His reportage is remarkably 'beige' anyway. That's probably why he got the job: he's far too banal and moderate to ask any hard questions in the first place.
April 26, 2006 at 4:32 PM
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In fairness, NR says that the STORY was a bombshell, not the affair!
April 26, 2006 at 4:41 PM
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I wasn't even the lowliest research assistant - I was an even lowlier intern, who'd been there about a week, when I heard the story.
As Mr. R Monkey notes, is there even the slightest possibility that Prezza has taken one for the team here?
April 26, 2006 at 4:52 PM
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I like the metaphor, Charlieboy. Clarke has the ball, Prescott makes a dummy run on the blind side, defence all over the place, Clarke over the line.
"It was your turn to score, lad" says Prescott in the bath after the game.
April 26, 2006 at 4:58 PM
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I thought something was up when he started working out in the gym three times a week. But he should know that losing weight makes you look older.
This is New Labours best day ever, in fact it is a good day to remind the public about "cash for honours" mustn't take our eye off the ball must we?
Why did Tony rush off after PMQ's?
Helping with enquiries perhaps!
April 26, 2006 at 5:34 PM
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Rosie Winterton MP is Minister of State for Health Services at the Department of Health, having served as Minister of State at the Department since June 2003.
Between 2001 and June 2003 Rosie Winterton was Parliamentary Secretary at the Lord Chancellor's Department. She has been Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central since 1997.
April 26, 2006 at 6:16 PM
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Compare Robinson's coverage of the Blair/Brown local election campaign launch with that of every other political correspondent there. You usually expect a little more analysis from someone with that with such a great job title.
Still, Prescott did say he would die in a ditch for Tony Blair. He may get his chance.
April 26, 2006 at 6:22 PM
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I quite like Nick Robinson, he usually quite truthful and isn't as, "oh my god, this is the biggest story in the history of the fucking world" as other tv political journos are. I must say I do like the idea that the Labour party has a stash of scandalous stories to put out whenever they wan't to deflect attention away from a something else. Maybe the next 'Blair's worst ever week' we get they'll release the story about Blair's daughter.
April 26, 2006 at 6:50 PM
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The 'good day to bury bad news' strategy begins to look a bit lame when they have to use one bad news story to bury another. But help may be at hand. Bin Laden has promised another attack against the USA - a perfect opportunity to sack 5,000 nurses, tear up the GP contract and create a few more dodgy peers.
April 26, 2006 at 7:53 PM
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Shocked? I'm impressed. 2 jags, 3 shags (1 well outside his weight) - done well for a cabin boy. Double G&Ts please Giovanni. No rail tickets for his various bints? Any hint of public funds (who pays his laundry bills) being wasted?? Any suggestion that She Who Must Not Be Named got her 'leg up' into the PLP and/or 'higher orifices' through him??? Final note - Is it me, or do they all resemble a prole wanker fantasy of Nanny?
April 26, 2006 at 8:12 PM
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Humph, do you think there is a story about Blair's daughter, or are you just speculating?
April 26, 2006 at 8:59 PM
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There is a story about Blair's daughter, about two years old now.
Are you serious? Or is this a wind-up? If something had happened, surely we would have heard about it, wouldn't we?
April 26, 2006 at 10:14 PM
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May - no, there are such stories that circulate newsrooms about the country and these include the one about TB's daughter, which is OTR verifiable. That said it's not reported because it's just not appropriate or legitimate news - and with that we should just draw a veil over it.
I have some sympathy for Blair's daughter, and at the risk of being a rank hypocrite, am content that /the/ story didn't make the mainstream media. However, the tale is eminently google-able.
April 26, 2006 at 10:54 PM
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I'd better stop saying Blair should send HIS kids to Iraq! It must be hell for them.
laugh-oaten,without a doubt-felt sorry for his mrs though
cry-cook,the mere thought of him mincing across heathrow airport to dump Mrs Cook on the advice of a spin doctor brings tears to my eyes (laughter mind).cos,like, he was so important,yeah but,no but.TB missed his funeral cos he didn't fucking matter (whatever he may have believed himself) not because he was a short arsed egotistical ginger twat
Hmm - laughed at Oaten and Prescott, wretched at Cook, spluttered at Major. I imagine I ought to seek psychiatric help, but Edwina Currie had a certain je ne sais quoi.
Along vaguely similar lines, maybe we should go for a round or two of 'Marry, shag, push off a cliff'.
28 comments:
His reportage is remarkably 'beige' anyway. That's probably why he got the job: he's far too banal and moderate to ask any hard questions in the first place.
In fairness, NR says that the STORY was a bombshell, not the affair!
I wasn't even the lowliest research assistant - I was an even lowlier intern, who'd been there about a week, when I heard the story.
As Mr. R Monkey notes, is there even the slightest possibility that Prezza has taken one for the team here?
I like the metaphor, Charlieboy. Clarke has the ball, Prescott makes a dummy run on the blind side, defence all over the place, Clarke over the line.
"It was your turn to score, lad" says Prescott in the bath after the game.
I thought something was up when he started working out in the gym three times a week. But he should know that losing weight makes you look older.
How many more enemies can Mr Tony afford to make? Or are we at the bunker stage already?
If he has 'taken one for the team', isn't quite a nice way to do it ? A shag and champagne two year affair. Can't be bad now can it ?
Note: A serial adulterer ? Please. Thats going a little too far don't you think ?
Prezza's future certainly doesn't look too rosie, sorry, rosy.
This is New Labours best day ever, in fact it is a good day to remind the public about "cash for honours" mustn't take our eye off the ball must we?
Why did Tony rush off after PMQ's?
Helping with enquiries perhaps!
Rosie Winterton MP is Minister of State for Health Services at the Department of Health, having served as Minister of State at the Department since June 2003.
Between 2001 and June 2003 Rosie Winterton was Parliamentary Secretary at the Lord Chancellor's Department. She has been Member of Parliament for Doncaster Central since 1997.
Compare Robinson's coverage of the Blair/Brown local election campaign launch with that of every other political correspondent there. You usually expect a little more analysis from someone with that with such a great job title.
Still, Prescott did say he would die in a ditch for Tony Blair. He may get his chance.
I quite like Nick Robinson, he usually quite truthful and isn't as, "oh my god, this is the biggest story in the history of the fucking world" as other tv political journos are.
I must say I do like the idea that the Labour party has a stash of scandalous stories to put out whenever they wan't to deflect attention away from a something else.
Maybe the next 'Blair's worst ever week' we get they'll release the story about Blair's daughter.
The 'good day to bury bad news' strategy begins to look a bit lame when they have to use one bad news story to bury another. But help may be at hand. Bin Laden has promised another attack against the USA - a perfect opportunity to sack 5,000 nurses, tear up the GP contract and create a few more dodgy peers.
Shocked? I'm impressed. 2 jags, 3 shags (1 well outside his weight) - done well for a cabin boy. Double G&Ts please Giovanni.
No rail tickets for his various bints? Any hint of public funds (who pays his laundry bills) being wasted?? Any suggestion that She Who Must Not Be Named got her 'leg up' into the PLP and/or 'higher orifices' through him???
Final note - Is it me, or do they all resemble a prole wanker fantasy of Nanny?
Humph, do you think there is a story about Blair's daughter, or are you just speculating?
There is a story about Blair's daughter, about two years old now.
bedehouse said: "disfunctional family" "crap circulating AGAIN" "dirty" ???
Are you serious? Or is this a wind-up? If something had happened, surely we would have heard about it, wouldn't we?
May - no, there are such stories that circulate newsrooms about the country and these include the one about TB's daughter, which is OTR verifiable. That said it's not reported because it's just not appropriate or legitimate news - and with that we should just draw a veil over it.
Stories about adults however are fair game.
I have some sympathy for Blair's daughter, and at the risk of being a rank hypocrite, am content that /the/ story didn't make the mainstream media. However, the tale is eminently google-able.
I'd better stop saying Blair should send HIS kids to Iraq! It must be hell for them.
TPUP,thanks,you've saved me the google.poor girl
whilst I wouldn't know about prezzas story being a bombshell, the mistress isn't.
Mellor,t***er though he was,at least pulled way over his head.
but i do like him on classic fm
New Labour adultery is okay - because the Tories have been doing it for years.
Anyway - he's only doing to his secretary what he's been doing to the electorate ...
So here's the real question - the announcement of which affair made you wretch / splutter / laugh / cry (delete as appropriate) the most:
Was it Prezza, Cook, Blunkett, Major or Oaten?
Laugh - Oaten by a mile
good idea RB
wretch-blunkett-can't understand birds and beards,good pull on his part though.
splutter-definitely Major,norma's fucking gorgeous
laugh-oaten,without a doubt-felt sorry for his mrs though
cry-cook,the mere thought of him mincing across heathrow airport to dump Mrs Cook on the advice of a spin doctor brings tears to my eyes (laughter mind).cos,like, he was so important,yeah but,no but.TB missed his funeral cos he didn't fucking matter (whatever he may have believed himself) not because he was a short arsed egotistical ginger twat
Wrong, have just got in....
John Major's Government gets a nice rosy-sepia tint with the passage of tme and the smell of decaying fruitdropping off the Nu Lab tree
Hmm - laughed at Oaten and Prescott, wretched at Cook, spluttered at Major. I imagine I ought to seek psychiatric help, but Edwina Currie had a certain je ne sais quoi.
Along vaguely similar lines, maybe we should go for a round or two of 'Marry, shag, push off a cliff'.