Quote of the Day
Peter Mandelson joked…
‘If Tony and Gordon were stranded on a desert island surrounded by sharks, Tony would charm the sharks to carry him to safety. Gordon would sit there raging “Who sent the sharks?”’
Peter Mandelson joked…
‘If Tony and Gordon were stranded on a desert island surrounded by sharks, Tony would charm the sharks to carry him to safety. Gordon would sit there raging “Who sent the sharks?”’

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Lord Lamont told ITV News…
“I think the PM is just human and Ed Balls is a pretty irritating person”





“Who sent the sharks?”
Answer – Mandelson!
more like a croc.
Why feed a crocodile hoping it will eat you last
Here is a pic of Tony and Peter on the X-Factor, the judges through both of them to the sharks.
Damn, they THREW them. I never see my mistsakes until they are posted and too late to fix.
I rather think that many are and always have been immune to the charms of T. Blair.
And this is what runs the country?
Explains so much.
ps: Oh, on the sharks front, I think any assistance proffered to one of their own is less due to charm and more simple ‘professional courtesy’.
I liked this extract from the same article “Mr Brown’s supporters said he views Foreign Secretary David Miliband as ‘lightweight’, Home Secretary Alan Johnson as ‘lacklustre’, Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman as ‘a disaster’ and his protege, Schools Secretary Ed Balls, as ‘too aggressive’.” I think that that is the first time I have agreed with Gordon Brown’s analysis of anything.
Gordon would be safe. Sharks won’t eat anything that looks ” funny”
‘If Tony and Gordon were stranded on a desert island surrounded by sharks…”
There’d be parties in the streets, marching bands, bunting and an all pervading sense of a job fucking well done.