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therealpmI can't say the man and I ever enjoyed much by way of conversation, but it was a pleasure today to unveil a statue of one of the Labour party's all-time greats.
In other news, it appears that yet another yougov poll has been doing the rounds,this time about who is the nation's most irritating politician. In no particular order the results are:
In other news, it appears that yet another yougov poll has been doing the rounds,this time about who is the nation's most irritating politician. In no particular order the results are:
| Irritating | Not Irritating | Don't Know | |
| Ed Balls | 51 | 31 | 18 |
| John Bercow | 36 | 18 | 46 |
| Lembit Opik | 63 | 18 | 19 |
| Baroness Warsi | 39 | 17 | 44 |
| George Osborne | 52 | 30 | 18 |
| David Cameron | 48 | 45 | 7 |
| Vince Cable | 39 | 38 | 24 |
| Nick Clegg | 52 | 41 | 8 |
| Ed Miliband | 52 | 37 | 11 |
| Gordon Brown | 58 | 33 | 8 |
| Peter Mandelson | 65 | 18 | 16 |
| Harriet Harman | 54 | 28 | 17 |
| William Hague | 50 | 40 | 10 |
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Date: 2011-04-05 05:01 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 05:09 pm (UTC)Not when they're cutting the number of MPs. Stupid idea, I told him so from the start, but would he listen? Of course not. One comment, just one comment over five years ago and he still can't let it go...I think you're underestimating how hard honourable and right honourable members work and, if you remember, the House has cut back on holidays in recent years...
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Date: 2011-04-05 05:19 pm (UTC)That is even more true at a time when the Cabinet contains the esteemed Lord Mandelson, whose empire is of a scale not seen since the death of Alexander the Great."
...a slight exaggeration.
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Date: 2011-04-05 05:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 05:20 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 05:22 pm (UTC)Top my glass up, would you?
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Date: 2011-04-05 05:24 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 05:26 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 05:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 05:38 pm (UTC)Are you ok for the moment or do you want a top up too?
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Date: 2011-04-05 07:30 pm (UTC)*holds out glass*
...I appear to have confused The Machine, poor thing.
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Date: 2011-04-05 08:44 pm (UTC)Tut-tut Peter, don't be so mean to it.
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Date: 2011-04-05 08:53 pm (UTC)herhisits critical faculties, as any reponsibleparentcreator would.(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 08:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 09:10 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 09:12 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 09:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 09:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 09:26 pm (UTC)...that's a point, I can hardly send The Machine to a school to interact with its peers.
Maybe I could build another one to keep it company?(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 09:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 09:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 09:32 pm (UTC)...is there any way of tracking where it got the virus from to try to discover where the other one is, if indeed there is another?
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Date: 2011-04-05 09:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-04-05 09:44 pm (UTC)...I'm not good with technology, as you know full well, just humour me on this point!
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Date: 2011-04-05 09:47 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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