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Alan Johnson - the only human being on the Labour front bench has resigned, "for personal and family reasons".The standard excuse.
He was utterly inept as shadow chancellor, but was the human face of the current crop, none of whom have actually spent any time living in the real world outside Westminster.
Lets hope it opens some nice big wounds and they start in internal civil war over who gets what job. :)
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Ah postman prat
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Apparently Ed Balls - stark staring lunatic - has replaced him. Balls wanted that job soooo badly. My guess is that he has forced Johnson out.
Balls was Browns right hand man at the treasury for years, so we know how good he is on economic matters. :o ::) :D
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by all accounts (friends on both sides of the house) its a genuine and private reason - so i wish him well, others may do well to do the same instead of jumping to conclusions :o
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If I had a fiver for every MP who has resigned for personal/ family reasons........ ::)
Im not overly interested why he,s going. Just hope it does some more damage to his party. ;)
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Nice down to earth guy. A genuine human being......A little out of his depth though.... :-/
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Nice down to earth guy. A genuine human being......A little of his depth though.... :-/
Have you been drinking? He was a politician.
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Nice down to earth guy. A genuine human being......A little of his depth though.... :-/
Have you been drinking? He was a politician.
yes......but not a Tory.... ;)
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Nice down to earth guy. A genuine human being......A little of his depth though.... :-/
Have you been drinking? He was a politician.
yes......but not a Tory.... ;)
Politicians, of any flavour, are lying shitbags. Except, maybe, that nice UKIP chappie.
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Nice down to earth guy. A genuine human being......A little of his depth though.... :-/
Have you been drinking? He was a politician.
yes......but not a Tory.... ;)
Politicians, of any flavour, are lying shitbags. Except, maybe, that nice UKIP chappie.
.....are you taking the piss Steve? I like old Nige about as much as I like Jeremy Kyle......... ;)
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Nice down to earth guy. A genuine human being......A little of his depth though.... :-/
Have you been drinking? He was a politician.
yes......but not a Tory.... ;)
Politicians, of any flavour, are lying shitbags. Except, maybe, that nice UKIP chappie.
.....are you taking the piss Steve? I like old Nige about as much as I like Jeremy Kyle......... ;)
Yes. I like them both too :y
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If I had a fiver for every MP who has resigned for personal/ family reasons........ ::)
Im not overly interested why he,s going. Just hope it does some more damage to his party. ;)
yep 99 times out of 100 I'd agree Albs - its always a smokescreen - not this time tho, for one the timing makes no sense, for two Wd Milliband and Ed Balls dont exactly sing from the same hymn sheet and for three no ones casting aspersions from the coalition :o
I doubt it'll rip the Lbour party apart, he's far more interested in getting his teeth into that preening poppinjay Gideon :y
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Nice down to earth guy. A genuine human being......A little of his depth though.... :-/
Have you been drinking? He was a politician.
yes......but not a Tory.... ;)
Politicians, of any flavour, are lying shitbags. Except, maybe, that nice UKIP chappie.
Well said mate....none of them live in the real world and every single one of them would look you straight in the eyes and lie to you without giving it a second thought.
As for that posh Shit-head David Cameron.....did you know that he purchased a newspaper for 20p and he charged taxpayers for it.
The greedy Tosser auctually put it down on expenses....with the salary he must be on and he made the hard up taxpayer pay for his paper.
I can't remember her name...but a Labour M.P charged taxpayers for a bar of chocalate that she bought......Bitch!!! >:( >:(
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I quite liked Alan Johnson, although I really didn't understand why he got given the Shadow Chancellor brief. There were a few times when I think he wondered the same thing. But he has gone, and now the front bench has shuffled to give Balls his number two fantasy job. Should be some interesting exchanges ahead with Osborne and don't rule out a few little gems coming out regarding Balls' time when working in the Treasury.
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If I had a fiver for every MP who has resigned for personal/ family reasons........ ::)
Im not overly interested why he,s going. Just hope it does some more damage to his party. ;)
yep 99 times out of 100 I'd agree Albs - its always a smokescreen - not this time tho, for one the timing makes no sense, for two Wd Milliband and Ed Balls dont exactly sing from the same hymn sheet and for three no ones casting aspersions from the coalition :o
I doubt it'll rip the Lbour party apart, he's far more interested in getting his teeth into that preening poppinjay Gideon :y
1. He probably didnt want to be shadow chancellor in the first place, and has seriously embarrassed himself several times recently.
2.Keep your friends close, enemies closer. Ed would have caused a war in the party if he hadnt been "chosen" to replace him.
3. The coalition will be contentrating as much on attacking Balls at least as much as Labour are concentrating on Osborne.
Time will tell. ;)
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I quite liked Alan Johnson, although I really didn't understand why he got given the Shadow Chancellor brief. There were a few times when I think he wondered the same thing. But he has gone, and now the front bench has shuffled to give Balls his number two fantasy job. Should be some interesting exchanges ahead with Osborne and don't rule out a few little gems coming out regarding Balls' time when working in the Treasury.
Balls? A few little gems coming out? I hope not ;D
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Nice down to earth guy. A genuine human being......A little of his depth though.... :-/
Have you been drinking? He was a politician.
yes......but not a Tory.... ;)
Politicians, of any flavour, are lying shitbags. Except, maybe, that nice UKIP chappie.
.....are you taking the piss Steve? I like old Nige about as much as I like Jeremy Kyle......... ;)
Yes. I like them both too :y
Now I know you're taking the piss.......nobody .....absolutely nobody likes that turd Jeremy Kyle... ;D ;D ;)
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I quite liked Alan Johnson, although I really didn't understand why he got given the Shadow Chancellor brief. There were a few times when I think he wondered the same thing. But he has gone, and now the front bench has shuffled to give Balls his number two fantasy job. Should be some interesting exchanges ahead with Osborne and don't rule out a few little gems coming out regarding Balls' time when working in the Treasury.
Balls? A few little gems coming out? I hope not ;D
Steve STMO posted a picture of himself once on OOF. Not a pretty sight I have to say .....but he does look remarkably similar to Ex-postie Alan Johnson.... :)
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Nice down to earth guy. A genuine human being......A little of his depth though.... :-/
Have you been drinking? He was a politician.
yes......but not a Tory.... ;)
Politicians, of any flavour, are lying shitbags. Except, maybe, that nice UKIP chappie.
.....are you taking the piss Steve? I like old Nige about as much as I like Jeremy Kyle......... ;)
Yes. I like them both too :y
Now I know you're taking the piss.......nobody .....absolutely nobody likes that turd Jeremy Kyle... ;D ;D ;)
He is a hero to single mums and workshy dolites. :P
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I quite liked Alan Johnson, although I really didn't understand why he got given the Shadow Chancellor brief. There were a few times when I think he wondered the same thing. But he has gone, and now the front bench has shuffled to give Balls his number two fantasy job. Should be some interesting exchanges ahead with Osborne and don't rule out a few little gems coming out regarding Balls' time when working in the Treasury.
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Yep, he is known as the son of Gordon. He was his right hand man when Gordon was wrecking the economy. A Brownite through and through, and Red Ed has just recently admitted that at least some of the damage was caused by their policies in Govt. Probably because it would take so much of his energy in the future to try to keep denying something which is quite easily demonstrated to be true. :y
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I quite liked Alan Johnson, although I really didn't understand why he got given the Shadow Chancellor brief. There were a few times when I think he wondered the same thing. But he has gone, and now the front bench has shuffled to give Balls his number two fantasy job. Should be some interesting exchanges ahead with Osborne and don't rule out a few little gems coming out regarding Balls' time when working in the Treasury.
Balls? A few little gems coming out? I hope not ;D
Steve STMO posted a picture of himself once on OOF. Not a pretty sight I have to say .....but he does look remarkably similar to Ex-postie Alan Johnson.... :)
When I said that he was a lying shitbag, I meant handsome lying shitbag. ::)
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Oh dear. Oh deary deary dear.
Seems Alan Johnson has been doing a Prescott and been caught out.
And apparently, which individual has had his minions digging away at the rumour with the result it will soon be splashed in the papers? Step forward... Ed Balls!
Ooooh, this could get very interesting over the next few days........
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The politcial commentator on channel 4 news said this is his 2nd marriage and he is having problems. He did not say what the problems where though.
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Bear with me please, i may have this wrong but from what i heard on the radio today he was given that job as he'd tried pretty much everything else & the only other option was the gaffers wife. He admitted he was'nt right for said post & could'nt answer the standard rate of N.I.??
Seems this is the end of his career in frontline politics.
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Oh dear. Oh deary deary dear.
Seems Alan Johnson has been doing a Prescott and been caught out.
And apparently, which individual has had his minions digging away at the rumour with the result it will soon be splashed in the papers? Step forward... Ed Balls! Ooooh, this could get very interesting over the next few days........
I may have got it right first time then. Had to happen sometime. :D
If this is the case, its a Brownite coup, and Red Ed will be the next target, when the time is right. They dont want little Ed moving the party away from the policies which "were brilliantly succesful" for so long. ::)
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Bear with me please, i may have this wrong but from what i heard on the radio today he was given that job as he'd tried pretty much everything else & the only other option was the gaffers wife. He admitted he was'nt right for said post & could'nt answer the standard rate of N.I.??
Seems this is the end of his career in frontline politics.
While you are absolutely right Guy. Complete and utter incompetence alone doesnt usually spell the end of a political career nowadays. The Commons would be virtually empty if it did. ;) ;D
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Bear with me please, i may have this wrong but from what i heard on the radio today he was given that job as he'd tried pretty much everything else & the only other option was the gaffers wife. He admitted he was'nt right for said post & could'nt answer the standard rate of N.I.??
Seems this is the end of his career in frontline politics.
While you are absolutely right Guy. Complete and utter incompetence alone doesnt usually spell the end of a political career nowadays. The Commons would be virtually empty if it did. ;) ;D
;D ;D ;D This is why i struggle to understand those with an avid love of politics. All this here here in a good response & moaning & groaning as a bad response it's out of the dark ages...& we rely on them? & some people actualy like politics.... ::) ::) ::) What a mess.
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I keep trying to stop myself from being interested, but I cant help it. Sad I know. :-[ ::) ;D
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Reports suggest that Johnsons bodyguard has recently had an affair with Johnsons wife and has been suspended from duty.
Balls faction have leaked it to damage him and make his position untennable. This has allowed Balls to put Miliband in an impossible position, where he darent deny him the shadow chancellorship twice in a few months. It would almost certainly have resulted in a bloodbath.
This could very well turn out to be Blair/Brown mk2.
Heres hoping. :)
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If I had a fiver for every MP who has resigned for personal/ family reasons........ ::)
Im not overly interested why he,s going. Just hope it does some more damage to his party. ;)
Well said Albs! Whilst I understand the need for an opposition to temper any government, I hope the labour party is ruined!
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The Tories in opposition and a right wing party in power would do nicely. :y :)
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The Tories in opposition and a right wing party in power would do nicely. :y :)
Actually yeah, you make two good points there! I'm not overly impressed with David Blair Cameron either!
I actually have a machine that helped save Margaret Thatchers government in the Brighton bombing. Long will it be cherished!
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I vote for the old Tory party Geoff (aka UKIP) :y
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I vote for the old Tory party Geoff (aka UKIP) :y
I'm all for UKIP, I fail to see why they didn't get alot more votes in the election. I think people were probably too busy watching multicultural stuff on their flat screen TVs instead of being interested in current affairs and the fact that a European superstate is being forced upon us!
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buzz!
deviation 8-)
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Reports suggest that Johnsons bodyguard has recently had an affair with Johnsons wife and has been suspended from duty.
Balls faction have leaked it to damage him and make his position untennable. This has allowed Balls to put Miliband in an impossible position, where he darent deny him the shadow chancellorship twice in a few months. It would almost certainly have resulted in a bloodbath.
This could very well turn out to be Blair/Brown mk2.
Heres hoping. :)
If that's correct then I have great admiration for the bloke in quitting his post. History doesn't hold a good record of success but the intent is there.
I wish him well. It sounds as if he was not tarred with the same brush as most others in parliament.
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Reports suggest that Johnsons bodyguard has recently had an affair with Johnsons wife and has been suspended from duty.
Balls faction have leaked it to damage him and make his position untennable. This has allowed Balls to put Miliband in an impossible position, where he darent deny him the shadow chancellorship twice in a few months. It would almost certainly have resulted in a bloodbath.
This could very well turn out to be Blair/Brown mk2.
Heres hoping. :)
If that's correct then I have great admiration for the bloke in quitting his post. History doesn't hold a good record of success but the intent is there.
I wish him well. It sounds as if he was not tarred with the same brush as most others in parliament.
I'm bound to agree with that. :y
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Balls has one intention...PM of this country.... >:(
Another laughing stock around the world...Prime Minister Balls ;D ;D ;D
Imagine all the qips every day in the papers...'What a Balls up' etc.....
Even his wife is embarrased about the name.... ;D ;D ;D
And....whilst typing this I am watching Blair lying through his teeth to the enquiry >:(
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Balls has one intention...PM of this country.... >:(
Another laughing stock around the world...Prime Minister Balls ;D ;D ;D
Imagine all the qips every day in the papers...'What a Balls up' etc.....
Even his wife is embarrased about the name.... ;D ;D ;D
And....whilst typing this I am watching Blair lying through his teeth to the enquiry >:(
Haven't seen a Mrs Balls so must keep quiet.
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Balls has one intention...PM of this country.... >:(
Another laughing stock around the world...Prime Minister Balls ;D ;D ;D
Imagine all the qips every day in the papers...'What a Balls up' etc.....
Even his wife is embarrased about the name.... ;D ;D ;D
And....whilst typing this I am watching Blair lying through his teeth to the enquiry >:(
Haven't seen a Mrs Balls so must keep quiet.
Mrs Balls is Yvette Cooper :y
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Haven't seen a Mrs Balls so must keep quiet.
On the contrary. I got practically addicted to Mrs. Balls on our honeymoon in Cape Town. I keep her in the cupboard for those moments when things aren't quite spicy enough. :-*
http://www.mrsballschutney.com/
Kevin
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And now its the Tories turn - Andy Coulson has finally done the decent thing and resigned as Camerons chief spin doctor.
Maybe he has had a whisper that the phone tapping scandal net is closing in. :-/
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The Tories in opposition and a right wing party in power would do nicely. :y :)
I like this part of your statement Albs.... :y
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And now its the Tories turn - Andy Coulson has finally done the decent thing and resigned as Camerons chief spin doctor.
Maybe he has had a whisper that the phone tapping scandal net is closing in. :-/
It's about bloody time.
There have been enough of these distractions - when will the elected politicians get down to the task of running the country for the benefit of the people and not themselves/parties and incestuous Westminster machine?
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Dont hold your breath Z. ;)
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And now its the Tories turn - Andy Coulson has finally done the decent thing and resigned as Camerons chief spin doctor.
Maybe he has had a whisper that the phone tapping scandal net is closing in. :-/
It's about bloody time.
There have been enough of these distractions - when will the elected politicians get down to the task of running the country for the benefit of the people and not themselves/parties and incestuous Westminster machine?
I have this thought in my head that just won't quit now.......Z..... :o :o ;)
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Balls has one intention...PM of this country.... >:(
Another laughing stock around the world...Prime Minister Balls ;D ;D ;D
Imagine all the qips every day in the papers...'What a Balls up' etc.....
Even his wife is embarrased about the name.... ;D ;D ;D
And....whilst typing this I am watching Blair lying through his teeth to the enquiry >:(
Haven't seen a Mrs Balls so must keep quiet.
Mrs Balls is Yvette Cooper :y
She isn't an actress so she really is Yvette Balls ;D ;D
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Johnson out, Balls in ::)
is that right? :-? :-?
© The 10 O'Clock Show 2011
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There have been enough of these distractions - when will the elected politicians get down to the task of running the country for the benefit of the people and not themselves/parties and incestuous Westminster machine?
That's a question you could have asked at almost any point over the last 50-odd years, although with Blair's hollow promise to make Government purer than pure - and then promptly presided over a ridiculous number of scandals - it's become more acute in the last decade or so.
I would prefer to see the positions held by previously by the likes of Ingram, Campbell, McBride (a stand-out for true nastiness) and Coulson banished to be honest. Government should take a really long hard look at how it meshes with the media and put a stop to what has become a highly mistrusted and cynical process that the public simply doesn't care for. But that would mean taking hard decisions a little too close to home and there is not a single individual in the Commons prepared to do that. Especially not the opposition, who have their hands soaked in the blood of previous deviances and continue to indulge in them.
On that point, the story behind Johnson resigning and how it got into press hands allegedly via Balls' cabal is plain disgusting. I had little time for that odious creep before, but if he is prepared to throw party colleagues to the wolves for the sake of his own ambitions then he deserves a truly awful ending to his blatently self-promoted career. I hope it comes soon and is suitably humiliating, swiftly followed by that arch-proponent of bare-faced lies Mandleson. In fact, the mortgage cheater may have to face some tricky questions anyway over the very cosy relationship he enjoys with Lazards, who were involved with the Kraft buy-out of Cadbury's while he was Business Secretary.
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Very nicely put indeed Bluey. Well spotted about Mandy, although he is more slippery than a snake in tub of grease, so I doubt he will get his just desserts.
Have you watched The thick of it and In the loop ?
Although, far from being a documentary, it does I believe, give a hilarious insight how these creatures may behave behind closed doors.
Coulson - being a spin doctor - picked a good day to jump. Johnson resigned last night, Bliar back at the enquiry this morning. A good day to water down the effect of bad news for Cameron. ;)
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I was a TTOI since the first episode, it follows on from enjoying stuff like Bird & Fortune, Private Eye and so on. According to a couple of friends in a certain monolithic media organisation it had nuggets and behaviour types in it that were not far from reality too.
I really don't think Peter Capaldi at his uproarous best is quite suitable here (he can make my Thai ladyboy joke look like something from a Janet & John book) so a clip of Bird & Fortune is much nicer.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYC0P_NBLZw&feature=related[/media]
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The interesting thing about TTOI is that the script adviser was Martin Sixsmith.Remember him ? ;)
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And now its the Tories turn - Andy Coulson has finally done the decent thing and resigned as Camerons chief spin doctor.
Maybe he has had a whisper that the phone tapping scandal net is closing in. :-/
It's about bloody time.
There have been enough of these distractions - when will the elected politicians get down to the task of running the country for the benefit of the people and not themselves/parties and incestuous Westminster machine?
I have this thought in my head that just won't quit now.......Z..... :o :o ;)
I'm always happy to oblige, Opti. 8-) ;D
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Johnson out, Balls in ::)
is that right? :-? :-?
© The 10 O'Clock Show 2011
;D ;D ;D Superb 8-) 8-) :y
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Government should take a really long hard look at how it meshes with the media and put a stop to what has become a highly mistrusted and cynical process that the public simply doesn't care for.
I more than agree with that Blue. 8-) :y
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A good day to water down the effect of bad news for Cameron. ;)
I had the impression that it backfired on them A as the news (when it broke) seemed to take precedence over our former Great Leader's appearance and his truthful and accurate account of his behaviour to the Chilcot Enquiry.