December 10th, 2009

Mrs Graham Allen

Nottingham MP Graham Allen has a bit of a thing for dry cleaning. One receipt he put in was for £258. This of course would have nothing to do with his wife Allyson Stewart-Allen and her frequent TV appearances as a business commentator on CNN’s World Report. It’s not just the dry cleaning that Mrs Allen is benefiting from, according to Allen’s 08/09 ACA we have been paying for his newspapers every month. While it is understandable that our elected representatives need to be on top of the news, perhaps Mr Allen can explain why he is putting his wife’s Financial Times and Wall Street Journals on his expenses:

Over £65 a month for Mrs Allen to do research her job?  Payback time.


309 Comments

  1. 1
    Mr Ned says:

    They are all at it, get rid of ALL of them!

  2. 7
    Throbber says:

    Firing time and Fraud Charges time surely?

  3. 10
    Council House Kid says:

    I cant wait till Saterday to get my dole money.

    Wish I had £100 a week for food alone.

    Wouldnt be so hungry.

    Oh well – off to read the jobs pages – maybe I will get lucky and crack into the double glazing industry this week…

    • 24

      Spend the money on a dictionary, oik

      SATURDAY

    • 36
      Anonymous says:

      You won’t be getting dole money on Saturday.

      1. Dole office ain’t open.
      2. Banks don’t transfer money into consumer accounts at weekends.

      Just another rich kid pretending to be poor and doesn’t know the facts of living in the real world.

      “pwned” as some of my esteemed gaming acquaintances like to say.

      • 302
        Council House Kid says:

        Hahaha you are so uninformed

        Credits initiated on Wednesday appear Saterday. Most decent banks open in the mornings on Saterday.

        You are clearly the rich kid, spastic, nit-picking piece of crap you come across as. Please progress to get a life and stop trying to find poor people to kick.

        You are everything wrong with the UK.

        Now fuck off Huhne face.

    • 42
      Brown boiler says:

      Surely there must be an opening in the BOILER industry.

      Anyone checked if the criminal Brown has another c*unt of a brother who is CEO of a boiler company?

      Brown – the colour of shit – one day he will meet his maker and it won’t be an milk shake maker.

      • 50

        I need a good service but not from some Stella belching council house mongtard

        • 80
          concrete pump says:

          Now, now OH, abuse the fuck / mong / spacktards, but leave lovely Stella alone.
          She brings me comfort.

      • 145
        Jilly says:

        Linked to the environment.Condensing boilers are more green so you save money on your bills.If the government helps you to pay for these new boilers then good thing.I will certainly get one.It’s like all those people who took advantage of car scrappage.People laughed at that at first but then it took off.

        • 233
          Mr Ned says:

          Yeah, the car scrappage scheme worked wonders. It helped get the German economy out of the shitter before ours!

          • TaT's 'special' Gay Friend says:

            Ze Germans, and especially VW Group are thoroughly delighted that the British taxpayers bought shares in so many cars. The Japs are also thrilled.

            Saved buying proper desert boots, body armour and robust comms net for ‘Stan though.

            My God how the Marxists despise our Troops. Strange when you consider how many grunts come from traditional Labour Strongholds.

        • 248
          Dack Blog says:

          Yeah ‘Jilly’ (I’d space after you full stop when using some of your personas)… shame they didn’t tie in a ‘Buy British’ clause. And I wouldn’t touch a condensing boiler with a barge pole until they can build in a bit of longevity/reliability. Like with new cars – something simple goes wrong and you pay half what the thing’s worth to get it fixed.

  4. 11
    shelling-out says:

    Even though it’s been proved that Mr Allen has abused his priviledges, I’m sure he’ll get nothing more than a slap on the wrist. He may not even have to pay it back.

    Thieves and fraudsters. I hate them all.

    • 274
      TaT's 'special' Gay Friend says:

      Slap with a wet bus ticket anyone? It really really hurts. Honest.

      • 284
        thick as thieves says:

        hey, you get bitch-slapped by top boy all the time so on this occasion you do know what you are talking about.
        well done.

  5. 12
    • 14
      13eastie (147 Days: Good-bye, Gordon!) says:

      When will he be deported?

    • 16
      Anonymous says:

      Bet he wishes he hadn’t ruled himself out so early now.

      • 151
        Edith P says:

        France are now following Gordon Brown’s banker’s Tax.Sarkosi congratulated Brown on the scheme.

    • 54
      LIZ BON'TREATY says:

      And I Thought It Was For “Cottaging ” In The Ministerial Shithouse !

    • 116
      Mr Ned says:

      Although it is funny that the monkey was banned from this meeting, it is NOT funny that an elected minister has been replaced by an unelected appointee. In fact it is sickening.

      Labour and tory between them have spent the last 40 years removing every last shred of our democracy and enslaving us to a dictatorship.

      Vote UKIP, it is the only way to fight back against the climate fascists, the anti-British extremist traitors and charlatans who have committed treason. That would be conservative and labour traitors BTW.

      UKIP, committed to delivering genuine, complete and total democratic control to the people. Committed to a realistic and science lead approach to the climate change debate, committed to returning our relationship with Europe to the one we voted for in the 1970′s. A free trade arrangement like the EU has with Norway and Switzerland. Committed to a sensible needs lead immigration policy.

      • 124

        Write to any elected member of the Council of Europe

        Ah……there aren’t any

        If democracy is destroyed in Britain it will be not the communists, Trotskyists or subversives but this House which threw it away. The rights that are entrusted to us are not for us to give away. Even if I agree with everything that is proposed, I cannot hand away powers lent to me for five years by the people of Chesterfield. I just could not do it. It would be theft of public rights.

        * Speech in The House of Commons during a debate on the Treaty of Maastricht (20 November 1991)

        • 265
          thick as thieves says:

          why should I write to them in the first place, old holborn?
          I do not accept the premise of the corrupt organisation that is called the EU.
          I am an Englishman and I have not given my consent to the sovereignty of my country being superseded by another body.
          and so I do not recognise the authority, rulings, judgments, fines, statements or any other documents or paperwork generated by that corrupt elective dictatorship.
          we are experiencing a constitutional crisis.
          for my own part I am willing to to defend my country’s constitution by whatever means necessary.
          I am loyal to Queen and Country and it is my duty to resist against any organisation or individuals who seek to de-stabilise or undermine the consitution of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

          • Anonymous says:

            Loyal to the Queen? You fucking idiot. You’re too thick to realize that the Queen is at the heart of the problem. Then again, it’s Huhnez like you who would prevent any movement forward in this country. Get back in the bog and play with your maggot you fucking feeble minded reprobate.

          • thick as thieves says:

            said the EU rimmer.

      • 182
        LIZ BON'TREATY says:

        Reap What you Sow !
        You Should Always read A Document Before You Sign It
        If You Can Read That Is Mr Brown !

  6. 13
    Rexel 56 says:

    Er, I think you’ll find the Wall St Journal has been deducted from the claim…..

    … FT remains though.

    • 17
      El gringo says:

      Quite right, it has been crossed out. Not sure why we should pay for his TV guide though.

    • 18
      13eastie (147 Days: Good-bye, Gordon!) says:

      TV and Satellite Week has also been covered by the tax-payer.

      If any of his constituents need to know what is going on in “Torchwood” (whatever the fuck that is), they know who to ask…

      • 22
        hilda says:

        It’s the one with the gay time traveler, Captain ‘I must get a little hand put on this watch’ Jack.

      • 87
        Steve Expat says:

        Liking the countdown 13eastie, from current rumours it could even be earlier than that – 25th March anyone, would mean that Darling doesn’t have to give the Budget speech???

        • 101
          13eastie (147 Days: Good-bye, Gordon!) says:

          21 weeks today, I’m reckoning, right after Labour ‘celebrates’ its thirteenth year of terror…

          Should have given the Queen plenty of time to think up a nice one-liner for Gordon, when he asks for permission to dissolve parliament.

          Actually, its a bit of a head-fuck trying to keep the various laptops, iPhones etc. in sync with one-another with regards McDoom’s expiry, but the general trend continues to be that our respite draws near.

          • Steve Expat says:

            I’m assuming that 147 days from today is May 6th, right?

            If the election is on 25th March, that’s only 114 days to go, much more palatable….

          • 13eastie (147 Days: Good-bye, Gordon!) says:

            “I’m assuming that 147 days from today is May 6th, right?”

            Admit it, you’ve just spent fifteen minutes counting 147 days from now? And another five typing with one finger?

            As far as 25 March is concerned, I frankly wouldn’t put it past Labour to do this…

            How Brown would love to live out his days gobbling MAOI’s, gurning, picking his nose and eating snot while sitting in is Fife Dacha writing obscure and unread (illegible?) pamphlets entitled:

            “Osbourne’s Tory 2010 budget caused The Double-dip Depression” and suchlike…

  7. 19
    vi says:

    Somebody has got to keep the dead tree press going FFS.

  8. 20
    streamfisher says:

    Fuck dry cleaning, steam cleaning needed 500 degrees C… that will sort the cockroaches out.

  9. 21
    Sir William Waad says:

    I’m sure we’d all prefer to have MPs clean and fresh about the place, rather than smelling of old cabbage.

  10. 22
    Dr Nuts says:

    Oh stop whinging – he’s got to put her laundry on his expenses, the alternative is he puts his porn films on expenses!

    What we should do is make her clothes on the public purse subject to a public vote – if we’re not prepared to pay for the cleaning – she can’t wear the clothes! Would be good on TV!

  11. 25
    carpet munching inc. says:

    Don’t we all do a little something to keep our missus sweet?

  12. 28
    70's football hooligan says:

    Go back to your constituencies and prepare to get your fucking heads kicked in!

    • 158
      Coulson's mate says:

      Do you mean the Tories?

      • 243
        Mr Ned says:

        Not JUST the tories, all of them from all mainstream anti British parties. Especially labour. The tories should be killed quickly, but the labour MPs should be slowly tortured to death and be allowed to savour every single moment of their punishment.

  13. 31

    [...] Taken from Guido Fawkes splendid website here [...]

  14. 34
    Robbin Hoody says:

    If i can get an interview with him can i join guy news on a freelance basis?

  15. 35
    Watt Tyler says:

    Nice work, Guido. Replicated here: http://eotp.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/2009-new-labour-m-p-graham-allen-parasite/ with due linkage to your investigative skills.

  16. 37
    Action,not words says:

    But above all else,when is someone going to simply go up to the piece of crap Brown and blow his head clean off his shoulders – get rid of him,take him out.

  17. 41
    Jock Mac Scrotum says:

    Sequestrate the “Bathtubs”
    Also castration would not go amiss as we don’t want the buggers to breed.

  18. 47
    Sir William Waad says:

    There’s another £8.80 unaccounted for. The papers, mags and congestion charge total £57.00 but the remittance advice says £65.80.

    If it’s a delivery charge of, say, 40p a day for 22 days, and the Fees Office have allowed it, they should have paid Mr Allen £48.60 rather than £47.60. It looks as though they can’t add up and the poor chap has been done out of a quid.

    (£33.00 + £4.40 + £2.40 + £8.80 = £48.60).

    • 57
      streamfisher says:

      I think the one thing that is crystal clear about this Government and its minions is the fact that they can’t add up.

      • 60
        Brown and out says:

        And these are the c*unts making budget decisions on health,defence etc etc – these arseholes need to executed – no rubbish like beaten at an election – they need the Rumanian treatment.

    • 65
      shelling-out says:

      It’s a pimple on the backside of what he probably owes us!

    • 91
      Steve Expat says:

      Sir Will – good, but I’m more worried about Darling’s failed attempt to add up somewhat bigger numbers yesterday!

  19. 48
    Ruth Kelly's plaything says:

    Guido – what’s the fuss about the WSJ? It’s clearly been deleted (with another item) and the total reduced from £57 to £47.60.

    What I’d like to know is why I’m paying for something called ‘TV and Sat(ellite?) Weekly’.

    And why the remittance is for £65.80 against a bill of £57.

    Or even why people on quite decent salaries can’t just buy their own papers, bathplugs etc.

    Presumably I’m doomed to eternal perplexity.

    • 82
      The Paper Boy says:

      Bleedin obvious, innit! If these fuqers weren’t MPs they wouldn’t be needin dry cleanin, newspapers and TV!
      “Wholly and necessarily” my fuqin ar$e.

  20. 53
    anon,anon,anon........ says:

    Gorgon’s as straight as a ??????????????
    ” I paid the £500 back without anyone having to ask me”

    Mummy I spat the chocolate out as soon as I was caught.

    • 59
      Brown and out says:

      That’s exactly how it sounds!

      Do you think Brown may actually be totally without friends and so he is trying to be liked with an astonishing display like this?

      Any psychiatric experts to comment?

      TAT
      Old Holborn?
      GUIDO?

      • 67
        shelling-out says:

        Gordon? He couldn’t lie straight in bed.

        He only paid it back to save his miserable neck – and didn’t he keep on telling us how he did this all on his own – without being asked.

        Shyster.

      • 169

        Check out his calls to the Priory Clinic in Kent. The man is a fruit cake

      • 251
        thick as thieves says:

        I am not a psychiatric expert but I am a genius so I may be of some help.
        these are the facts of the matter; gordon brown stole money from the public purse; for the entire time that money was stolen gordon brown was a thief; then gordon, after it had been discovered that he had stolen public funds, returned the money he had stolen. as the money he stole has been returned gordon brown believes he is not and has never been a fraudster.
        all an innocent misunderstanding. said the rapist.
        mr brown’s thinking is perverse and his character is in question.
        the truth is ofcourse this: once a thief, always a thief.
        innit.

      • 277
        TaT's 'special' Gay Friend says:

        He mentioned the notion that it was his idea and nobody else’s 4 times in the interview that I heard. Very odd.

        He is BONKERS.

        Moral Compass needs re-calibrating. Try putting a crappy hand written invoice like that as evidence for SI unit of HMRC. They would not accept it.

        The man is gormless, feckless, clueless, and his brain is a Clusterfuck.

        • 288
          thick as thieves says:

          “gormless, feckless, clueless, and his brain is a Clusterfuck”?
          hmm… surely not? could it possibly be? oh yes it fucking is!
          275, you are gordon brown and I claim my country back from your corrupt and warmongering scottish mafia.
          and FFS stop knowingly facilitating the torture of enemy detainees you fucking c’unt.

    • 66
      LIZ BON'TREATY says:

      So He Does Know He Is A Thieving C*nt !

      • 70
        LIZ BON'TREATY says:

        TOP TIP: All Criminals Just As Your About To Get Caught,
        Give Back The Proceeds Of Your Crime !
        It’s Ok Honest ! It Works For Politicians
        So It Should Work For You !

  21. 61
    Quack Quack says:

    I am surprised that Big Jaq does not have to claim for removing shit stripes from the bedclothes

  22. 63
    AGM says:

    You will find it more interesting if instead of illegality you just look for waste.

    Example: Dianne Abbott has spent loads on “internet and downloads” on O2 whereas for £5 a month she’d get unlimited internet and downloads.

    Have a look at how many MPs buy “printed stationery” – whereas “everyone” now uses a macro to generate their own letterhead on plain paper.

    I suspect that there will at least £2 million a year wasted on these two items alone.

    • 71
      shelling-out says:

      …..and the rest.

      These people buy stuff from their friends. It keeps everyone in business and the taxpayer ends up paying over the top prices.

      Simples.

      • 118
        Nigel = Champion, or Black says:

        Step forward Farage, now is the time for

        ‘Tighten your belts whilst I give all these troughers to the court of public opinion,

        never before has so much been taken by so few from so many…’

        you can do it Nige

  23. 69
    TA says:

    Boris Johnson future PM you heard it hear first

  24. 72
    Hilary Winyard says:

    the language on this website is disgusting, you should be ashamed

  25. 73
    LIZ BON'TREATY says:

    Anything More on Jack (Small Oversight) Straw The Conscientious Objector ?

  26. 76
    JL says:

    12 years of Labour government produces moral bankruptcy as well as financial bankruptcy.

    Feral, chav scum:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/dorset/8405586.stm

  27. 83
    LIZ BON'TREATY says:

    Guido Is On Sky Ripping Some Troughing Bastard A New One !

  28. 90
    Anonymous Misogynist says:

    Sorry Guido, you could have done better on Sky..!!

  29. 95
    Brown and out says:

    Watched Brown at the hospital today gurning about him paying the £500 – what an extraordinary piece of film.

    Sarah Brown – if you are reading this – your husband is an evil piece of shit,a lying bastard and will very soon get his comeuppance.

    He is a drug addict.

    • 98
      Gordon Brown - halfwit says:

      You do know that I paid it back, and no one actually asked me to?

      • 125
        13eastie (147 Days: Good-bye, Gordon!) says:

        That’s right. No-one at all.

        There was not a single person in the land who thought Gordumb should pay back all his falsely-claimed expenses when they were revealed earlier this year.

        What a hopeless twat you are, Gordumb.

        Enjoy your dacha. Your going to be spending a lot of time there this summer.

    • 173
      Sers says:

      Sarah here I love him and he works really hard for the country.Everyone like me better than Sam Cameron.

  30. 96
    Anyone says:

    GIS US A JOB PLZ

  31. 97
    Steve Expat says:

    Off (this) Topic

    Irish Independent poll on yesterday’s (Irish) budget which saw massive cuts in benefits and state salaries:

    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/budget/budget-2010-1969371.html

    “Given the state of the nation’s finances, do you think this is a fair budget?”

    56% YES
    39% NO
    5% UNDECIDED

    Georgie Boy, are you listening??

  32. 100
    Sunonmars says:

    Eu bans foreign ministers

    Laughing my leg at total arselick Milliband told to piss off, no longer required. Well they signed that Lisbon treaty. Now they are outraged.

    http://blogs.news.sky.com/boultonandco/Post:5b4efe38-ce1a-49a3-a8cb-c576bf4bcd08

    David Miliband has become a fixture by Gordon Brown’s side at EU summits.

    But yesterday, to the surprise of his own officials, he told MPs that he had been banned from coming to Belgium today.

    And so it transpires.

    Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, who is the last national leader to chair a summit before Van Rompuy takes over for good, has told national foreign ministers that they are no longer welcome becaue High Representative Ashton will represent them all when leaders gather.

    This has not gone down well with the national leaders gathering here and tonight at their dinner they will discuss whether or not they should be allowed to bring their own foreign ministers in future.

    Once again it seems that they’ll be damned whatever they do.

    If Miliband and co are re-admitted it will be a slap in the face for Cathy Ashton before she even starts her job in January.

    But if Ashton reigns supreme, brace yourselves for screams of outrage from the capitals of Europe that the EU superstate really is making a takeover bid.

    • 104
      Dodgy Dave says:

      Excellent. Good signs that the EUSSR is already falling off the rails. Next stop Copenhagen!

    • 105
      SORRY FOR SHOUTING says:

      ARE THESE FUCKING Huhnes STUPID?

      THE EU WAS ALWAYS GOING TO END THIS WAY, IT WILL TAKE OVER COMPLETELY BUT THESE DAFT Huhnes CAN’T SIGN OVER POWER QUICK ENOUGH AND THEN THEY ARE SOME HOW SURPRISED WHEN THE OBVIOUS OCCURS AND THEY ARE MADE OBSOLETE!

      MP’S= SHIT FOR BRAINS.

    • 115
      Mr. Growser says:

      What a larf !

      But who’s Grande Lady Poobah gonna talk to if Millipede and his mates don’t turn up.

      Suppose she’ll just have to chat to Rumpy Pumpy ’bout executive things.

    • 230
      Old Nick Heavenly(real dimwit) says:

      BRILLIANT

  33. 106
    Anonymous says:

    Watch John Snow and milliband plus an invited audience discussing now global warming. Cokermouth was caused by global warming you know. Not sure where the scientific proof is though for this. Such purile nonsense being discussed and no one on there with an alternative view.

    Are there any intelligent people around any more?

    • 112
      Anonymous says:

      where the fuck did he get the androids on the panel from? what a fuckin waste of time, money and wasted journeys. they must have been bussed in by the politbureau

      • 132
        junior says:

        How many fucking idiots do we get per village these days?

      • 139
        Only Asking says:

        What kind of measure is ‘Politbureau’? Volume? Weight?

      • 246
        Anonymous says:

        Here is a factual and articulate account of the flooding disaster in Lynton and Lynmouth,Cornwall in 1952. Much worse than Cockermouth with 34 deaths and the loss of 28 bridges!. Don’t forget to say that this too was caused by global warming.

        “On 15 and 16 August 1952, a storm of tropical intensity broke over south-west England, depositing 229 millimetres (9.0 in) of rain within 24 hours on an already waterlogged Exmoor. It is thought that a cold front scooped up athunderstorm and the orographic effect worsened the storm. Debris-laden floodwaters cascaded down the northern escarpment of the moor, converging upon the village of Lynmouth; in particular, in the upper West Lyn valley, a dam was formed by fallen trees, etc., which in due course gave way, sending a huge wave of water and debris down that river. A guest at the Lyndale Hotel described the night:
        “From seven o’clock last night the waters rose rapidly and at nine o’clock it was just like an avalanche coming through our hotel, bringing down boulders from the hills and breaking down walls, doors and windows. Within half an hour the guests had evacuated the ground floor. In another ten minutes the second floor was covered, and then we made for the top floor where we spent the night.”
        The river Lyn through the town had been culverted to gain land for business premises; this culvert soon choked with flood debris, and the river flowed through the town. Much of the debris was boulders and trees.
        Overnight, over 100 buildings were destroyed or seriously damaged along with 28 of the 31 bridges, and 38 cars were washed out to sea. In total, 34 people died, with a further 420 made homeless.
        At the same time, the River Bray at Filleigh also flooded, costing the lives of three Scouts from Manchester who had been camping alongside the river.
        Similar events had been recorded at Lynmouth in 1607 and 1796. After the 1952 disaster, the village was rebuilt, including diverting the river around the village.
        In 2001, a BBC Radio 4 documentary suggested that the events of 1952 were connected to government operation Project Cumulus involving cloud seeding experiments being conducted in southern England at the time. There does not presently seem to be any direct evidence to support such allegations, but conspiracy theories have been fuelled by rumours of missing or destroyed government documents relating to the experiments.
        On 16 August 2004, a similar event happened in Cornwall, when flash floods caused extensive damage toBoscastle, but without loss of life. The hydrological setting of these two villages is very much the same. ”

        Perhaps reporters, politicians, presenters etc should in future try to emulate such honest and infornmative reporting. I guess that these days that really is too much to ask. Dumbed down Britain well and truly despite every one now having degrees!! Joke!

        • 289
          Hilary (1 ell) Benn says:

          It’s a once in a thousand year freak accident! You are so negative, you doomsayer!

    • 113
      nell says:

      Well not in politics anyway and obviously not at the UEA or the BBC Met Office………..

      • 143
        SORRY FOR SHOUTING says:

        The science behind cockermout was thick twat Gordon Brown decided to flood the country with immigrants forcing the demand for new housing up to create his wealth bubble which then forced building on flood plains and chopping down nature sinks such as woodlands for motorways. Nout to do with climate change.

        • 290
          Hilary (1 ell) Benn says:

          5 Million homes on flood plains according to insurers!! Two Pans had his hand in it!!!

          And that as well!!

    • 123
      Cato Street Conspirator says:

      I’m afraid you’ll find the sinking of the Titanic was an early example of global warming, not to mention the parting of the Red Sea. Now eat up your Monbiot Flakes and be a good boy.

    • 152
      Billy Sarsted says:

      Sometimes I feel like I am living amongst cave men.

      • 189
        Anonymous says:

        Look you idiots – the Climate Research Unit has documented evidence that the Ice Age was caused by dinosaurs selfishly driving about in their “Chelsea Tractors” just like the baby eating Eton toffs in the Conservative Party today. Agreed that some of the data was tampered with (emails between scientists urging the adding in of two wheeled vehicles to boost the four wheel total, for example) but , overall, it was them pre-historic monsters that caused it first time around. This time, it is those Eton toff Tories doing the same thing.

        • 208
          nell says:

          And let’s not forget the earth is more than 4billion years old and the UEA climate change unit has 400 years of data ( a little bit more than that to be absolutely precise as they started collecting in 1600 thereabouts) in order to draw it’s conclusions.

          C’Mon they must be right – gordon says so!!!

          • Mr Gonzo Said says:

            You just know it is dodgy when politicians all agree with it off their own bat.

          • TaT's 'special' Gay Friend says:

            Google Ian Wishart “Air Con” Excellent and well researched.

            Those Dinosaurs truly didn’t have SUV’s. The variations in Readings are discussed fully.

            Average temperatures for our Summer are being classed as the warmest ever.

            With all the pissy rain and constant cloud cover is it any surprise. They never mantion how the Earths Axis tips us toward the big fucking Yellowy Thing in the sky.

            Cockerals cause Daylaight, because as soon as they sqwark the Sun rises.

        • 218
          Glaswegian says:

          I have it on very good authority that the dinosaurs became extinct because the methane from their massive bowels caused global warming, destroying their ecosystem.
          Examination of fossilised turds from the Jurassic period prove this.
          The slaughter of all grazing beasts on the planet will shortly be announced from Copenhagen.

          • Mr Gonzo Said says:

            Actually even if you where joking!

            I have read an article once saying roughly the same thing, in certain periods, the veggie dinos grew such thick hides and armour the carnivores couldn’t eat them or attack them successfully anymore which lead to them dying out.

            Leaving the veggie dinos to breed out of control and destroy their environment with over grazing and over eating.

            QED the veggies died out as well.

  34. 107
    Anonymous says:

    They are certainly all at it. Mrs Allen is nothing – Ian Kirkbride`s dry cleaning and house cleaning are all paid for by the taxpayer, courtesy of lovely sister Julie Kirkbride MP.

    • 131
      Bromsgrove Man says:

      Well said. Kirkbride has been given £40,000 to fund a `Save Julie` campaign. Who will be the beneficiaries of this corrupt funding, I wonder? Nor is Ian Kirkbride benefitting simply from having his cleaning bills paid, it goes much deeper than that. The media will have a field day in the election, and this will seriously affect Dave Cameron`s chances of winning. She needs renoving now so that we in Bromsgrove can concentrate on the real issues.

      • 149
        Anonymous says:

        The scheming corrupt bitch must go!

      • 156
        First time UKIP says:

        No Balls Dave (NBD) will disappoint, again, not a leader in the real sense

        • 194
          albacore says:

          Disciples on here will tell you he’s just keeping his powder dry.
          Mascara, too, perhaps.

          • Anonymous says:

            He should get a move on then, His powder is getting wetter by the day. His disciples should advise him to blow Kirkbride out of the water before she has chance to blow him out. Kirkbride is a nasty and dangeroud woman who needs removing urgently.

          • Anonymous says:

            Speak out disciples!

          • Bromsgrove Man says:

            All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. The good men of Bromsgrove are doing something. It would be nice if Dave and his disciples could give a lead by getting rid of Kirkbride. Now¬

      • 207
        THE THIRD ROUNDEL says:

        The Kirkbride gang claim they have raised £40,000 through fundraising efforts. If Cameron believes that he will believe anything!

    • 142
      Anonymous says:

      How does Kirkbride get away with keeping a low profile while at the same time bragging about her prospects?

  35. 109
    13eastie (147 Days: Good-bye, Gordon!) says:

    Brown’s Dacha

    Is it just me or are there others here who wonder how many home-owner’s in Fife have weighed up their options and decided against investing their own money in one of these?

  36. 110
    Solomon Moogabe says:

    See the Great British Pound has slipped against the Glorious Moogabe Dollar again.

    You should not have put your faith in McDooms.

    • 119
      BillyBob ... preparing for Gov't. says:

      Down 6 cents in 4 weeks is not bad going…………if you are American.

      • 129
        Steve Expat says:

        Maybe the devaluation will lead to an increase in tourism here next year??

        • 140
          Solomon Moogabe says:

          We is all planning on coming to visit de Queens of Guvinment.

        • 150
          BillyBob ... preparing for Gov't. says:

          Tourism??? Hold on, just looking out of my front window see if I can see any pigs out there flying about…………. no, no change there then !!

        • 155
          SORRY FOR SHOUTING says:

          fucking ell thats all we need. They will probably all come and move into the country while everyone is away at South Africa 2010.

          If your going to SA2010 don’t be surprised to come back and find your house occupied by a Zimbabwean family.

        • 255
          13eastie (147 Days: Good-bye, Gordon!) says:

          Devaluation? What devaluation?

          We ain’t seen nothing yet.

          Loss of AAA rating + unable to raise interest rates = Mugabe Laughs Last

          Or maybe Darling will decide the BOE is not “best placed” to handle monetary policy, after all?

          Anyway, the important thing to bear in mind is that it started in America and even were it not to have, everything our government has done would still have been the right thing to do.

          Gordon Hates You

  37. 111
    Lord Monkington-Smythe says:

    I for one am delighted to discover that we have paid over £2000 so that McDoom can lay a cable in his downstairs toilet whilst enjoying the sight of the finest wallpaper.

  38. 114
    Thomas Aquinas says:

    I really can’t think why. Apart from the fact that he is yet another thieving, cheating, chiselling bastard.

  39. 121
    THE THIRD ROUNDEL says:

    LATEST NEWS: CAROLINE SPELMAN AND JULIE KIRKBRIDE IN EXPENSES SPAT

    Caroline Spelman and Julie Kirkbride have fallen out over expense and over Kirkbride`s campaign to stay as Tory candidate in Bromsgrove. Spelman is alarmed that the nororious Kirkbride will affect Spelman`s beighbouring constituency. The intrepid Mrs Lumley in neighbouring Redditch is also alarmed, and according to Spelman has been the victim of yet another foul-mouthed outburst from Kirkbride, a frequent feature of that relationship.

    Spelman has talked to CHQ staff about Kirkbride, and they are also alarmed. They tell her that they just do not know what to do and that Cameron is also in a dilemma. Kirkbride`s version is different. She claims that Cameron is fully behind her and that he would never dare to cross husband Andrew MacKay.
    Kirkbride claims to be safe and that she will definitely stand as Tory candidate in Bromsgrove. Spelman has told her to stand down resulting in the spay. Spelman like many midland candidates is alarmed at the prospect of the media circus that will accompany Kirkbride in an election campaign.

    Kirkbride is pouring money into a `Save Julie` campaign which has divided the local Tory Association. She told Spelman that `more than half` of the association were supporting her. No doubt that is the half which is being publicly funded through Kirkbride`s expenses and allowances, manipulated and spinned through the notorious Dent family, all in Kirkbride`s pay. In the meantime Kirkbride has announced that there will be a purge and that all those members who do not support her `will be got rid of`, a long-established procedure with Kirkbride and her cronies.

    Purge indeed! If Cameron has any sense at all he will purge Kirkbride and her cronies forthwith. The problem will only get bigger!

    • 137
      The Wrong Half says:

      I`m in `the wrong half` but Kirkbride will not get rid of me. We already have another candidate lined up to contest her. This divisive woman is poisonous an a wrecker. Good luck to Caroline Spelman.

    • 147
      Anonymous says:

      Julie Kirkbride keeps a low profile nationally but brags about her prospects and threatens her enemies locally. Is Cameron blind to all this>

    • 159
      Bromsgrove Man says:

      Kirkbride has always threatened her opponents, now they are threatening her. What an arrogant self-opinionated woman she is. And what a brilliant recipe for electoral victory she is providing the Tories with! They can never win in Bromsgrove with Kirkbride as candidate.

    • 205
      albacore says:

      “Spelman has told her to stand down resulting in the spay.”
      Holy cow!
      Our cat’s got his back legs crossed, mewing piteously.

  40. 122
    edrich says:

    Piers Morgan on QT tonight. Is it really worth removing all the hard, throw-able objects in the room while the prick is on?

    • 133
      Steve Expat says:

      But Hague and Dannatt are also on, along with Bill Rammell, Liebour’s Defence spokesman – could be a lively one, I would say well worth watching

      • 148
        nell says:

        And it’s coming from Wootton Bassett.

        I suspect the caring people of that worthy Town might have some pointed questions they want to ask, especially of Bill Rammell, aintbustinagut’s 2nd in command, about our underpaid, under-supported and under-equipped troops in Afghanistan!!

        Interesting too that whilst the conservatives have put up the high profile William Hague for this controversial QT , aintbustinagut is hiding behind his 2nd in command!!

        • 161
          LIZ BON'TREATY says:

          Must be the first time ANY Mp’s Have Been Anywhere Near Wooton Bassett
          In Ooooh Lets Say 8 Years ! Appart From Mr Griffin .
          I hope These Mp’s Have Claimed For A Sat Nav Each On Expences Otherwise They Wont Have A Clue Where It Is !

          • Steve Expat says:

            How true. Surely one of the questions will be “Why is there no Minister at Lyneham to receive the bodies of those who laid down their own lives for the good of this country?”

            DC has mentioned it before, but doesn’t dare send people to WB, lest accusations are made about political capital from military death.

        • 165
          Steve Expat says:

          P.Moron and Rammell are not fit to shine the shoes of the brave men going through Wooton Bassett every week, 100 of then this year alone…

          RIP

        • 215
          Rip Van Winkle says:

          It’s being recorded in Wootton Bassett with an invited audience from such nearby places as Salford, Newham, Norwich, Newcastle upon Tyne, Glasgow and Cardiff.

          Spot the local.

  41. 128
    El gringo says:

    @98 That’s a great thought. What will HRH say to Brown when he comes to dissolve Parliament?

    A. On behalf of one’s subjects, one would like to thank you for the years of selfless service you have given to our great nation

    B. Are you still here?

    C. F*ck off and die

    D. ?

    • 153
      LIZ BON'TREATY says:

      “D”Would One Just Throw The Keys On The Shelf
      And Drop The Latch On one’s Way Out !

    • 179
      Barnacle on the Arse of Progress says:

      Here’s Grandad’s luger. Try not to make a mess.

    • 184
      chomping on the bit says:

      D. “and take that……” (as HRH throws her Nokia at McDoom as he turns his back to leave) “and don’t expect a knighthood.”

    • 221
      nell says:

      I think he will will say to her Maj

      ” The electorate have made a mistake . I really am God’s gift to Britain and I refuse to resign” ( echoes of walsingham, cromwell, essex, buckingham, Lord Hastings and the rest……)

      At which point I trust she will call security to take him to the Tower in a barge.

      I’m hoping they will give the likes of me the chance to build the scaffold on Tower Green for him.

      Or maybe as Richard III did with the traitor Lord Hastings, we only need a pile of logs just outside the White Tower.

  42. 134
    nell says:

    I’m still trying to work out how I would spend £500 in painting and decorating my 12′ x 12′ summerhouse.

    5 litres of sadolin = £51.04 inc VAT

    1 days work ( 8 hours at £15 per hour) = £120

    And both of those figures are generous because I believe it would only take 2 1/2 litres and if I did it myself it would be a morning’s work not a day’s )

    Total = £171.04

    What was he doing for £500.00 precisely – gold plating the interior??!!

    • 144
      Steve Expat says:

      Remeber that Gordoom’s “Summerhouse” is also known as Chequers…

    • 146
      rontco says:

      nell, they’ve got a 36′ X 36′ summerhouse.

      • 166
        nell says:

        I thought they were only supposed to claim expenses for those things that were necessary to assist them in their job.

        How the flippin’ heck does a summer house help you do your job??!!

        • 175
          Steve Expat says:

          see 141 above…

          • nell says:

            Hang on a minute Cheqeurs is entirely paid for out of the public purse!

            Oh wait a minute! Sorry to be so slow – y’mean he’s also claiming for the expenses for it and lining his own pockets, hoping we don’t realise it’s paid for by the taxpayer already.

            Silly me!!!

        • 201
          LIZ BON'TREATY says:

          It’s where He Takes Peter Mangledbum For Late Night Meetings !

    • 154
      c.eng says:

      I’m afraid you do not have the right attitude and creativity to become a politician.

      Sorry but you have failed this selection interview. Better luck next time.

    • 191
      P1 says:

      Overheads and other employment costs expain the uplift to £500. These probabaly inlcude minor things like:

      PI insurance

      Employer’s Liability Insurance

      NI Contributions

      Health and Safety costs (training, equipment)

      Head office costs (eg HR dept, Accounts, Marketing, Ops, Finance, and Compliance costs – Visa checking, Qualifications, Legal, Diversity Management, QA, EU reporting, supply-chain managament)

      Paint Brushes, cleaning solutions

      Step-ladder(small),

      Step-ladder (medium)

      Men at Work signage and tapes etc

      Van (capital cost, fuel, maintanance, insurance etc)

      Site welfare facilities (canteen, washroom, WC, rest area, faith area)

      Daily subsistence allowance (incl vegetrarian option)

      Insurance against finding archaeological artefacts

      Contractor’s All -Risk Insurance (inlcuding damage to summerhouse and adjoining property).

      Actually, in Brown’s overregulated Britain it’s amazing anyone could do this job for under about £10k (plus VAT of course……..)

      • 195
        P1 says:

        Thinking about it, the correct approach, to avoid spending capital in this Financial Year would have been to adopt a PFI approach to the summerhouse painting works. In that way he could keep the costs off the books and simply commit to an annual “painting services” contract at roughly £100 per year for 25 years – a brilliant Brownian solution!

      • 198
        nell says:

        No I rather suspect with surrent ‘Elf & Safety Regulations he had to have scaffolding erected to do the job!!!

      • 199
        c.eng says:

        Looks like Consultancy Costs have been overlooked again. Add another 20%.

        On second thoughts lets go for 25% + consultant expenses.

        My word these numbers take some crunching.

        • 300
          Summerhouse Paint Solutions says:

          Add VAT to those consultant costs. and it brings the total bill to £10k +25% +(2500×15%) = £12,875. or £500 for cash of course.

          Final thought, could the PM not get his “Brother” to arrange this work just like the “cleaning” in his “second home” whne it was in London?

    • 216
      Rip Van Winkle says:

      Crapita got the call, Nell. They’re always very competitive.

    • 308
      Gordon Brown says:

      I paid it back. Nobody told me to either. I thought it up all by myself!

      Wibble.

  43. 164
    Prime Minister Gordon Brown says:

    I paid back the money for painting the Summer House myself [gurn]. Nobody made me do it [grin]. I didn’t want anybody to think that I was claiming for anything I wasn’t entitled to [squirm].

    • 307
      Unsworth says:

      But I claimed it nonetheless.

      See, the principle here is claim for fucking everything you can imagine, then pay back the items that get found out. Everything else you can keep. Just use a little creativity and you’ll be quids in.

      When in doubt, claim it. The Fees Office will take the rap.

  44. 206
    Mr Gonzo Said says:

    Why is hopeless Bob Aintworthadamn, not showing up to Wotton Basset tonight for QT?

    • 210
      nell says:

      I hope someone is going to ask the question why bobaintbustinagut and kevan jones (aintbustinagut’s other 2ndhand man) each claimed more than £390,000 in expenses in one year, and Gen.Sir Richard Dannatt who was clearly doing a more worthwhile job claimed just £19,291 in the same year.

    • 224
      Growser says:

      When does QT come on. Hope it’s before Growser’s bedtime.
      All we’ve got on the box now is that insufferable Stephen Fry. Thought he promised to go to America. What’s stopping him. If he’s not on AlJabeeba he’s on Sky taking his money from some insurance company.

      Growse, growse, growse !

  45. 209
    Anonymous says:

    CRISPIN BLUNT – Reigate. 30 minutes from Victoria. Second home there. Loads of leather furniture including £200+ of puffe; waterwheel repairs; £624 repairs to his sit-on lawn mower; £350 TV; £1,559 PER MONTH on mortgage interest…! Must own Horley. Charges a (very) few pounds off the maximum each year. High time he was let go.

    • 213
      nell says:

      Let’s hope like Julie Kirkbride, if he chooses to stand for election next time, and the conservative association allows him to do that, the electorate will reject him for an independent.

      These constituencies might be the shifting in the voting pattern that Tat keeps hoping for!!

    • 309
      I eat uppity oiks says:

      Crispin Blunt- I’m sure that’s rhyming slang for something….

  46. 217
    Gordon Brown says:

    I can fit apple, pear and yellow banana in my manhole

  47. 219
    caesars wife says:

    can anyone in westmonster name the company/s that the goverment uses to offset flights , where does this tax payer money go ?? So called reputable company ??? be much appreciated Ta .

    Cw appreciates the articulation by Cameron on how bad this goverment are , just the tonic to those of us trying to enjoy the chill hinterland of dissent , perhaps we do have to pay attention , that I conceed although I prefer volunteer rather than cruel conscription and the timing of issues is what is needed . CW recognises that particular items of passionate interest have been noted , and is glad of that , with the jolly rodger now flying from Labours bunker , individual matters can be put aside .

  48. 220
    normal person says:

    how many labour MPs have jobs lined up in banks after the election ?

    • 225
      nell says:

      If the Banks have indeed thought about ex labour MP’s for a job after the next election then they are absolututely aimed at destruction.

      Which one are you gonna take ???

      kevan jones? Look at his expenses!!!

      Darling – Look at his utterly failed record as a Chancellor!!!

      Edmilitwit – look at the the pathetic lies he has told about ‘manmade’ global warming ? How can you trust a man that does not understand the science and is so happy to perpetuate lies??!!

      Or God Forbid!! are you going to employ gordon?!!

    • 226
      Growser says:

      My local bank could do with a cleaner but they can’t afford one.

  49. 222
    The Hysteria which is abroad says:

    Can anyone please tell me what the fuckity-fuck Obama got the nobel peace prize for ? He might be a great President or a stinker we dont know yet as he’s just in the door, So why exactly has he been given this. Fucks sake !!!!!

  50. 227
    Hilary Winyard says:

    I was going to suggest some of my students study this website, but it just appears to be illiterate filth

    you need your mouths washing out, have you not got something constructive to write about?

    • 231
      Prof. Pedant says:

      Shouldn’t Hillary should be spelt with two ‘ells.

    • 237
      The Illiterate says:

      Can u tell me what the fuck Obama got the Nobel peace prize for then ?

      • 240
        Growser says:

        It’s cause he is a great peacemaker in the tradition of previous great US peacemakers, and also he doesn’t like the Brits because they were not nice to the Mau Mau.

        Other than that, fuck nose ? Sorry Hilery.

    • 241
      Mr Gonzo Said says:

      Like your students don’t already know every curse word under the sun.

      I bet they could teach you a thing or two.

    • 253
      literate filth says:

      Sir. Kindly sodomise the unwiped, pustule-ridden portal of your own battered fundament with the smegma crowned dissected pizzle of a long-dead baboon.

  51. 229
    Moley says:

    Darling’s Budget unravels.

    19% cuts in unprotected areas.

    http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/5624623/those-hidden-cuts-in-full.thtml

    Brown speaks;

    “The figures for Labour’s change in spending are far greater than the do- nothing party opposite.”

    (But it is greater than a 0% rise, isn’t it.)

  52. 232
    Steve Expat says:

    BBC Ten leading with £36bn cuts over 3 years that Darling forgot to tell us about…

    Is the tide turning?

    • 258
      13eastie (147 Days: Good-bye, Gordon!) says:

      If that is what Pravda is telling us, imagine how bad the truth must be?

    • 259
      thick as thieves says:

      well it better turn a bit faster steve. the c’unts at the bbc better pull their fingers out their arses, stop sniffing their fingers and start smelling the fucking coffee.
      note to the bbc: if you do not stop acting as the propaganda arm of the new labour war and torture party then you should expect no sympathy or mercy from the public when the axeman cometh.
      they will probably spur the axeman on as he takes great chunks out of the propaganda machine that is the bbc. smash the machine they will cry!
      that is good news for democracy.

  53. 236
    The IMF is coming says:

    Sorry for the source, but worth hearing Balls getting no leeway with his bullying

    http://www.liberal-vision.org/2009/12/10/ed-balls-bust-up-with-the-bbc/

    Also in searching for this I ended up watching a few old PMQ’s. Brown used to get Mullahed week in week out – I just have a sense that the gas has been turn down a bit over the last few months and things may ratchet up. Hague is on QT tonight, the first ‘big gun’ for quite a while – incidentally worth looking at Hague v Prescott PMQ’s – they don’t make em like that anymore!

    • 268
      No apologies required says:

      Thank you

    • 271
      Technomist says:

      Thanks for that link. I’d missed it. Interesting insight into the instincts of the man.

    • 297
      streamfisher says:

      Yeah thanks, just caught up on that, what an odious prick Mr Balls is, apparently now an unacceptably political stance to state the facts relating to the Countries economy and ask reasonable questions as to what they intend to do about it, according to Balls…. NOTHING.

  54. 244
    Sunny Hundal is a TWAT says:

    Looks like Ron Liddle had to go on the backfoot after the P A K I set his limp wrist
    mob onto him.

  55. 247
    True or Bollix??? says:

    Looksee!! What’s the score on this Mr Fawkes? An anarcho-investigative exclusive??

    http://ianbone.wordpress.com/2009/12/10/gordon-brown-and-thecanterbury-tell-tale-exclusive/#comments

  56. 256
    Moley says:

    Noprman Lamont on the PBR.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/6776395/Pre-Budget-report-A-Government-addicted-to-spending.html

    The last paragraph.

    “Towards the end of his speech, Mr Darling attacked the previous Conservative government for the underfunding of public services. And here is the ultimate irony of the Brown/Darling years. According to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, if only half of Labour’s planned fiscal tightening from 2014 onwards comes from squeezing spending, then spending by government departments will be reduced to below the level Labour inherited from the Conservatives. All Labour will have achieved is to take us back to where it began – except with higher taxes, and double the level of government debt. It is an experience the country will never wish to repeat.

    So we know why Fabian has gone green. It’s nausea.

  57. 257
    No Cash; Bust Gordon says:

    SUMMERHOUSE !!! AND THE CLAIMING IS EEEEAAAAZZZYYYYY !!!

  58. 264
    Sally's Tits says:

    Salma Yaqoob, why is she always on Question Time exactly? She is just a local councillor?

  59. 266
    HILLY VINEYARD says:

    Ouestion Time The audience is loaded with Lie-Bore ites

  60. 267
    Rip Van Winkle says:

    Very much O/T but shows what a true Tory can say down under. Tin foil hats ready??

    http://www.smh.com.au/national/joyce-warns-of-us-armageddon-20091210-kmby.html

  61. 269
    13eastie (147 Days: Bye-bye, Gordon!) says:

    QT: Morgan is such a despicable twit.

    “I would love to take the bankers to Afghanistarn” (where I have recently been interviewing Z-list celebs on satellite TV)

  62. 272
    Anonymous says:

    Anyone have ideas how Bob Ainsworth seems to spend about 60 a month on gas but only 1.70 a month on electricity?

    After the first (large bill) his electricity just plummets to less than 2 a month while his gas bill remains the same.

  63. 275
  64. 283
    Dodgy Dave says:

    OT. Quisling time. FFS. They still can’t admit the reason we’re in Afgan. Whole hour wasted. Thanks Aljebeeb.

  65. 287
    BBC Current Affairs says:

    Diane Abbott, clad in the costume of a ferrero rochere, Mr Portaloo, dressed for Hampstead Heath, and Andrew Neil, scourge of the dusky maidens, will now provide an indepth analysis of the political landscape.

    • 294
      LIZ BON'TREATY says:

      Why the fuck does Diane Abbot Insist on wearing Tight Clothes ?
      she looks like Two pounds of shit in a one pound bag
      FFS Buy a tracksuit !

    • 295
      'On the bus' Mike' says:

      I thought itv was Jerry in ‘Tom and Jerry meet the canibals’

      Love the visual image but would you have her after dinner? Be serious

    • 296
      Dodgy Dave says:

      Abbott and Portaloo are getting close. Portaloo’s not up for it tonight. though.

  66. 292
    thick as thieves says:

    right, this is all getting very dissipated so let’s get back on track.
    top boy has a couple of questions: how many TVs and computers and DVD players, and music centers(and associated computer software and DVDs and CDs)does each MP own that have been paid for by the taxpayer as of today.
    I want to know the answer motherfuckers.
    plus I want the anwer to this question too: how many TVs and computers and DVD players and music centers(and associated computer software and DVDs and CDs) has each MP owned, at the expense of the taxpayer, in the last five years.
    some of the MPs must have rented garages to stash all the stolen loot they have not already sold on, it must look like aladdins fucking cave.
    another major aspect of this expenses scandal is the matter of MPs conspiring with companies and friends to create false companies to recieve the fraudulent expense claims.
    that indeed is even worse than the claims themselves for it involves MPs falsifying accounts and the creation of ghost companies to facilitate payments prior to the claims themselves being made and laundered.
    this is some heavy shit.
    it would definitely spell the end of this discredited parliament.

    • 301
      Renate Knaup-Kroetenschwanz says:

      Nothing short of armageddon will spell the end of discredited parliament. You do realise that you’re banging your little pointed head against a brick wall in attempting to awaken the peoples awareness of the charade that is democracy.
      Thick as thieves vs X factor? No contest. After the row that is expensesgate, the torys and labour will crawl out of the woodwork, and continue their dance of the lemmings.

  67. 298
    Abu Handsinthetill says:

    Take a lesson from of our brothers in the blessed lands, and get yourself 646 martyrs willing to exchange this earthly struggle for the promise of 72 virgins in paradise, or one night with Anne Widdecombe in a burka, to see the cheapest answer in human terms to your democratic dilemma.

  68. 304
    caesars wife says:

    A very specific QT with quite a diverse opinion , CW was briefly bouyed by Rammel almost making the case for a military dictatorship , CW immediately put options on surge fabric and side arms manufacturers and sold cowellcorp .
    Viggers question went well and enjoyed Rammel bursting on why his pay was more than soldierafter making such phoney heart on sleeve understanding of the military covernant sacrifice and ashdowns rebuttal was odd , given an aoppology to Richard Dannatt wasnt too much to ask andd it felt a bit like chasing ghosts on tory party recruitment , I mean whats in a month if Dannatt didnt give any advice , indication upon retirment from office isnt really a national disgrace . Unlike mps who get directorships after sending money to companies before they stand down.

    Cw has been very moody over Afghanistan and was for a pull out and leave em to it if taliban didnt come to senses , the recent history has not done anything for that country , communist invasion being defeated by US funded Taliban was not very clean , little was discussed about how much the Tribal leaders have to be consulted on . True they have a long rich tribal cultural history , taliban managed to bend this into austere Islam courtesy of Iran resulting in proud race truning into radical jihad based one .All very sad .
    Western money has been lost in corruption , and tribal leaders needed roads and infrastructure .
    The problem is if Afghanistan wants to go beyond tribal structure , in theory the country should benefit from a national goverment , but the rewards can only be attained if the tribal leaders ,want to work on it and the corruption stopped and poppy. We cant really talk in the UK as we have national leader thats rubbish , but wouldnt every tribal leader want better infrastructure/education for his tribe?? Afghanis arnt quite like gun toting Iraqis who get upset at wrong market stall in district and get impressed by jack boot baathest dictator , they traditionally are traders based on one of the great old trade routes , still love guns more than health care and they still see inavder , rather than coop rebuilder . In the end it rests with the tribal leaders to finish talibans rule , they must realise by now its not the best thing for there countries future even if wary of western culture ideas !.

    Alkiaida seems to be in the hands of pakistan now , but given that this terrorist group kill there own for the allah , you might think allah has had enough of them by now .

    enjoyed Andrew Neil TW Cw did quick calculator for Blairs formaldehyde bung cough I meant fee ,at 90k for 72000 secs it was £1000/sec after tax , nice earner !! Mr cohen didnt still seem to get that scientific community are livid over origional data loss and missing russian weather station data CW notes how easy the words “climate change” has replaced “man made climate change “, which is a bit naughty , but anyone who watched this weeks horizon must know what ive been banging on about , even if i was decieved by CO2 argument , google earth is not the same nor as beautiful as the real thing .

    no more andrew and QT till new year , I suppose I will have to socialise get out blogg less and get christmas plan going and avoid politics , but i said that last year!!



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