Media Bitch Fight: Peter Hitchens v Damian Thompson
Turns out Peter Hitchens and Damian Thompson really don’t like each other. This week’s Speccie podcast sees the duo do battle with hilarious results.
Apparently they both have books out?
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Tom Harris bemoans the public’s attitude to politicians…
“Mr Oborne echoes the lazy, anti-politics whine we hear so often these days, all based on the absurd notion that politicians were once loved and only fell out of public favour during the expenses scandal. He should take a walk to the Strangers’ Bar. But not to sup with the patrons he seems to despise so much, dearie me, no; he should instead look at the paintings on the corridor outside the bar, which depict the devastating fire which consumed most of the Palace in 1834. And he should reflect on the fact that on that dramatic night, as the Commons went up in flames, a crowd gathered on the South Bank to clap and cheer.”
Focus group time. says:
The thing that Dave needs to work out is which group is more likely to vote Conservative. Mad swivel-eyed loons or mad homosexuals wishing to get married.
Alvin Lee and Kenny Ball,sad…..
WTF are they?
Alvin Lee,guitarist,Ten Years After,Woodstock,11min,Goin’Home….
Kenny Ball,National icon in jazz world, R.I.P.
Handbags out!
Pistols at dawn!
One of these is a c.unt
Why limit it to one?
Who are these nonentities?
More to the point, who gives a shit?
Their publishers and whoever is buying guido his next pint for pushing this crap.
Legends in their own lunchtimes.
Time for the next thread.
+1 definitely.
So what? Just Peter Hitchens being Peter Hitchens. Nothing unusual there.
And the other chap – never heard of him.
CBA
Unlike a fine wine she doesn’t improve with age.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/vicky-pryce-trial-jurors-continue-1748473
A face like a bulldog chewing a wasp.
A face like a wasp chewing a bulldog
If my dog looked like that, I would shave its arse and teach it to walk backwards.
And call it Jimmy?
ewwww
But she WAS quite attractive in her salad days, wasn’t she?
Oh, hold on, that was Laura San Giacomo, who WASN’T skinnier than a rail…
http://www.seriessub.com/series/actors/73590.jpg
Whenever I google for the latest on the trial – up pops The Daily Record.
Is there a Scottish dimension to this soap opera?
No. We got our own legal system and oil.
And lots of English lolly.
No, your own legal system and Shetland’s oil.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21698802
Even though she is on trial, our Vicky seems to want to given the government economic advice:
http://www.cityam.com/article/city-am-shadow-mpc-votes-7-2-against-more-qe-0
VICKY PRYCE | FORMER GOVT ADVISER
“Hold but be ready for more quantitative easing once forthcoming Budget measures are analysed and current trends become clearer. A more upbeat performance in the service sector contrasts with poorer manufacturing and construction data and weak lending figures.”
A few MPs over the years have gone incognito to sample social conditions of the poor, homeless et al.
About time Andy Burnham spent a month in a Mid Staffs Hospital. Would make good TV. Will he survive.? Better than Strictly…
+100
USD-GBP is sitting at pretty much bang on 1.50.
For now
Am expecting it to drop a bit shortly after the announcement today.
Short the pound.
It’s money for old rope. You can’t lose, it’s like betting on a one horse race.
Parity with the Euro by the summer and parity with the dollar by Christmas.
And when it hits parity we should join the Euro
Great idea.
I commend this to the house
Anyone done anything interesting today?
Interest rates kept at 0.5% and no money printing this month.
Well, bollocks. When will the bloody rate go up?
Oh quite a few years to go yet I reckon.
I do not wish to know what I have done it today. History is bunk
Well I have had a very busy day, giving £10m of the brave tax payers money to Afghani Mining Companies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21695037
I know its the Chinese who will ultimately get the money, bet hey what’ya gonna do
Pip Pip
MPC: Rates held @ 0.5%, QE @ GBP 375bn.
All as expected.
Keeping it steady.
Best way, mate.
Savers expect better.
Still may get further debasement after the
next clusterfuckbudget.Apparently St3phen G!fford, CBI Director of Economics said:
“With only a modest pick-up in growth expected, the possibility of further QE will remain a live issue.”
Daily Politics Show – Oh such a cosy, cosy interview between Jo Coburn and Alan Johnson over the Stafford Hospital deaths. BBC/Labour scum.
Yes I’d seen that too, the BBC is a fucking disgrace!
It looks like Neil and Johnson are joined at the hip. I thought Brillo had more about him.
“Apparently they both have books out?”
Provided they return them on time I don’t see the problem.
Hitchens Minor does make a compelling argument, but as usual its for China’s one child policy.
Are you a second child?
They both make reasonable points but Damian Thompson losses the argument with his resort to Ad Hominem.
Wacist
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PM: Economy beset by 4 problems:
biggest budget deficit, global banking crash, erosion of our competitiveness in the global race, and right wing political bloggers talking the economy down.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqXk_FRw62Q&w=640&h=390%5D
Like two bald men fighting over a haddock.
Labour seem to be apologising for most of the fuck-ups they made, including the latest from Yvette Cooper.
So we still have the same labour shadow ministers as under Brown. So why should anyone trust labour now or indeed at the next election.
Bwhahahahahahahahaha! Selfishly amusing!
Anyone care?
Peter hitchens took part in an effort to give up alcohol for for a month for newsnight/C4 news (can’t remember which) during which he failed miserably. Kind of makes this interview pretty hypocritical really.
That was Peter Oborne you fucking tit.