Hague’s Withdrawal Sends CCHQ Press Office Spinning
Guido learnt that William Hague had pulled out of an “in conversation” this lunch time with the Telegraph’s Peter Oborne. Quick off the mark the CCHQ spinners were suggesting that Guido had got his facts wrong and that the “in conversation” was with Gove, who has stepped in as a replacement. Complete and utter spin.
Before embarking on such sub-par spinning perhaps they should have checked page 84 of the official conference handbook, which has a rather prominent half-page advertisement:
3/10 for effort. See Coulson later…
Fffffffffffion comeback, Chris can have his own room tonight.
Fucking wankers the lot of them.
Maybe Gove will wear a baseball hat?
You are becoming quite a bore flogging on about Hauge.
Find something else worth reading about.
Sorry about the typo….Hague…..
So Hague is suffering from Premature Rejection?!
Never mind, I’m sure the journo’s will love him next year. LOL.
Gods sake , If they are scared to front up after a few months of goverment then it doesnt bowed well when the shit does hit the fan .
They dont get it the public are sick of spin .
bode
Thanks but you all knew what i meant
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Speling matterz.
propa lolz at yor bare funniez m8.
Thought you meant bowed… as in bent?
No , I meant as in doesnt look good .
I think guido has scored what our colonial cousins call a “slam dunk”
Seconded
What else, other than spin, do you expect from an ‘Heir to Blair’.
Guido: any clues as to why Hague has pulled out? Is there a suprise in store for us later in the week?
What/who did he pull out from…..
Proof that these people have never had real jobs as it clearly never occured to them to just call a sickie
Class.
Worked for me.
Probably been reminded of his 1977 speech and wondering where it all went so wrong….
Full text here:
http://free-english-people.blogspot.com/2010/10/william-hagues-1977-conservative.html
If you are in a hurry, skip the first few paras and get into the meat! – Small State, Low Tax, non-Interventionist, reward for work, reward for taking risks etc…
Wee Willy? Pah, like Cameron, a principle free zone, bought and paid for.
Better offer? Pickles nicked his sweets? What could it all mean? The humanity, the humanity
Is that really the best you’ve got?
No, patience….
Hopefully nothing to do with your narrow boat.
Ooh, you are positively delicious!
Guido’s “revelations” are given strip-tease style nowadays, (interspersed with imaginary East-Enders drums at the discretion of the reader…)
I’m sure this is purely to increase the entertainment value of the blog, and has nothing to do with wariness about the last Hague cock-up…
Oh! God! The drums. I shall be hearing them all bloody day now.
I’ve got them too, damn eardrums.
.. and I was named after drums.
So was I.
Me too!
Ooooooh suits you sir
Ken Clarke was initially down to do this, he pulled out. Hague stepped in and then pulled out a few weeks ago, in realit, due to the conduct of the Telegraph last month and now it looks like Gove is the preferred option.
seems reasonable…..but could be more to it.
Let’s do the hokey-cokey
In, out, in, out, shake it all about
Ken just realised it was a lunchtime gig, which is never good after a heavy and late night of serious political discussion (as always happens at conferences).
Getting a pie and a p*nt down him with a good cigar was always going to be the preferred option…
Gosh, is that the time?
Talk about me! Why aren’t you talking about me?! Everything should be about me!
Careful, Gordon.
People might get ideas.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11433162
I’ll keep an eye out for you. Oh sorry….
What’s this you say?
Hague has been sharing a canal barge with a hairy arsed fellow?
Expose this bummer now!!!
conservatives = bunch of wankers
Well done!
To be honest, once I saw that the C4 prog was trailed gleefully by Jon Snow and that the best characters they could produce were Presco (from the party that brought us Campbell and McBride), Galloway and some disgruntled, semi-literate, scar-faced hack, I switched off.
I’m no fan of Coulson – Dave was a prat to hire him – but they’re all the same.
Perhaps Vague’s pulled (it) out because Ffffion’s up the duff at last?
Ffffion’s up the duff?
Are you sure it’s hers?
I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue…
Cockfosters.
You can get an ointment for that.
Rumours: Dave moving in No 10 found Turkey Baster down back of the sofa, asked William what it could be for, william said he would look after it.
2000 – 2010. The Basted Years.
Don’t forget me…!!
p.s. didn’t know that NI is making secret pay-off’s to try to keep the wraps on the story. Perhaps it is bigger than we thought??
Who is the daddy?
Boris, usually.
Spin isn’t the correct term for this sort of excuse – it should be called C.U.S.S. or Cover Up Shit Speak.
Who in their right mind would want to speka with Peter Oborne?
In Latvia pīrāgi (or speķa rauši) are crescent shaped buns made with bread dough, they are baked (not boiled) and usually filled with …
Hope that clarifies matters (no butter jokes please).
Barmen, off-licence owners, and the like?
or speak, even!
Nice one, Guido. Fucking worrying, isn’t it?
Guido – you are becoming just like them – we liked you because you were different but now you are playing their game – he said she said gossipy shite – please sort it out.
are you getting an inferiority complex and have to justify yourself all the time or childish nit picking – go for the big stuff
This whole site is based on gossipy shite – you would be better off at the Indy.
You hypocrite! On the previous thread you excised a perfectly reasonable comment about people wanking over Enoch yet not being able to think rationally and explain their apparent distaste for N**k G of the B&B.
You’d be better off with some cojones.
ROFL – Guido we need some real gossipy shite not that coulson told a porky pie crap
anyway the opinion in the indy is bollox – i would have a better laugh at polly hipogrief in the guardian – i would like to see her hypocrisy published for all to see.
@ 50 – That avenue of comment is way outside the NUJ toadies’ ball park.
You appear to be missing several points:
1. They denied what was verifiably correct.
2. It is about gossip – read the tin.
3. Small stuff can mask very big stuff.
OK Guido,
keep your foot on his throat.
Just make sure he don’t try to bum you!
http://rt.com/Best_Videos/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html/print
never mind all that, what about this?
Never mind all that..Why has Gove asked ME! to speak at the ‘getting it right in business’ symposium.
I’m from banking. I don’t know anything about getting it right…
Any ides from the readership? So far all I’ve got is ..
“hello…erm..sorry for all the bailouts and that. but, its very important that banks are supported because..” and then i can’t think of anything.
Who gives a fuck about cold Russians? They’ve got Vodka.
I want to know if H*gue makes friends at the Homnasium.
I’m still recoverng from the long BBQ summer last year.
They’re just covering their backs in case it is a tad nippy this year.
You ought to heve gone to Russia or Portugal this year. Forest fires everywhere.
The gulf stream moderates our climate (UK), if it throws a wobbler the national grid is fucked.
Don’t worry. We have lots of lovely windmills. See how pretty they are! George Monbiot says “My column would collapse without windmills.” The wind always blows!
Unfortunately all piss and wind doesn’t generate any electricity.
If it did Prescot could light the entire country.
Don’t worry, that clever Mr. Hunhe is spending billions on lots of windmills that will save us from freezing…. if it’s windy that is….
Yep, Archer, and what is one of the most common causes of extremely cold weather?
A nice high pressure area sat over the UK with very little wind…
Expose these lying Tory scummers now!
Destroy them!, hound them, Ridicule them!
Wow, what a fucking scoop.
A minister pulling out of a fringe event?
This is unheard of.
That Boris Johnson needs his fringe attending to.
Come on, he is with his wife in the conference and hopefully sharing a room / bed with her. Any one knows where his young adviser / friend is?
I’m guessing on a nearby barge.
Are they working each others passages?
Posh, port out, starboard home.
In case the excitement gets out of hand, can we have a copy of the errata from the publisher of the handbook?
We also need a fully marked-up version of the original booklet, showing all typos.
(This is just the tip of the iceberg, I’m sure).
Said the Captain of the Titanic.
Lick my love pump.
Oh Gordon, not again!
For a nought percent increase?
O/T Did you hear that Gert Wilders is on trial and freedom of speech is again tested ?
I have sent a reply but it is currently being held up somewhere near Cheltenham…
Seems to have missed gf’s attention.
And I thought this was a political blog! How I laughed.
Hush yo’ mout’!
The libertarians on here have their heads so deep in the sand that all they can focus on worrying about is Willy’s attendances.
Let’s look at the evidence…
Billy pulls out of event.
Dr Fox says the cops know who leaked his MoD cuts letter.
Rumours abound in Brum of a “disruptive episode” looming later today.
ERGO –
Billy leaks. Fact.
what’s the big deal
Guido, for fecks sake, change the bloody record and leave Hague alone. I don’t care if he’s ac or dc or half and half – just give it a rest, as you really are flogging a dead horse now, and one could ask what is your obsession with him.
Does it matter if a person is ac/dc? No it doesn’t, but if that person is foreign secretary and is in denial about it, and if that person hires the object of his desires at public expense, if that person then makes ridiculous excuses about sharing a room to save money, then yes, it most certainly does. And no, it is not time to draw a line under the affair and move on.
Admittedly not matter as much as it did, since the post of foreign has been taken over by Euorpe, rendering the post meaningless.
Guido’s site is becoming more and more boring and trite. Give it a rest mate. Pick some subjects which are interesting and stimulating instead of this childish nonsense.
Or perhaps – is Guido on holiday and the site being managed by some pimply teenager without any creative thought in his head? One thing for sure is this site has deteriorated badly in the last week or so.
“…the site being managed by some pimply teenager…”
So let’s have some Totty Watch features then…
How about this: Martin ‘terrorist bomber’ McGuinness has said he’s disgusted with the recent bombing in N Ireland. Oh, to have such short memory when elevated to personal power!
not enough ‘innocents’ killed for you, Martin?
Terrorist bomber or brave freedom fighter?
Hi Chris, do you miss all the first class travel, shared hotel rooms and expensive gifts?
I have a new cagoule for our mini bus trips
does Natalie go with you? she is my friend and so is Stuart
I refusings to find job! I want much many free benner fits for me and my seven wife and 54 children! Death to job! Moo ham mad does not wants me to works for kafir country! And backdates all my benny fits to 1954 immediates or I putting fatwa on your evil western decadent kafir heads! All haa ak barrrr!
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement [Paperback]
Jean M. Twenge (Author), W. Keith Campbell
Anyone called Twenge lacks credibility. Sounds like someone out of the Goon Show.
Did I hear correctly on Newsnight last night Polly Toynbee bragging about her winter fuel allowance and her bus pass? What? She is not skint.
I heard Paxo trying to twist Bojo’s union vote suggestion so that it sounded as if Boris was suggesting that any strike vote should have the support of at least 50% of the union.
Boris wiped the floor with him.
(Actually Boris’s suggestion is that a strike vote is invalid if 50% of the bruvvers don’t vote.)
The CBI’s suggestion (that 40% of eligible members must vote for the strike) is actually tougher than Boris’s plan, but in my view perfectly fair.
I’d set it at 66% myself, but then again I’m only in favour of collective action to further a collectively held position, much like the unions used to be when they were a useful part of our country in the 20s and 30s.
Display of affluence like that should guarantee conference-long pum-pum action for the daft auld sangoma.
Comrades! We’re on our way back!
I have visions of Hague withdrawing and now I need the mind bleach
David Cameron said this afternoon “we want to create a top down, bottom up society”. Me thinks, William Hague is already ahead of the Prime Minister…