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Max Clifford says…
“Most people want to read nasty things about people, not nice things.”
Maybe if they really wanted to “decontaminate the Labour brand” with business people, they shouldn’t have totally buggered up the economy?
Just a thought.
First?
So the MPs go back to work on Monday. They must have the longest Summer holidays in the world. Of course they will still break up for the Autumn half term, even though they weren’t there for most of it.
Not O/T as there isn’t one very important please sign this petition to back President Vaclav Klaus of the Czech Republic’s brave stand against the Lisbon Treaty:
http://www.petitiononline.com/sptklaus/petition.html
The EU mafia will eventually make him an offer he can’t refuse. End of.
They’ll maka hima an offer he can’t understand.
Those poll numbers, as predicted, are yet more proof that things can and still could get far worse under Brown.
They will also cause chaos among those Labour Ministers plotting for Brown’s job.
The plotters thought they could just sit back and have a nice bunfight after Brown lost but it’s becoming increasingly clear that many if not ALL of them will lose their seats and jobs as an MP if these catastrophic poll numbers stay anywhere near this level.
They will get what they deserve as any fool could have told them Brown was electoral poison months ago but they were too timid and like Portillo it will be fun to see which ones can’t even take part in the Leadership Challenge and get the boot on election night.
“I’ll turn it around for the Party Conference” was Brown’s rallying call and desperate plea to the backbenchers just after the coup attempt.
A turn for the worse may not be what backbench MPs had in mind.
Andrew Neil was overheard to say to a hedge fund lobbyist
“My contract doesn’t allow me to speak at partisan events! Anyway, you couldn’t afford me.”
they will connect him to an expense account he will understand and give him and his wife tickets to ride the gravy train.
Dave, give us a fucking vote on Lison whatever happens, you slippery, slimy cnut.
Sorry – Lisbon. I have to confess I was very, very, drunk.
Just a conversation with Tony Mr bloke.
Tony Blair says..
Look .. I think the important thing here is .. .. to realise that this issue has already been settled.
I think that its time that we all , you know, learnt to move on… There’s no point just living in the past. We have to go forward. I’m a pretty straight kind of guy. I found out a long time ago that if you just forget about history and stuff, and just, like , promise everyone whatever they want, then it can all be sorted out.
I discovered this in Northern Ireland. And Iraq.
And now, its all just , you now, sort of , worked out well for everyone.
Especially me.
So lets just forget about the past, like Lisbon, and concentrate on getting me elected President of Europe.
You know it’s inevitable. If you even have a referendum it will only be like the fake consultations that we did over the post offices. you know. Like .. Do you want your Parliament to be Strasbourg or Brussels. Please tick the box.
So lets all move on and stop dragging up old faults. I mean if we started doing that we could still be talking about issues come Christmas. And Mrs Blair wants to be picking out carpets for the Palace by then. ..
Done
You are either in front of Guido, or behind…
Well as you spent all week wining, dining, eating and sleeping with the Tory Hierarchy and had fuck all to blog, then we can conclude that you are behind Guido.
“You are either in front of Guido, or behind…”
I’ll go behind.
I’ve heard bad things if you stand in front.
You want to stand behind a man who drinks Guinness??
“You are either in front of Guido, or behind…”
I think you know the answer to that ducky.
You bunch o’ chumps !
Nobody alongside, then? Not even Mrs F.?
It’s been a bit content lite this week.
I’m certainly not content. Must do better.
Give the lad a break, he’s been observing the political classes at work. It’s a tough job, involving as it does all those fringe meetings with free buffets and booze, lots of Tory totty (which the selfish swine has kept to himself), and the unending task of stalking Sir Mickey White in the hope of catching him napping (mission accomplished).
He’s not had time to blog.
Bet he’s sick to the back teeth of politicos, as well.
Jonah Brown todays Torygraph “”"The economy is poised to recover far more quickly than expected, Gordon Brown says in a dismissal of Tory claims that years of hardship lie ahead. “”"
SELL SELL SELL
What a sad, deluded idiot he is.
Well if that doesn’t prove he’s on pills – nothing will!
7Up? I like it.
So does Snow White.
Old joke,
Nasa astronauts favourite drink? 7up, with a dash of teachers
I shall catch up later…
Its all going to plan,
Dave can have the UK, we have europa!
Stuffed by Ian Hislop
Before you all get worked up, “stuffed” here is used in the non literal sense…
PUUURLLLLEEEASEE !!!
It is certainly NOT in the Biblical sense !
I am only available for Balls’ slop, NOT Hislop.
A cheap re-cap.
Cheryl Coles on t.nite
I see (Irish Times 10/10/09) that Vaclav Klaus won’t sign the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty unless there’s an insertion (I suppose that’s the word) protecting Czech citizens against claims for compensation etc by Germans who were disposed of their property in the Czech lands at the end of WWII.
Seems Sudetenland has come back to haunt us all again.
“Germans”?? Hmmm. I think I know what you should have written there….
Gott in Himmel !
OT but Tim Dowling, the Guardian journalist, has a piece in the Radio Times (10-16 Oct page 12) entitled ‘The future is blue’, which purports to leak internal BBC emails on the subject of their need to suck up to the Tories.
The emails are actually anti-Tory, predictably juvenile in their smears, and Dowling is not identified by the Radio Times as being a Guardian journalist.
The emails attack George Osborne for an imaginary appearance on Top Gear where he defends the bonus culture rather than talks about cars and suggest that the BBC’s Head of Development uses the ‘C’ word in respect of a new programme about the Conservatives – “The C-Factor” – to mean c••ts rather than Conservatives or David Cameron, who is described as participating in it.
I have written a letter of complaint to the Radio Times and made a complaint to the BBC about this. I hope those of you here who have an equal distaste for the bias of the BBC and have seen the piece may do likewise.
Shame on your for buying the RT!
Someone has to monitor the left liberal rags!
The ‘C’ factor refers to ‘Chumps’.
This blog is also unique in providing content comprising incredibly bad lip-synching:
So, if the recovery is already here, if everything is oh-so wonderful, why the bloody hell has Brown’s government BANNED all training by the TA for at least the next six months? This will mean that the members of the TA will not get any pay for the next six months, too. This is part of Brown’s cuts in military spending ffS!!
And why the hell would someone think that having the support of Kevin Maguire in an election would be a good thing?
Parent of dead soldier snubs Blair,T.A. forced to stop training due to Brown’s cuts, Guardian interfers in arts job, 4 out of 5 police forces are failing public, Labour still low in polls and by their support shall ye know them! (Who I will not be voting for)
It also seems ill thought through. Reservists are used frequently in Afganistan and Iraq. How are they going to know how to use all that new equipment that will be sent? Ah, OK yes. Perhaps it isn’t a problem.
fawkes you rock but you did let down your loyal readers with no live chat with dave
I enjoyed an excellent livechat on Dave on http://the-daily-politics.com ,Swiss Bob does a daily livechat when the BBC daily politics starts,no this isn’t an advert just info.
“Tests reveal Gordon Brown has two minor tears in his retina, but will not be undergoing further operations.” – Sky News.
Translation: Gordon’s mentally ill and on ANTIDEPRESSANTS but we’d rather shift the debate over to his eyesight as it carries less stigma.
Sufficient reason for a swift departure? Passport please and don’t leave town without informing us of your whereabouts.
“Tests reveal Gordon Brown has two minor tears in his retina, but will not be undergoing further operations.” – Sky News.
Gone by Christmas then……men in white coats,……..white jacket with sleeves tied at the back…..van at the back door of no 10,….the Ponceofdarkness waving goodbye……ahhh. happy days.
O/T but last month I said that Gordon Brown would step down due to health issues, specific to his eye sight. Well its just be announced on the Bumbling Broadcast Corruption service that Mr Gordon Brown has two new tears in his retina.
I predict that Dark Lord Mandelson will take over the party before end of year and lead labour to a glorious victory and a complete totalitarian society will follow.
here here
I’m behind Katherine Jenkins.
(.)(.)
“Minor tears found in Brown’s eye”
Thought the arrogant hoon was showing some emotion when I first read that. Turns out he has rips in his retina, in that eye problem he dosn’t have!
oops sorry for repeat
Link at about 1 min 10 secs shows Brown saying his recent check showed absolutely no deterioration in his eyesight.
BBC quote “A spokesman said Mr Brown had an annual eye check in the summer which was fine, and later had his retina examined.
Surgeons found that the retina had two minor tears, but there was no deterioration in his sight. Another check-up on Friday found no change.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8300686.stm
So where exactly has he lied now?
Minor retinal tears in PM’s eye BBC
Is this the start of the drip feed to the exit?
there can be no other reason for making this fact public.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8300686.stm
Yeah, the excuses have started.
1 min 10 secs shows Brown saying his recent check showed absolutely no deterioration in his eyesight.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8300686.stm
So where exactly has he lied now?
The only tear I am interested is a tear in his jugular.
W.W.
I’m looking forward to Brown getting torn a new arsehole in these forthcoming TV debates.
Do they eat deep fried exit in scotland?
No, but they can lose 2-0 to Japan.
They don’t have much time to dump our beloved leader,get Liebour supporters to vote for a new one in ,then get that beloved leader loved by the brainless and be ready for a June 10 election,if Mandy tries to take over then they will certainly be on a non chance to win for the next 100 years.
What’s the status of the Lisbon Treaty in the UK? Has it or has it not yet been PURPORTEDLY ratified? I say purportedly because the government doesn’t have the power to make such a decision on behalf of the people without seeking and obtaining their blessing.
I’m confused because Sky is reporting that now Poland has capitulated, only the Czech Republic now remains to sign up. No mention of Britain, which would seem to indicate some treasonous bastard has set his name to it in a flagrant and unforgivable attempt to gift away our sovereignty.
It was signed sealed and delivered to Rome as soon as the ink dried.
Whose treasonous fucking signature is on it, then?
Well our beloved leaders,banana milliboy and HM the Queen for certain.
Don’t you remember Brown the coward and banana milliboy went the following day to sign,the day after all the other foreign leaders went thought he could sneak in then sneak out without no one noticing, man of courage in his f*ckin dreams and books.
Have you been away (like at her Majesty’s pleasure) for or along time, or what?
Brown signed it on 13 ? December 2007 – when he arrived late and signed alone after all the others had gone because he really is a rebel and doesn’t like it – that was supposed to make it all all right.
Well that is an act of High Treason. The only applicable punishment is death. Why have we lost our way in this respect? Here’s what that great king Edward I did to another Scottish traitor, William Wallace (this from the Wikipedia) and I suggest we need to learn from it:
“Following the trial, on 23 August 1305, Wallace was taken from the hall, stripped naked and dragged through the city at the heels of a horse to the Elms at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered — strangled by hanging but released whilst he was still alive, emasculated, eviscerated and his bowels burnt before him, beheaded, then cut into four parts. His preserved head (dipped in tar) was placed on a pike atop London Bridge. It was later joined by the heads of the brothers, John and Simon Fraser. His limbs were displayed, separately, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Stirling, and Aberdeen.”
This is the only fitting end for Brown and any other bastard with the audacity to sign such a document. People need to realize that by signing a Treaty like this they are in fact signing their own Death Warrant.
They didn’t fuck about in those days.
For the sake of completeness
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2007/dec/13/politics.world
the man really is a div
I am now operating in the EU comfortzone.
I thankyou, especially Bono and his Irish bogtrotters
contingent.
http://toryardvaark.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/browns-first-guide-dog-takes-drastic-action-to-avoid-working-for-the-cursed-son-of-the-manse/
Looking forward to Monday, over 100 MPs getting letters telling them that they should give us back some of the money they’ve been stealing.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20091011/tuk-iraq-decision-was-51-49-cherie-6323e80.html
When I stop to consider the countless lives destroyed, people mamed, and humans killed, I consider this statement, by an ex-PM’s wife, sets the worst standard of any ambassador from this country.
Crass and utterly heartless, to reduce to statistical probability, the contempt for the sanctity of life and the precious value of the human spirit is stunning:
“He is also very good at then convincing everybody else that it was a 70-30 decision all along.
“I think it [the Iraq war] was one of those 51-49 questions.”
What more would we expect from a representative of the British Law system?