January 12th, 2012

Toking Councillor Reaches New High

Good on Labour’s Farooq Ahmed for declaring he will remain a councillor in Rochdale, despite being grassed up by his own team for smoking a spliff. Having been booted out of the Labour Party, he was going to resign his office, yet now declares he has “overwhelming support from the local community”. Surely the LibDems will welcome him with open arms?


202 Comments

  1. 1
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

    If only a few more of em smoked a joint, would take away some of thier nastyness.

  2. 2
    Tom Tomos says:

    Grassed!

  3. 3

    Tough one for the Lib Dems.
    On the one hand they are all so progressive about soft drugs. But on the other they want to inflict the death penalty if any second hand smoke has been inhaled.

    • 48
      Bristol Boy says:

      Thrown out of the Labour Party just for smoking a joint? What about the ocean-going shagger Mike Handycock? – any chance of him being thrown out of the Liberal Democrats for all his adventures in Russia and Rumania, his 4-year affair with Katya or his ’50 sexy text messages’ to his local Princess? If he had been a Tory MP we would not have seen him for dust.

    • 131
      EdButLookBalls says:

      What about the Flipper Fraudsters…Tourette & Yvette!!

      Bonny & Clyde eat your hearts out!!

  4. 4
    Trundler says:

    Good for this guy for not resigning cos of a local moral panic.

    Mind you the only way to make Labour Party policy seem reasonable is to be completely smashed out of your nut.

  5. 5
    Black Jack says:

    I’ve not tried Blueberry, bet it smells gorgeous.

  6. 6
    Elsie Beattie (83 and a quarter) says:

    I smoked a jay, once, dear.

  7. 8
    Alan Handsome says:

    They blocked E w a n m e !

    Pathetic.

  8. 9
    Cato Street Conspirator says:

    Cue for a song I think:

  9. 12
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:
    • 19
      Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:
      • 41
        Billy the CUNT says:

        U’r a socialist thru an thru ain’t ya , Billy ???

        • 77
          umpire Ces Pepper says:

          just tell that trumped up little public schoolboy that north sea oil comes from Scottish sea routes and he can therefore do one and stay out of Scotland.

          the only things those Tory bastards have ever done for the Scots is rob them effing blind.

          Effing hell that Bowden couldn’t arrange a stag night in the Haymarket.

          if effin Moribund says we should all stick together someone is effin pulling my plonker and it isn’t even a Scotsman.

          Effin effin hell

          • I don't need no doctor says:

            Someone has to look after Scotland, and it’s not the Scots full of Buckie and deep fried Mars bars.
            Salmond is a fat troughing shyster, and Scotland’s answer to Tom Watson.

        • 79
          bonzo the chimp says:

          Billy is a Labour troll sent to disrupt this blog and make it look like it’s frequented by idiots.

          • Constipated says:

            Would anyone like a freshly amputated foot? I don’t need it anymore.

          • The Doddering Old Fart says:

            Ah ha, “Foot off ” for Mr Ahmed, and take your joint with you.

          • Displaced Brummie says:

            But how strange! How very, very odd! One alleged drag on a joint will get you thrown out of the Labour Party yet in other areas of England at least one person with convictions for child sex abuse is still allowed to be a very active and leading member of the local Labour Party!

            So, what was the REAL reason they had to get rid of Mr Ahmed? Asked an embarrassing question? Upset the wrong crony in the party?

          • I don't need no doctor says:

            His tan was better than Peter Hain’s. Please do not take this comment out of context. Yours Diane Abbott.

          • Stufferupper says:

            It’s an art, but onw must learn to weed between the lines.

  10. 13
    Well it's a thought says:

    As their’s no difference between political parties surely the NuConned us can take him on.

  11. 15
    Universal Hiss says:

    Surely Roachdale.

  12. 21
    Weygand says:

    Labour well and truly Farooqed.

  13. 22
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

  14. 23
    Farooq Ahmed says:

    I did not inhale

  15. 25
    Mark Oaten says:

    I ‘ll smoke anyone, or any shit

  16. 27
  17. 29
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:
    • 45
      oinkoink says:

      luv, I couldnt be more appalled at you if you were on Lorraine tomorrow with your fanny pad. You demean this nation.

  18. 32
    Turkish Delight says:

    A court in Turkey has brought charges against the Duchess of York for secretly filming orphans in the country for a television documentary.

    The Duchess and her daughter Princess Eugenie visited the orphanage near Ankara while making a film for the ITV Tonight programme in 2008.

    The court accused her of going “against the law in acquiring footage and violating privacy” of five children.

    She faces a maximum term of more than 22 years in prison if convicted.

  19. 34
    Smokin Sal says:
  20. 43
    Grumpy Old Man says:

    Now that Rochdale Council has shown the way, can we expect the high-profile recreational drug users at Labour Party HQ to suffer the same fate? When he gets tired
    of orgasming over MP’s lunches, maybe Guido can give this some time.

  21. 53
    I don't need no doctor says:

    The BBC lefties say “Ahmed is one of us man”.

  22. 55
    I don't need no doctor says:

    RENDITION – time is running out for labour.
    David Miliband et al you can’t spin your way out of what’s coming.

    • 64
      Gallows says:

      Sounds good, link or explanation?

      • 69
        I don't need no doctor says:

        Watch the news channels.

        • 119
          Gallows says:

          Fair commentl.

          • I don't need no doctor says:

            Libyans rendered back to Lybia, and totured, before Gaddafi was ousted.
            Implication is UK labour government was involved. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

          • One of a number of fake Billys, and not the first! says:

            Doctor Doctor, there’s something green sticking out my arse!

          • Anonymous says:

            The phone-hacking scandal happened on Labour’s watch but the BBC et al focus on Coalition links with the Murdoch press, rather than Blair, Brown and Campbell.
            The financial melt-down and bank bailouts happened on Labour’s watch but the BBC et al focus on blaming the Coalition’s handling of the City and economy.
            I expect the same to happen with rendition.

  23. 58
    Drop a Daisy cutter on the BBC says:

    Hands up those that would like to urinate on Gordon Brown!

    • 67
      joescotus says:

      these troops go out on patrol risking their lives among other duties to stop muslims slaughtering other muslims kids mothers grannies et al the whole troop should have been force fed loads of bacon washed down by the smelliest of curry s
      then ordered to shite all over the stinking islamist garbage they’ve just killed
      muslims dontcha just love ‘em

    • 106
      Alex Salmon Fishin says:

      I would except he would probably enjoy it !

    • 161
      Great British Public says:

      Wouldn’t piss in Gordon’s mouth if his brain was on fire.

  24. 63
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

    I trust Ozzy more than Balls on economics, tho that isnt saying much…

  25. 66
    BillyBob... says:

    The world has gone mad…..

  26. 71
    Anonymous says:

    Judging by the comments he seems to be very popular with the people of Rochdale.

  27. 72
    Rinka Scott says:

    YOU should not knock being a Councillor in Rochdale because it is a nice little earner.

    That Elwyn Griffiths of Griffiths v Woolas fame can give you the details.

  28. 73
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:
    • 80
      jgm2 says:

      Vacant Ned is like the Maximum Imbecile. The more voters see of him the more support Labour loses.

      Perfect.

  29. 74
    Drop a Daisy cutter on the BBC says:

    Alex Salmond announces the new Scottish currency.

  30. 76
    Time for Question Time says:

    Question Time is back tonight. And it’s coming from the islamic republic of tower hamlets. The panel are Justine Greening, Paddy Ashdown, Douglas Alexander, Nicola Sturgeon and – before you fall asleep from such a dull lineup – Kelvin Mackenzie.

  31. 78
    Apathy Rising says:

    “Rochdale shopping centre abandons Muslim-friendly lavatories”

    I’ve never had a friendship with a toilet myself. I can’t think why not.

    “Councillor Farooq Ahmed called the lavatories an embarrassment to Rochdale”

    I have friends like that.

    • 96
      The Paragnostic says:

      They were proper, hole in the floor squat pits.

      Made the subcontinentals feel at home, you see.

      The problems started when some wag installed them all facing East, towards Huddersfield.

      • 102
        STRANGE FACTS says:

        Squatting is an excellent way to shit, because the posture puts pressure on the bowels and aids in the expulsion process. Sitting on loo seats causes straining and damage to the whole elimination system of the body.

      • 108
        Engineer says:

        If people face East in Yorkshire, are they worshipping Hull?

      • 122
        1 step away from shitting on the pavement says:

        And what’s wrong with a Nile pan? Your diversity co-ordinator will conduct 1:1 remedial reprogramming on Tuesday.

      • 148
        Mind your arses says:

        To observe a Muslim crewed ship swing at anchor during communal prayer time is a joy to behold.

  32. 87
    Gordon Brown says:

    Balls

  33. 92
    thespecialone says:

    “Overwhelming support of the community”. That’ll be like Ed Balls saying that the majority of the British people believe Labour handled the economy brilliantly.

  34. 95
    jgm2 says:

    He should have waited till he was Labour Home Secretary before revealing he enjoyed marijuana. Nobody was calling for Jackie Spliff to go just ‘cos of her spliffy past.

    Although there were, understandably, some concerns over her politically motivated arrest of an opposition MP in the HoC.

    And her penchant for expensing p*rn.

  35. 103
    jgm2 says:

    Bob Crow’s quote of the day reminds us yet again of the utter folly of putting 33bn quid of infrastructure at the mercy of Bob Crow and his ilk.

  36. 104
    Judge Dreadlocks says:

    Charge: Bein’ a selfish git– Guilty!
    Punishment: Him hafta learn some Ganja etiquette, courtesy dis song:

  37. 107
    prick up your ears says:

    Harrietta is fucking about with this blog again.

  38. 109
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:
  39. 110
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:
  40. 115
    I don't need no doctor says:

    Jack RENDITION Straw
    David RENDITION Miliband
    Tony Blair War Criminal

  41. 125
    Bogeyman says:

    Never mind this guy’s spliff. Why can’t I and a few million others have a ciggy with our pint?

    In the garden of our local there’s an old lean-to built for a horse. You can’t even sit in there when it’s raining because it has three sides.

    What’s this country become – the Third fucking Reich?

    Of course it’s all down to our freedom-loving Labour government who promised “some” restrictions on smoking, which I don’t have a problem with. Then sanctimonious harridans like Patricia Hewitt and Deborah Arnott took control of the agenda and shut down half our pubs.

    If anyone stinks, it’s them.

    • 143
      The Paragnostic says:

      After closing time at our local,
      When only the locals remain,
      Out come the ashtrays and fuck Labour laws –
      It’s like being British again.

      We don’t have to mind our language,
      Self censor ourselves or our brains.
      Out come the ashtrays and fuck Labour laws –
      We all become British again.

  42. 126
    Pedobear says:

    Well done that man,most of my clients smoke weed and so do i.As has been said more people should smoke it personally i dont know anyone who smokes a few J’s on a friday night causing trouble perhaps we outlawed the wrong drug.

    • 130
      AC1 says:

      Perhaps we shouldn’t outlaw ANY drug? Just apply the law to what you did.

      • 144
        Pedobear says:

        well we could but speaking from a few yrs experience of the ‘Law’,most of it concerning weed,is fucked up at best and only really there as a whipping boy/girl by the Government that happens to be in power at the time.Legalize and tax it make some money off it.

  43. 129
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:
  44. 141
    This Week says:

    No Abbott on Brillo’s This Week tonight. Portillo’s joined by Postman Johnson.

    • 151
      Ed Who? says:

      The same Postman who wrote 2012 was a pivotal year for Labour and they could not go to the next election asking who Ed Miliband was?

  45. 142
    Reality Check and Hypocrisy says:

    OK, so images of GIs pissing on the Taleban are not nice but neither is war.

    Why are we always trying to sanities war? It is a brutal dirty business and to pretend otherwise is a complete nonsense.

    Would we rather just kill the “enemy” sat at home using unmanned drones so pretending that no one is really hurt? I guess we would and certainly politicians do.

    At the end of the day the people who really pissed on those Taleban are the politicians who started this and I can assure anyone that being pissed on when you are dead is whole lot better than being pissed on when you are alive.

    • 180
      AC1 says:

      Be nice to start a cultural tradition of pissing on our enemies burning corpses. After all they don’t play by the Geneva war conventions, so it’s entirely optional whether we do so as well.

  46. 145
    Cressida's Dick says:

    Confirmation, if we needed it, of the real reason CMD was so keen to get involved in Libya.

    History will talk about the Blair legacy. With a bit of luck it won’t be the one he’s hoping for.

    And if the one eyed jock retard could be implicated, that would be super.

  47. 152
    Gaping Arsehole says:

    Gimme the link to ur sordid Livechat, Billy. Ta. E x.

  48. 153
    Time for Question Time says:

    Question Time on in a few minutes. Kelvin Mackenzie should provide some sparks.

  49. 155
    He should be done under Trades Descriptions Act for calling himself a comedian says:

    Why has Hardeep Sing Kohli been invited onto Brillo’s show tonight? He was fired from the BBC for sexually harassing a female production assistant.

  50. 165
    Diane Fatbott says:

    Typical Andrew Neil. He loves to divide and rule. I won’t play his game.

    Am tempted to suggest that he should go back to Scotland but I know you’d take that out of context.

  51. 167
    Postman Prat says:

    I am wearing my hi-visibility vest tonight as I’ll be delivering Liebour propaganda leaflets later.

  52. 168
    Ah! Monika says:

    Hardeep
    Shallow

  53. 169
    MediaBot says:

    No can do, Calvin. She’s onto us, AGAIN! My parents never wanted me to be a useless sub-graduate in ….blah …..blah ……sponge …..
    So I proved them wrong by pissing into the wind whilst being funded by the unsuspecting advertisers.
    Socialism works well as long as you have thickos below you in the Ponzi pyramid.

  54. 170
    Ah! Monika says:

    Tell us again ..
    How many Tory MPs in Scotland
    And How many sick Pandas

  55. 174
    graham smith says:

    the daily guido mail cannot resist the cute mailesque headline….is the guy a whisky swiller?

  56. 175
    CPS says:

    Goodnight Chris

  57. 177
    Trigger says:

    Do pantomime dames smoke?

  58. 179
    Watt Tyler says:

    More news from Rochdale and the enemies of the people who beset the town: http://eotp.org/?s=Rochdale&x=0&y=0

    • 184
      albacore says:

      If that’s what the folk of Rochdale elect
      Just what are they like, the ones they reject?
      If they dropped the sods on Afghanistan
      You could say “Ta Ta” to the taliban

  59. 181
    They're all at it says:

    Are you sad people still getting excited over the puffed up, pompous rhetoric of the freak show known as Westminster? Did you really think anything would change? Didn’t the expenses scandal and the publics willingness to vote the vast majority of them back to the trough teach you anything?
    Get with the program. Either you want to see them all hanging from lamposts, or you vote for your own self interested reasons. On benefits, or lobbying for influence, it all boils down to the fact of “Fuck you Jack, I’m allright”

    • 187
      not a machine says:

      Still stuck with only the earthly realm eh?

      • 190
        They're all at it says:

        On my planet, MPs would be strung up feet first 6 inches above the ground in order that dogs could urinate on their faces much easier.

        • 199
          I don't need no doctor says:

          Sound a great place! Do you have White people that like to divide and rule?

  60. 183
    not a machine says:

    Strange week , quite a lot loaded up and of course the dear old euro is on for later in the month . Perhaps my overall feeling is as the dynamic changes , is that , true you can always blame and sack advisors if a wrong decision doesnt turn out right , but you cannot run away from the fact that you didnt articulate the reasoning properly . Despite all the promises democracy is getting roughed up a la Blair all over again , answers are not available for questions , particulary the ecnomic ones , were back again with hustle and nudge .
    “what we need is fast modern infrastructure !” fascinating , considering yet another bust / inflate out model is being applied , i want to know what has happened to afforadable rail travel for people …. mmmm slight of hand , so it will be fast middle class travel , majority paid for by people who will not be able to afford to use it . HS1 had a suppliment for quickness .
    The trough that none could refuse is the pursuite, at best of people that have no integrity , the trough that can be greased through parliament and opposers monstered , is a corrupt club , by all means enjoy the magnificance of explaining (although somewhat vaguely when you analysise it ) things in simple sound bites , but if you vanquish truth , what then is really the loser .
    The forces of darkness will not help you , and you should not complain when all your plans devour you , if your argument is built on deception upon deception .(somthing the EU should understand)

    However, for now, a busy next 6 months are in prospect , I think what is comming out of the EU is a bit flawed , but they have to talk it all up as soluble , dont they . The debts keep getting bigger and yet cost and wage spread are becomming detached , and there is less freedom as countries run up debts , where will the magic end …………, wheres the way out of what the failing invention of hyper unreality , dont forget the good within a country (not goodwill) is a resource that can be expended , then no ammount of nudging will coral the left over spent reactants .

    • 186
      They're all at it says:

      Yeah. whatever.
      I’ll just bet the political class love people like you that stand in line to play their game instead of dropping the whole shebang down the deepest mineshaft known to man.

  61. 185
    Psycho Bastard Momma's Boy says:

    Apparently, there’s a video out there showing the public urinating on dead MPs.

  62. 188
    They're all at it says:

    Well, that’s my 5 minutes of political involvement over for another week.
    Time to get back to reality, and return to ducking and diving for my own personal self enrichment.
    I don’t know where i get such fanciful ideas from.

  63. 191
    They're all at it says:

    Rochdale Council’s latest meeting prepares for for fact finding mission to impoverished Californian hell hole.

  64. 193
    mrjohn says:

    Cab Calloway

  65. 200
    I don't need no doctor says:

    No question asked on last night’s QT about Diane Abbott’s racist comment. I wonder why the BBC didn’t allow a question? Do the BBC divide and rule in favour of non WHITES?

  66. 201
    Iprintmyown businesscards says:

    That Diane Abbot sort spent 13 years in Government and never once manages to get to hold and keep high office and benefit us all.

    A Socialist who sends her child to a private public school says it all really .

    Best if she stands aside and gives someone else a chance .

    she is going to achieve nothing positive for the country

  67. 202
    speak as i find says:

    this was Councillor Ahmed comments in the Rochdale news

    “I have thought carefully and despite the false allegations that have been made and the upset caused by the smear campaign I am not going to bow to those trying to force me out. I have decided to stay.”

    i think he should be leader of the labour party, he’s another one living in fantasy land. Some one should show him the video



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