Friday Caption Contest (Sitting on Democracy Edition)
This week’s winner will win a copy of ‘Mullahs Without Mercy’, Geoffrey Robertson’s ground-breaking study of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Make them witty…
This week’s winner will win a copy of ‘Mullahs Without Mercy’, Geoffrey Robertson’s ground-breaking study of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Make them witty…

Guido went to see Argo this week – the story behind the Iranian hostage crisis.
Guido enjoyed it but Mrs Fawkes enjoyed it even more with Ben Affleck.
Today’s winner gets a t-shirt from the film.
Usual rules, like being funny, apply.
Nearly 650 entries to last week’s caption contest celebrating the demise of Denis MacShane. The winner was the ever-witty Steve Miliband with this well-informed effort:
“Celebrations are a trifle early.”
Get in touch for your bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape courtesy of Oddbins.

To celebrate Denis MacShane’s demise this week’s caption contest sees the shamed expenses cheat pose with the cake given to him upon his return to the Labour Party just this July.
The winner will receive a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape courtesy of the charitable souls at Oddbins.
Their ‘Wine Not War’ campaign calling for peace between Dave and Nick will donate £1 to War Child for every bottle of CNDP sold.
See what they did there.
The winning entry better be good.
Usual rules apply…

There’s signed copy of Philip Gould An Unfinished Life up for grabs this week signed by Alaistair Campbell, Georgia Gould, Dennis Kavanagh, Danny Finkelstein and Stan Greenberg.
Usual rules apply…
Last week’s caption contest winner was, for once, actually quite witty. “Denis McShane’s Shed” suggested:
“Heckler and C**k.”
Get in touch for your two tickets to the Battle of the Chancellors Spectator debate on 29 October.

The winner of this week’s wit-fest will receive two tickets to the Spectator Debate on the evening of Monday 29th October. It’s the battle of the Chancellors – ‘George Osborne isn’t working – we need a Plan B’ - Lord Lamont V Alistair Darling.
On the panel with Darling will be David Blanchflower and Lord Oakeshott. With Lamont, Sajid Javid MP and one further speaker.
Usual rules apply…

Twigg’s Incoherent Schools Policy | Mark Wallace
Why Osborne Should Get on With Bank Privatisation | Harry Phibbs
Labour Complain Over Stuart Hall Sentence | MediaGuido
Labour Surrenders on Free Schools | Toby Young
Stemcor Have 100 Days to Repay Debts | Telegraph
Adam Boulton Visits Titanic, Makes a Picture of Himself | MediaGuido
Free Enterprise Group Says Scrap Half of Whitehall | Telegraph
Labour Lift Gove’s Schools Policy | James Kirkup
We Cannot Negotiate With Putin | Tim Shipman
Guardian’s Bold Front Page | The Commentator
Ahmadinejad Like Ken Livingstone | Jack Straw

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Andrew Pierce on Ed Balls…
“Porky Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls sweet-talked guests at a fund-raising dinner by saying if he wasn’t a politician, he would be a chef. That’s not surprising, since he was accused of cooking the Treasury books when he was Gordon Brown’s boot boy.”

is there anyone in the world that Tony hasnt screwed in some way?



