Well that's it....

Telo · Post by **Telo** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:42 pm

I'm never going to invite that George Osborne on board......

little boy blue · Post by **little boy blue** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:39 pm

i think you would be better to be more leary of inviting rothschild. osbourne will only try to tap you but rothschild will shop you ( not that i am suggesting for a moment that you would do anything wrong, you understand .... i hope

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bilbo · Post by **bilbo** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:33 pm

Imagine being so bored and short of company that you'd actually invite both RandyMandy and Georgy-O to dinner on your boat! And then that Big Girl's Blouse Rothschild...... I suspect he'll be a bit short of party invitations this Christmas.

And while we're on the subject of 'tapping-up', I notice that Senator McCain has invited the Russian Ambassador to chip in to his campaign costs this week, see here......
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americ ... 681168.stm

little boy blue · Post by **little boy blue** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:47 pm

i thought mccain had opted to accept federal funding for his campaign. why is he now trying to raise private finance ? is that not against the rules for him ?

philiph · Post by **philiph** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 5:02 pm

Hm McCain and Osborne and Russians - what is going on?

Whatever it is, it is very funny and I am so pleased to see that lightweight, pompous git Osborne getting some comeuppance.

Post by **DaveS** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 6:05 pm

Hmmm

Tories, sleaze, Mandleson... There's a bit of a theme here is there no'?

bilbo · Post by **bilbo** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:01 pm

I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if'n The Lord of Darkness hadn't connived at and created this shenanigans.

No money ( apparently ) was donated and/or received. This is a good season for attempts to draw our attention away from the central issues of the moment - the near-collapse of our financial system on Paw Broon's watch.

This is just political flummery, and if Osborne keeps his nerve and his counsel, he'll get away with whatever it was. However, there's no way that NuLabor are going to get away with what they've been up to - or failed to get up to.

....And that's not party-political. That's dissatisfaction with the whole bunch of wasters and toerags.

Telo · Post by **Telo** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:58 pm

bilbo wrote:I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if'n The Lord of Darkness hadn't connived at and created this shenanigans.

Not even he could have planned it this well. Osborne has been the architect of his own undoing - he breached "the code".

Mandelson, and his pal Osborne had been doing the social rounds, sharing political gossip and intrigue, and slagging off their own party leaders. Hence Mandy's rage when his return to government was spoiled by George revealing private dinner table gossip, to the effect that Mandy had "dripped pure poison" about his, by now, new best friend Gordon.

Now that was probably a bit of a mistake; Mandelson may be many things, but he is not generally seen as a soft mark. Mandelson is not daft either and was probably smart enough to know what his three Tory chums were up to with the Russian oligarch.

So he leans on mutual friend Nat Rothschild, who was also present during (at least) some of these indiscretions; despite his party allegiance and friendship with George, Nat values discretion, hence George is is left up Excrement Creek without the proverbial paddle. Meanwhile Nat says he's prepared to testify in court... Marvellous stuff. Everyday story of simple Westminster villagers imho.

bilbo · Post by **bilbo** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 9:00 pm

Everyday story of simple Westminster villagers imho

Big Boys Rules......

claymore · Post by **claymore** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:26 pm

I'm dining in the other house tomorrow evening - would you wish me to raise any of this.
Dennis Skinner was in fine form at PM's questions today!

bilbo · Post by **bilbo** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:32 pm

Was not 'the going rate' for a Life Peerage purported to be about Ã‚Â£50,000 in recent memory?
I wonder just how much Paw Broon arranged to pay RandyMandy to take ermine, and take on the Tories.....

philiph · Post by **philiph** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:53 pm

Despite despair at some of Gordy's activities and inaction, you don't for a minute think that Dave and Georgy would have had the nerve or the wit to provide the financial support package that the government has provided?

Dave and Georgy are old-fashioned public-school, non-interventionist, free marketeers at heart and, as demonstrated with Russiagate, are dishonorable, untrustworthy, self-centred amateurs. We are all doomed if this lot of Tories get their hands on power.

There's a long time to go to the next election and it's great to see the Tories' complacency rocked and a glimmer of hope that they don't get into Downing St.

bilbo · Post by **bilbo** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 11:07 pm

That reminds me.....

"Whit team dae ye support...?"

Rowana · Post by **Rowana** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 8:14 am

I've said it before and I'll say it again -

ALL politicians are like bananas -

When they are young and immature, they're green.

As they mature, they turn yellow.

And there's not a straight one amongst them!

Definition -
Politics - Comes from the Greek, Poly, meaning many, and ticks are blood-sucking creatures!

Post by **Silkie** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:18 pm

Shard wrote:he breached "the code"

What happens aboard, stays aboard?