The Conservatives have not won it but Brown’s Labour are the the remnants of a three flush shit caught in the final vortex, the pan will be clean but Brown will leave a stentch that require sometime time to clear

  53. 187
    Elo Elo Elo .... says:

    Mr Blue Sky’s nonagin

  54. 197
    Jimmy says:

    I’ve seen worse stunts.

  55. 201
    Lizzie says:

    The trouble with Maquire is he has no class.

  56. 204
    Axe The Telly Tax says:

    More Tory Totty please.

  57. 211
    Lord Hardbringer says:

    Saw her in Prestatyn – not nude though…. pity…….

  58. 215
    Down with Brown! says:

    “In victory, deserve it. In defeat, need it!” Churchill’s comment on Pol Roger. They produced champagne in pint bottles, solely for his consumption. Good to see that Cameron is learning from the great man.



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