"Pan Macmillan has issued an “urgent” stock recall notice on Andrew Marr."
That's more like it.
March 7, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Anonymous
said...
Have they not heard of Streisand effect? Thousands of these books were sold, I have one and now I will be awaiting the new version to see what gets changed, otherwise without this recall I would be none the wiser
March 7, 2009 at 10:12 AM
Anonymous
said...
It has to be serious for a publisher to recall. They will have been threatened with legal action and this will be the first stage in the process. It may not stop legal action; it may be damage limitation. Whatever it will likely cost Britain's best political journalist in a generation a bob or two. . .shame.
Gordon Brown presided over one of the most successful periods of economic growth...... err..ed?
March 7, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Anonymous
said...
Perhaps they have indeed heard of the Streisand effect, and have come up with this as a Cunning Plan to get rid of nineteen old-stock hardbacks that are cluttering up a corner of the warehouse, and propel the new paperback edition up the sales charts.
Well it won't be any of our ZaNuLabor 'aristocracy' because Panda Marr never confessed to sucking any of their dicks in his book, or said anything bad about them.
Did this fawning, groveling, Labour devotie say somthing un-flattering about our Socialist masters?
Did he question the wisdom of World Socialism?
Did he questioned the Obama Messaiah's omnipotent wisdom, and divine right to rule... in a Green room within earshot of 2 Luvies?
Perhaps he made a Tory look good.
Perhaps we'll never know.
March 7, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Anonymous
said...
They must have had a serious threat of legal action. The recall could then be used in a libel court (assuming it is a libellous matter of course, rather than some sort of copyright mix up or something that hasn't been properly accredited)as mitigation, to show that, as soon as the publisher became aware of the "problem" they took immediate action (and hopefully lessened any "damages")
We await the new edition with baited breath...
March 7, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Anonymous
said...
Maybe he mentioned something of fact and not New Labour fiction, and we all know that New Labour fiction is the new facts.
Its the bit where Marr says "Under Gordon Brown's Prudent financial management the UK experienced the longest period of continuous sustained growth in British history.He was the Iron Chancellor protecting the nation"
10 for sale on ebay, search under the following. Priced to go at £650k (pension top up).
Had to be withdrawn for legal reasons due to the following statements.
1. Gordon Brown is competent 2. Draper is a qualified psychologist 3. BBC is not biased and underfunded 4. Hayne is not orange 5. Hoon initials are TCH 6. Mandelbum has Labour's confidence backed up by a Brazilian 7. Harriett's Court of Public Opinion is in session tonight @ Smith's sisters house. Bring Green Custard 8. Jacqui Smith is credible and the best Home Secretary we have ever had and a very long way from being the worst. 9. John Prescott was educated 10. Cherie Blair was a right looker
Because of these inaccuracies the printed book will be burnt contributing to global warming with a small number going into landfill. We couldn't be bothered with recycling because the cost of paper has dropped through the floor so we don't get money on the deal. So much for being green.
Rack off Labour we are sick to death of the lot of you. If more than 10 of you have seats left at the end of the next election I'll be surprised.
Start writing your CV's now (if you can), I hear Prescott tried to save his achievements on a USB stick but couldn't get one with 10 Bytes of memory space.
March 7, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Anonymous
said...
Excellent, I was bought a copy for Xmas. Didn't really want it since Marr is a total Hoon, so I guess it's worth having now.
Simple. Marr was not sufficiently grovelling towards the love of his life. He referred to Jonah as "Saviour of our economy" instead of "Saviou of the World". Several broken Nokia phones later the print run gets recalled.
March 7, 2009 at 11:30 AM
Anonymous
said...
Just bought my copy, maybe it will be worth something when I'm old.
Are you sure you are not hyping this up because you hold most of the stock?(book that is, not shares)
March 7, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Anonymous
said...
Anonymous 10:12 am -
So what are your top five guesses for the bits that are most likely to have caused the recall ?
March 7, 2009 at 11:49 AM
Anonymous
said...
Major scandal in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The Broadway Theatre in Peterbrough refurbished in 2000 was acquired by a night club owner Rinaldo Fasulo in 2004 as a distress sale for less than £1 million from former Pizza Express owner Peter Boizot, who having seen the baliffs entering his Kettners Restaurant in Soho for non payment of rent to landlord and Porn baron the late Paul Raymond, then had to rapidly dispose of Kettners in Soho London, The Broadway Theatre (Boizot had in 2000 spent some £6 million on the old Odeon Cinema - his part payout from the sale of Pizza Express), Gastons and a couple of other restaurants, were also sold off or closed.
Would you believe that a fire started in the Theatre a few weeks ago - after a break in - but somehow thousands of people holding advance theatre tickets for the Broadway are not being repaid - Fasulo says its because his insurers won't pay out but the ticket money is banked elsewhere electronically and held in trust for the visiting tour managements ( fasulo did not produce the shows - a four walls deal as they say in the luvvy trade) who are also well out of pocket. (class action basis here me thinks) seven pages say 50 comments (all highly critical of Fasulo on the Peterborough Evening Telegraph were all wiped from the newspapers website early this morning Saturday 7th March 2008 possibly as Fasulo still has a few other nightclubs and pubs and is an advertiser with the Peterbrough Evening Telegraph.
THIS is what the Peterborough Evening Telegraph gushingly said:
Standing amidst the charred ruins of his £4.5 million dream, the owner of Peterborough's fire-ravaged Broadway theatre today announced that the final curtain had fallen. There was no hiding his heartache, as well-known city entrepreneur Rinaldo Fasulo said all hopes of trying to resurrect the plush theatre and its adjoining Gaston Restaurant were gone.
The crunch came when insurers refused to pay out for damage estimated at £2.5 million because the venue's alarm was not correctly activated on the night the blaze ripped through the stage area and front row seating.
Mr Fasulo said: "The Broadway theatre has become the centre of entertainment for Peterborough.
"I am shocked and stunned that it has ended like this through no fault of my own.
"I simply cannot afford to rebuild it, so the complex will now close for good
1. Fasulo says he owns the Theatre, hios company has not gone bust so the way is open for small claims court claims against Fasulo and his company. There are several millions involved here as people were booking six months ahead the theatre seats 2,000 and many nights were sold out say £12,000 a night so thats £1/4 million a month in advance ticket money so we are looking at £3 million gone walkies...Fasulo is in tight with the City Council but was annoyed that Peterborough did not gain a Casino license having been virtually promised one before the labour government diod a U turn on the question of super casinos.
Does it claim that Tony Blair was a great PM, and Gordon Brown the greatest ever Chancellor?
If so, I'd be willing to bet that several million would be lning up to sue Marr.
And that would never do, seeing as how he has several different families to support... Perhaps that's why the lefty tossers are so keen on welfare - so they don't have to pay for their mistresses' children?
March 7, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Anonymous
said...
"The letter said Macmillan needed the complete books to be returned and not just the title page"
I headed over to Amazon, and auto-complete was very quick to guess this is what I was after, despite this being the first time *I* had looked for it: I get the impression a lot of people had the same idea. Amazon themselves have pulled it, but 3rd party sellers are still offering it; I imagine Amazon will have a contract with Pan Macmillan allowing them to buy back the unsold stock, but probably not to stop Amazon or Ebay letting others sell second hand copies...
Now the big question: what is someone trying to hide, and how soon can we get it all over the blogosphere ensuring it gets ten times the attention?
March 7, 2009 at 12:05 PM
Anonymous
said...
I reckon it's a scam. Let's be honest, Marr isn't the most exciting person is he, and the book is kind of looooooooong. I reckon they got wind that loads of people bought it and then gave up after the first chapter. All those peeps are now thumbing through it hoping to find something interesting hidden in there. Maybe Marr stated something 'factually correct' about some one and Pan Macmillan are all fearing a 'Clarkeson Slap'.
Shame - looking forward to reading it. Value of book has now increased by 200 per cent!
March 7, 2009 at 12:06 PM
Anonymous
said...
Assassination bid fears after head-on crash kills Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai's wife and leaves him injured
Fears that Zimbabwean prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai was the target of an assassination attempt are growing after he was involved in a car crash in which his wife Susan died. South African-based members of his MDC party say the accident was an organised hit 'designed to eliminate' him
March 7, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Anonymous
said...
The problem here is very obvious.
It concerns the 'Royal Expletive'.
This comes into play when Brown wishes anyone good luck or visits any healthy business or people. Once Brown announces his good wishes - everybody replies 'Oh no, were fucked' and runs around panicking, expressing feelings of doom and gloom.
Simple really.
wv expere - told ya :0)
March 7, 2009 at 12:22 PM
Anonymous
said...
Marr saying something controversial, I find this hard to believe, considering his BBC performances. Or his book not been passed by No 10?
March 7, 2009 at 12:23 PM
Anonymous
said...
Desperate attempt to get some publicity for a boring tome which would otherwise have slipped under the radar and been remaindered within weeks?
March 7, 2009 at 12:26 PM
Anonymous
said...
Mind ye, it was'nae ma fult ye understand!
March 7, 2009 at 12:42 PM
Anonymous
said...
Mustg've set off someone's bullshit alarm. Not before time if you ask me.
I call "New Coke" ploy. Too many remaindered copies, so the publishers have pulled the book to get some free publicity for a re-release.
March 7, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Anonymous
said...
I thought that Marr copied a lot of material from Dominic Sandbrook's Never Had it So Good and White Heat books on Britain on the 1960s. Sandbrook's agent is Andrew "the Jackel" Wylie. So maybe the Jackel has got his teeth into Marr for plagarism.
March 7, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Anonymous
said...
Maybe Pan Macmillan realise it is not safe any longer to be associated with a ZaNu Liebore Toadying little shit, I await the "republish" with gusto...
The treasury says the Lloyds loan will be beneficial for the taxpayer?
In the same way that eating tenners is beneficial to the digestive tract.
Stephen Timms was chosen again as he is able to make deliver outright, obvious, unbelievably large whoppers without allowing the corners of his mouth turn up in an embarrassed grin.
Is Andrews book about the collapse of Great Britain thanks to the Marxists and the international global loan sharks that run them, and now thanks to the Marxists - own us all , including our children and our childrens children?
Glaobal Marxism is the most effective way of making the world slaves to the few.
March 7, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Anonymous
said...
Someone threatening to sue! Lol Something Mr. Marr is very familiar with. Nice to be on the receiving end! Exactly how is the baby Andrew? I notice the baby mother is currently writing about how the government is finished and how we have to suffer another 14 months of Labour. I'm sure "Gordon's favorite journalist" if he ever bothers to visit the child is having a difficult time with Alice...let alone Jackie: I hope as an ardent feminist she chopped your balls off.
March 7, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Anonymous
said...
No need to recall my copy as iv'e already wiped my arse on all but the last few pages.
March 7, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Anonymous
said...
I much prefer to listen to his brother, Johnnie
March 7, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Anonymous
said...
Haven't read it myself, but are there any salacious bits?
March 7, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Anonymous
said...
They should withdraw Chris Mullins A view form the foothills as it is a tissue of lies and leaves out him covering-up the Witherwack Child abuse scandal.
March 7, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Anonymous
said...
i think it was listed as non fiction , clearly an error !!
March 7, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Anonymous
said...
Sorry this is OT. However...
Who is going to raise a flag that we can rally around?
The 'government' is raising a Stazi state all around us while we drone on and on posting on Guido and CIF et al.
I would not be at all surprised if they found an excuse to postpone the next General Election.
I've never been one of the tin-foil-hat brigade, but this is getting bloody serious now.
Ordinary, jobbing journos (of which I am one) are routinely filmed and interrogated by the police, and our details held on a government database, along with those of anyone who dares to even protest about new runways, or whatever.
Comment on the Internet is all well and good, but really, we need some radical action in the 'offline world'.
Someone needs to raise a flag that we can rally around and fight this creeping fascist state.
Is it because Marr reveals why his ears are so big? On many occassions they gave the One Eyed Hoon of the Manse and Lord(That always makes me laugh) fondlesthebums of Boys something to grab on to during fellatio? sorry I meant interviews.
March 7, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Anonymous
said...
Phew! Are there actually people who bought such a scissors 'n' paste TV spinoff?
Marr isn't a historian, he's just a goofy presenter.
The list of suspects, who threaten to sue, is endless and the revised version will only contain two pages.
March 7, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Anonymous
said...
It's the title. Breaches the trade descriptions act. What's modern about Britain? But you can't blame Andy when Gordon doesn't know where Halifax is.
March 7, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Anonymous
said...
I thought Andrew Marr was normally the one using the law to try and prevent information getting out.
March 7, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Anonymous
said...
Guido!
I don't know how your new comments are getting on, but have you seen this?
http://intensedebate.com/
It's a free comment system for Wordpress.org and Blogger.
Installing it is a piece of piss, and you get a million more comment filtering options, and there's features for us window lickers like voting up or burying comments etc...
Hope this helps!
March 7, 2009 at 3:17 PM
Anonymous
said...
I think its the passage where big ears describes gormless as the greatest chancellor of our time or was it the "one eyed socttish idiot remark"?
March 7, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Anonymous
said...
How could anyone want to sue Marr? I've heard more libels from a wet dishcloth.
March 7, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Anonymous
said...
I commented hours ago and it's disappeared. Have there been lots like that?
Marr accused Snotty of being a heterosexual and Mrs Snotreceiver complained!
March 7, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Anonymous
said...
If only someone would pulp Marr - preferably at the same time as the posey car with which he drives into the studio and posily waves at everyone in sight.
The BBC - what a terrible organisation : but you have to admit they have appropriate people working for them!
How the evil Tories are to blame for everything bad and how wonderful socialism built a workers paradise enjoyed by everyone except the evil Tories who tried to destroy everything the wonderful socialists tried to build with the fabulous workers unions fighting for the workers against the evil Tory bankers and bosses who tried to destroy the poor workers for their own selfish reasons.
Did wingnut write it himself or did he have help from the Prime Mentalist, how Gordon bravely showed us all his vision(s) and led us to the sunlit uplands of a socialist workers paradise marred only by the evil do nothing Tories who tried to spoil everything!
Is it true that Prince Phillip has tried to have Morgan Tsvangirai of the Zimbabwe MDC killed?
March 7, 2009 at 5:23 PM
Anonymous
said...
Perhaps the quisling Marr got carried away with the air brushing of what successive governments have done to Scotland and still do to this day. Interesting Documentary last night on the BBC Gaelic channel, entitled 'Diomhair'(Secrets) The story of how successive Labour and Conservative governments up until the 1970s worked behind the scenes to discredit the Home Rule movement and the SNP - as revealed through once secret papers now available from official archives. (available to view by the way on iPlayer) BBC pat Marr on the head for ignoring what vere happens north of the border and is rewarded with hapless stuff for the witless one with big ears Perhaps tghe book was too much of a Labour love in?
It takes a lot to really cheer me up these days. Now tell me Marr will have to bear some of the costs out of his royalties and I will be over the moon.
There's probably nothing bad about any one person ion it....
Its proabaly recalled like all the other history books, so Nu Lab can rewrite history.
You know, the history where quantative easing helped Callaghan's Labour government to a landslide victory in the 1979 election, after not having to go cap in hand to the IMF.
March 7, 2009 at 5:55 PM
Anonymous
said...
It's obviously the section explaining that Gordon set up the ineffectual financial services regulatory body, and sold gold at bottom of the market and allowed the personal debt levels to soar unchecked to boost his public spending programmes and that he had abolished "Boom & Bust"
The revised edition will say that Gordon told the Banks as early as 2001 that their irresponsible debt levels and personal lending were unsustainable and also that he warned the financial authorities that the USA banks and government were acting irresponsibly in funding the high level of mortages to people who could not afford to repay.He also warned that going to war in Iraq( was probably illiegal and did not support the action.
Finally at his most prescient - he predicted that an up and coming young black american politician and activist would one day be President of the USA in 2009
As Gordon Brown sends Britain back into the economic dark ages, it may just be that the title fell foul of some “trade descriptions act” or misleading advertising rules.
March 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Anonymous
said...
"Is it true that Prince Phillip has tried to have Morgan Tsvangirai of the Zimbabwe MDC killed?"
Nah, his crew don't miss.
March 7, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Anonymous
said...
Are Amazon still selling the audio CD?
All you'd need to do is compare the chapter lengths betwixt old and new...
March 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Anonymous
said...
I want to fight: 2.34
As a suggestion,start small and local. your average county or local council is stuffed with nosetroughers just like Parliament. Congestion charging,Eco towns and other bogus green issues should be fought at a local level.Find your local councillor and stick a squib up their arse. read your local paper and survey any proposed speed limits in your area.If there is no accident history put in an objection. Another good one is to stop paying your Tv licence fee. From small acorns mighty oaks grow. Frustrate these fuckers wherever you can.
Anti-citizen! That is your best comment of the year. Short and amusing.
March 7, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Anonymous
said...
I think it's safe to say Marr isn't a popular chap round here.
March 7, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Anonymous
said...
Does the PM suffer from some compulsive obsession disorder ? He seems incapable of changing the record when speaking publicly, same old bloody worn out sound bites again and again and again ad nauseum and if I hear that "Good Samaritan son of the manse story again !!!! I mean knowing Gordons penchant for being posted missing I am certain that had he been in the vicinity at the time/place of this parable he would not only have "passed by on the other side" he would have been nowhere to be seen till the danger had passed !!
The man has a fondness for using religious imigary for spreading essentially marxist doctrine.
March 7, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Anonymous
said...
Really little more than a guess, but my money would be on Marr having been shown to be a plagiarist. In truth, it's easy for that sort of thing to happen when you engage a penny-a-word ghost writing factory to do all the hard work. But plagiarism is like a mass disease at the BBC. Look at the stuff that Desmond Wilcox churned out, year after year, all faithfully exposed by Private Eye.....
The jug-eared one never sees his lurve child. His harridan wife will not allow it.
March 7, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Anonymous
said...
Guido:"Anti-citizen! That is your best comment of the year. Short and amusing"
Perhaps so Guido, but short and amusing comments from AntiCitizenOne aren't exactly thick on the ground are they, in fact, long and amusing comments from AntiCitizenOne aren't exactly thick on the ground either...
Still, it's a damn sight better than the profane teenage gun nutter fantasies spouted by Mr. 45iq...
Iain Gray delivered his first speech as leader to the conference Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray has declared his party "is back", as he urged members to start preparing for the 2011 Holyrood election battle.
He told the Scottish Labour conference it was time to regroup and recover, in the wake of its defeat in the last parliament election.
Mr Gray also launched a strong attack on First Minister Alex Salmond, branding him "impossibly smug".
And he said a list of well known figures would help shape party policy.
Mr Gray told delegates in Dundee that the party, in opposition, had helped deliver 8,000 new apprenticeships and had won the Glenrothes by-election.
"Glenrothes showed that Scottish Labour is back," he said.
who on earth would buy that jug-earred cunt's version of history?
March 7, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Anonymous
said...
comment from toenails blog
63. At 1:17pm on 06 Mar 2009, shellingout wrote: The peoplpe on this site who frequently attack Margaret Thatcher should remember this.
In all her time as PM she never collected her salary.
Can't see any evidence of Tony or Gordon doing that.
March 7, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Anonymous
said...
74. At 1:36pm on 06 Mar 2009, fairlopian_tubester wrote: Nick, you are a genius.
Just noticed on the BBC "Quiz of The Week's News" that Brown did receive 19 standing ovations when he addressed congress.
So the official version - as released by Nick while the speech was still going on - is correct, and all those commentators who listened and counted only 17 or 18 are clearly wrong.
March 7, 2009 at 8:08 PM
Anonymous
said...
5:40pm UK, Saturday March 07, 2009
Argentina and Chile have joined together and rejected British claims over Antarctic territory and the seabed.
well at least he can't bankrupt that place err..could he?
March 7, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Anonymous
said...
To change the topic for a bit. Lord Ahmed .
Now as I understand it he pled guilty .
Could it be this was to avoid a trial which may very well have led to the contents of these texts being revealed?
This is important because although he wasnt physically texting at the time ie pressing the send button what was received by him may shed light on whether he was likley to be composing a reply when the accident occured.
A soft jail sentence appears to have been a cop out.
number 10 petition to get Brown to take a cut in his pension entitlement. If it's good enough for bankers it good enough for the bloke who caused this mess.
please sign
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/diminution/
March 7, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Anonymous
said...
"this new paperback edition (May 2008) includes a new introductory chapter which mentions recent events such as the beginning of Gordon Brown’s leadership, the start of the international credit crunch and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann."
I wonder...
March 7, 2009 at 9:33 PM
Anonymous
said...
honestly Guido, you really can be a patronising bastard sometimes. you pompous oaf!
March 7, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Anonymous
said...
A few hints in this Telegraph story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/4954801/Andrew-Marrs-history-book-is-pulped-amid-great-mystery.html
I understand that the recall is because of a complaint by a "very well known" figure who objected to one "silly little phrase" in the book, which accompanied a BBC television series and has been published in both hardback and paperback editions.
"It's quite unbelievable," says my bookworm. "Because of one tiny phrase, which is hardly the world's biggest libel, a book which has already been been bought by 250,000 people has to be pulped. I've never known anything like it."
March 7, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Anonymous
said...
Aye, ye'll be a'wantin ta know how ah satisfy all ma wimmin!
An' some fine big ones there are too!
Well, ah use a furm hand, - and a tell 'em, - if there's any mess, they mus clear it up!
Coz mind ye, nuthen's'nae ma fult ye understand!
March 7, 2009 at 9:58 PM
Anonymous
said...
I am ashamed to say I started to read it, but got bored with the sycophantic shit and gave up. (in defence I did not buy it but borrowed a copy) I guess its a bit difficult as he has written that snotgobbler is saviour of the world and we have just noticed that perhaps he is not...:-)
From Wiki. A viewer complaint that Marr’s comment on the Community Charge (Poll Tax) that "Unlike the old rates, it would be payable by everyone, not just homeowners" gave the inaccurate impression householders who were tenants had not been liable for domestic rates. The BBC Editorial Complaints Unit upheld the complaint and promised the error would be corrected before any re-broadcast
The book reveals a bizarre interest of Derry Irvine in the upbringing of the Blair children, even taking control of the choice of Ewan's school The Oratory!!!!
Take a look at some pictures. Cherie had a longstanding relationship with Derry Irvine.
And I know you will allow me to single out for special mention today one of your most distinguished Senators, known in every continent and a great friend. Northern Ireland today is at peace,
Defamation plainly... But did any of the complained-of material (or inuendo - remember you don't have deliberately to say anything about the 'victim' at all) - find its way into the BBC broadcasts based on the book?
BARACK Obama will stage a lavish reception for ex-IRA chief Martin McGuinness - days after snubbing Gordon Brown. The US president will hold two hours of talks with the former terror boss - more than FOUR TIMES the time he granted the PM.
hahahahahahahahahahahahaah deep breath ahahahahahahahhahahahhaha.
March 8, 2009 at 8:19 AM
Anonymous
said...
The book has already sold so many copies that it must either be plagarism or an up-dated foreward to a new edition.
I suppose it shows some-one else read it.I hate to admit I bought the paperback on cheap offer at W H Smug last year as holiday reading.He did hint that there was much to write about how badly Blair and Brown got on.
With this loonie in charge there's just no hope for Britain.
March 8, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Anonymous
said...
OT Mr Fawkes this is scandelous!
'Which? magazine, The Telegraph, Google/UK Press Association and Channel 4 have all pulled articles over Phorm Inc. (BT/Webwise) legal threats.
Which? magazine, an independent non-profit magazine published by the Consumers Association in the UK, carried out a survey of their readership over British ISP proposals to have Phorm Inc. intercept their customers Internet communications, and inject advertisements based on behavioral profiles.
The product Phorm are promoting is called Webwise, and Phorm have entered into initial agreements with three large ISP's, BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk who between them cover about 70% of the UK broadband market. Similar plans by NebuAd in the United States have attracted Congressional Interest and this form of Internet tracking has been put on hold in the USA...'
Another Government sponsored coverup no doubt in this control society.
WikiLeaks has the full story. Bravo WikiLeaks!
AH (C)
March 8, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Anonymous
said...
Mandelslime has just effectively said on the Jug Ears show, that the government and especially Gordon doesn't do 'sorry'.
This story line has just got to be pushed 'cos it's fucking hilarious seeing the discomfort of these Liebore toads, as they struggle to cover McTwats obdurate, guilty as fuck arse.
March 8, 2009 at 10:16 AM
Anonymous
said...
"Seen Elsewhere. NZ, the Last Land of the Free - Wall Street Journal."
An interesting article. I'm quite jealous of the Kiwis in that they seem to have a leader who seems to know what he's doing for the good of the country, rather than pandering to any core constituency.
March 8, 2009 at 10:32 AM
Anonymous
said...
On today's Andrew Marr show one of the newspaper review guests Clive Anderson said that he noticed that Andrew Marr's book had been pulled. Marr didn't like the comment, and just said for legal reasons he can't talk about it.
They cleaned me up as well, - first clean pair o' nicks oi 'ad in weeks, - that's old minny 'arman for yer!
March 8, 2009 at 11:54 AM
Anonymous
said...
Of course, we don't correct Gordon in public, - in fact we don't correct him at all for his lying, cheating, swindling, thieving behaviour.
That would be a grave blow to his self-esteem
'n that.
Innit.
Edwin Bollocks, Minsta fer ed-yer-kashun, 'n that, agreed.
Orl ur Unis r dumbed darn polys nah yer kno. [And once valued Polys are now just receiving centres added a dangerously well-educated aide.]
March 8, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Anonymous
said...
News just in!
Shares in Birds rise sharply as the millions of the general public rush to buy WMD (Weapon of MP Destruction)!
Reports are coming in that manufacturers are having trouble keeping up with demand!
Polls suggest that the public may colour code attacks! Red for corrupt peers, blue for corrupt conservatives and sticking with green for complete pricks!
March 8, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Anonymous
said...
This thread has long since "Jumped the shark", as the Fonz might say...
Tony
March 8, 2009 at 12:27 PM
Anonymous
said...
From the Tap blog 2007:
There is also this short extract from Andrew Marr's recent and excellent 'A History Of Modern Britain' (MacMillan 2007) - 'There was Mandelson, the brilliant but temperamental former media boss, by now an MP. Once fixated by Gordon Brown, he was adored by Blair and returned the sentiment.' Strong words, Andrew....
Why is impossible to make this stuff up? Paxo's 'Yeeeerrr'
March 8, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Anonymous
said...
Marr didn't really need to turn up this morning so completely did he hand over the show to Mandelson. Still, Mandelson's voice must put people off - it was at its most sibilant this morning - sssounded like the ssssnake in Disney'ssss Jungle Book
March 8, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Anonymous
said...
The climate change protester who apparently threw green custard over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has been arrested, Scotland Yard has said. Leila Deen, 29, attended a police station in central London "by arrangement" on Saturday, according to a spokesman.
March 8, 2009 at 1:10 PM
Anonymous
said...
"Guido Fawkes said...
Anti-citizen! That is your best comment of the year. Short and amusing.
March 7, 2009 7:15 PM"
To all other readers over 55.....I don't know the tune to The War of the Worlds either.
CORRECTION - Derry Irvine playing key part in choosing Blair kids schooling was from Alastair Campbell Diaries.
Maybe the adoration of Blair and Mandelson for each other is part of the problem with Marr's history. It's an excellent book btw and full of interesting stuff. Marr doesn't seem so biassed in print as he does on TV.
March 8, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Anonymous
said...
how did tabloids manage not to find all this blair stuff
what was that famous moment when an mp walked in on gord brown office un-announced?
March 8, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Anonymous
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Could there be any connection with his Tory & Lib-Dem free broadcast this morning? Part of the agreement for not suing, perhaps?
You have to go down on the link below, right near the bottom (geddit??) to find this quote:
"The Security and Intelligence services keep on file indiscretions, however politically sensitive, of crown servants, MP's etc - An example of that would be the sexual encounter that occurred between Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson (interrupted accidentally by a member of Michael Meacher's staff) in Gordon Brown's office at the House of Commons while in opposition and is still only known to a very select number of Commons and Whitehall hierarchy."
http://cryptome.info/mi6-sd36.htm
March 8, 2009 at 4:35 PM
Anonymous
said...
Pizzey admits being in the Angry Brigade:
http://fathersforlife.org/pizzey/failfamt.htm
Red Herring then?
March 8, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Anonymous
said...
Daily Wail reckons it's this http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160398/Marrs-pulped-fiction-BBC-stars-history-bestseller-withdrawn-legal-fears.html Mummy x
March 9, 2009 at 7:12 AM
Anonymous
said...
www.operationroseblogspot.com
March 9, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Anonymous
said...
Pizzey was once a feminist but is now fairly anti The Guardian-type feminist- though she still considers herself a feminist. Militant feminists hate her because she claimed the majority of battered women she dealt with were often violent and abusive individuals. I'd hazard a guess Jackie Ashley (a staunch feminist) is involved in this-no doubt pressurizing Marr to add a few derogatory comments about her.
150 comments:
I have read this book. It goes on a bit.
"Pan Macmillan has issued an “urgent” stock recall notice on Andrew Marr."
That's more like it.
Have they not heard of Streisand effect? Thousands of these books were sold, I have one and now I will be awaiting the new version to see what gets changed, otherwise without this recall I would be none the wiser
It has to be serious for a publisher to recall. They will have been threatened with legal action and this will be the first stage in the process. It may not stop legal action; it may be damage limitation. Whatever it will likely cost Britain's best political journalist in a generation a bob or two. . .shame.
Gordon Brown presided over one of the most successful periods of economic growth...... err..ed?
Perhaps they have indeed heard of the Streisand effect, and have come up with this as a Cunning Plan to get rid of nineteen old-stock hardbacks that are cluttering up a corner of the warehouse, and propel the new paperback edition up the sales charts.
Could it be that the adulterous big-eared Beeboid NuLabia shill just made it up as he went along? That's what he does on his programme.
But it has apparently sold 250,000 in nearly two years. That's a whole lot of libel out there. What took them so long?
Perhaps they should pulp Andrew Marr!
Well it won't be any of our ZaNuLabor 'aristocracy' because Panda Marr never confessed to sucking any of their dicks in his book, or said anything bad about them.
Did he mention that Brown took it up the shiter?
So - he screwed up...
Did this fawning, groveling, Labour devotie say somthing un-flattering about our Socialist masters?
Did he question the wisdom of World Socialism?
Did he questioned the Obama Messaiah's omnipotent wisdom, and divine right to rule... in a Green room within earshot of 2 Luvies?
Perhaps he made a Tory look good.
Perhaps we'll never know.
They must have had a serious threat of legal action. The recall could then be used in a libel court (assuming it is a libellous matter of course, rather than some sort of copyright mix up or something that hasn't been properly accredited)as mitigation, to show that, as soon as the publisher became aware of the "problem" they took immediate action (and hopefully lessened any "damages")
We await the new edition with baited breath...
Maybe he mentioned something of fact and not New Labour fiction, and we all know that New Labour fiction is the new facts.
How bizarre. It's been out for months and months. There are clearly lots still in the remainder bins.
Perhaps it's all just an elaborate PR stunt a al Heinz Salad Cream's supposed demise :)
Andrew Marrs 'A History of modern Britain'.
I will add that to my must read list,along with:
Arthur Scargill:'A History of the Metropolitan Police'
And
Paul Boetang:'A History of the White Working Class'
Is it something to do with incontinence?
It's not a ploy to sell the remaining copies, is it?
Can't be Prescunt, because he's dead from the neck up.
I think they want to add the final chapter...you know famine, pestilence, death...that sort of thing.
Its the bit where Marr says
"Under Gordon Brown's Prudent financial management the UK experienced the longest period of continuous sustained growth in British history.He was the Iron Chancellor protecting the nation"
Apparently it breaks the trades descriptions act.
10 for sale on ebay, search under the following. Priced to go at £650k (pension top up).
Had to be withdrawn for legal reasons due to the following statements.
1. Gordon Brown is competent
2. Draper is a qualified psychologist
3. BBC is not biased and underfunded
4. Hayne is not orange
5. Hoon initials are TCH
6. Mandelbum has Labour's confidence backed up by a Brazilian
7. Harriett's Court of Public Opinion is in session tonight @ Smith's sisters house. Bring Green Custard
8. Jacqui Smith is credible and the best Home Secretary we have ever had and a very long way from being the worst.
9. John Prescott was educated
10. Cherie Blair was a right looker
Because of these inaccuracies the printed book will be burnt contributing to global warming with a small number going into landfill. We couldn't be bothered with recycling because the cost of paper has dropped through the floor so we don't get money on the deal. So much for being green.
Rack off Labour we are sick to death of the lot of you. If more than 10 of you have seats left at the end of the next election I'll be surprised.
Start writing your CV's now (if you can), I hear Prescott tried to save his achievements on a USB stick but couldn't get one with 10 Bytes of memory space.
Excellent, I was bought a copy for Xmas. Didn't really want it since Marr is a total Hoon, so I guess it's worth having now.
Still available at www.amazon.co.uk
I'd guess they'll sell more of 1-1 this week than to date ... they'll be powering off the shelves ...
Anonymous 10:11 ... there is no law against being dreary
Simple. Marr was not sufficiently grovelling towards the love of his life. He referred to Jonah as "Saviour of our economy" instead of "Saviou of the World". Several broken Nokia phones later the print run gets recalled.
Just bought my copy, maybe it will be worth something when I'm old.
Are you sure you are not hyping this up because you hold most of the stock?(book that is, not shares)
Anonymous 10:12 am -
So what are your top five guesses for the bits that are most likely to have caused the recall ?
Major scandal in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. The Broadway Theatre in Peterbrough refurbished in 2000 was acquired by a night club owner Rinaldo Fasulo in 2004 as a distress sale for less than £1 million from former Pizza Express owner Peter Boizot, who having seen the baliffs entering his Kettners Restaurant in Soho for non payment of rent to landlord and Porn baron the late Paul Raymond, then had to rapidly dispose of Kettners in Soho London, The Broadway Theatre (Boizot had in 2000 spent some £6 million on the old Odeon Cinema - his part payout from the sale of Pizza Express), Gastons and a couple of other restaurants, were also sold off or closed.
Would you believe that a fire started in the Theatre a few weeks ago - after a break in - but somehow thousands of people holding advance theatre tickets for the Broadway are not being repaid - Fasulo says its because his insurers won't pay out but the ticket money is banked elsewhere electronically and held in trust for the visiting tour managements ( fasulo did not produce the shows - a four walls deal as they say in the luvvy trade) who are also well out of pocket. (class action basis here me thinks) seven pages say 50 comments (all highly critical of Fasulo on the Peterborough Evening Telegraph were all wiped from the newspapers website early this morning Saturday 7th March 2008 possibly as Fasulo still has a few other nightclubs and pubs and is an advertiser with the Peterbrough Evening Telegraph.
THIS is what the Peterborough Evening Telegraph gushingly said:
Standing amidst the charred ruins of his £4.5 million dream, the owner of Peterborough's fire-ravaged Broadway theatre today announced that the final curtain had fallen.
There was no hiding his heartache, as well-known city entrepreneur Rinaldo Fasulo said all hopes of trying to resurrect the plush theatre and its adjoining Gaston Restaurant were gone.
The crunch came when insurers refused to pay out for damage estimated at £2.5 million because the venue's alarm was not correctly activated on the night the blaze ripped through the stage area and front row seating.
Mr Fasulo said: "The Broadway theatre has become the centre of entertainment for Peterborough.
"I am shocked and stunned that it has ended like this through no fault of my own.
"I simply cannot afford to rebuild it, so the complex will now close for good
1. Fasulo says he owns the Theatre, hios company has not gone bust so the way is open for small claims court claims against Fasulo and his company. There are several millions involved here as people were booking six months ahead the theatre seats 2,000 and many nights were sold out say £12,000 a night so thats £1/4 million a month in advance ticket money so we are looking at £3 million gone walkies...Fasulo is in tight with the City Council but was annoyed that Peterborough did not gain a Casino license having been virtually promised one before the labour government diod a U turn on the question of super casinos.
Watch this space for more developments...
Chapter 9 of the book, entitled "Gordon, where's ma troosers?" he states
"I have NEVER stuck my tongue so far up Gordon's arse, my tonsils stank of porridge"
This unfortunate slip has put him in breach of the standard BBC Contract he signed and he's been threatened with a job in the real world.
Has Marr shagged the wrong person again?
probably that jumped up prick Blair
Does it claim that Tony Blair was a great PM, and Gordon Brown the greatest ever Chancellor?
If so, I'd be willing to bet that several million would be lning up to sue Marr.
And that would never do, seeing as how he has several different families to support... Perhaps that's why the lefty tossers are so keen on welfare - so they don't have to pay for their mistresses' children?
"The letter said Macmillan needed the complete books to be returned and not just the title page"
This one is starting to get interesting........
I headed over to Amazon, and auto-complete was very quick to guess this is what I was after, despite this being the first time *I* had looked for it: I get the impression a lot of people had the same idea. Amazon themselves have pulled it, but 3rd party sellers are still offering it; I imagine Amazon will have a contract with Pan Macmillan allowing them to buy back the unsold stock, but probably not to stop Amazon or Ebay letting others sell second hand copies...
Now the big question: what is someone trying to hide, and how soon can we get it all over the blogosphere ensuring it gets ten times the attention?
I reckon it's a scam. Let's be honest, Marr isn't the most exciting person is he, and the book is kind of looooooooong. I reckon they got wind that loads of people bought it and then gave up after the first chapter. All those peeps are now thumbing through it hoping to find something interesting hidden in there. Maybe Marr stated something 'factually correct' about some one and Pan Macmillan are all fearing a 'Clarkeson Slap'.
Shame - looking forward to reading it. Value of book has now increased by 200 per cent!
Assassination bid fears after head-on crash kills Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai's wife and leaves him injured
Fears that Zimbabwean prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai was the target of an assassination attempt are growing after he was involved in a car crash in which his wife Susan died. South African-based members of his MDC party say the accident was an organised hit 'designed to eliminate' him
The problem here is very obvious.
It concerns the 'Royal Expletive'.
This comes into play when Brown wishes anyone good luck or visits any healthy business or people. Once Brown announces his good wishes - everybody replies 'Oh no, were fucked' and runs around panicking, expressing feelings of doom and gloom.
Simple really.
wv expere - told ya :0)
Marr saying something controversial, I find this hard to believe, considering his BBC performances. Or his book not been passed by No 10?
Desperate attempt to get some publicity for a boring tome which would otherwise have slipped under the radar and been remaindered within weeks?
Mind ye, it was'nae ma fult ye understand!
Mustg've set off someone's bullshit alarm. Not before time if you ask me.
I call "New Coke" ploy. Too many remaindered copies, so the publishers have pulled the book to get some free publicity for a re-release.
I thought that Marr copied a lot of material from Dominic Sandbrook's Never Had it So Good and White Heat books on Britain on the 1960s. Sandbrook's agent is Andrew "the Jackel" Wylie. So maybe the Jackel has got his teeth into Marr for plagarism.
Maybe Pan Macmillan realise it is not safe any longer to be associated with a ZaNu Liebore Toadying little shit, I await the "republish" with gusto...
BTW Geoff Cunt is a Hoon.
The treasury says the Lloyds loan will be beneficial for the taxpayer?
In the same way that eating tenners is beneficial to the digestive tract.
Stephen Timms was chosen again as he is able to make deliver outright, obvious, unbelievably large whoppers without allowing the corners of his mouth turn up in an embarrassed grin.
He forgot to include this:
http://tinyurl.com/b937r9
See John Humphrys supporting his earnings with two pages in the Daily Wail post Hutton this was all stopped or supposed to be
Mark Thompson just does not enforce any legislation
Maybe the book is just a load of shite.
In related legal news, can 52% of California voters sue Jonah Brown for libel?
Is Andrews book about the collapse of Great Britain thanks to the Marxists and the international global loan sharks that run them, and now thanks to the Marxists - own us all , including our children and our childrens children?
Glaobal Marxism is the most effective way of making the world slaves to the few.
Someone threatening to sue! Lol Something Mr. Marr is very familiar with. Nice to be on the receiving end! Exactly how is the baby Andrew? I notice the baby mother is currently writing about how the government is finished and how we have to suffer another 14 months of Labour.
I'm sure "Gordon's favorite journalist" if he ever bothers to visit the child is having a difficult time with Alice...let alone Jackie: I hope as an ardent feminist she chopped your balls off.
No need to recall my copy as iv'e already wiped my arse on all but the last few pages.
I much prefer to listen to his brother, Johnnie
Haven't read it myself, but are there any salacious bits?
They should withdraw Chris Mullins A view form the foothills as it is a tissue of lies and leaves out him covering-up the Witherwack Child abuse scandal.
i think it was listed as non fiction , clearly an error !!
Sorry this is OT. However...
Who is going to raise a flag that we can rally around?
The 'government' is raising a Stazi state all around us while we drone on and on posting on Guido and CIF et al.
I would not be at all surprised if they found an excuse to postpone the next General Election.
I've never been one of the tin-foil-hat brigade, but this is getting bloody serious now.
Ordinary, jobbing journos (of which I am one) are routinely filmed and interrogated by the police, and our details held on a government database, along with those of anyone who dares to even protest about new runways, or whatever.
Comment on the Internet is all well and good, but really, we need some radical action in the 'offline world'.
Someone needs to raise a flag that we can rally around and fight this creeping fascist state.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Is it because Marr reveals why his ears are so big?
On many occassions they gave the One Eyed Hoon of the Manse and Lord(That always makes me laugh) fondlesthebums of Boys something to grab on to during fellatio?
sorry I meant interviews.
Phew! Are there actually people who bought such a scissors 'n' paste TV spinoff?
Marr isn't a historian, he's just a goofy presenter.
The list of suspects, who threaten to sue, is endless and the revised version will only contain two pages.
It's the title. Breaches the trade descriptions act. What's modern about Britain? But you can't blame Andy when Gordon doesn't know where Halifax is.
I thought Andrew Marr was normally the one using the law to try and prevent information getting out.
Guido!
I don't know how your new comments are getting on, but have you seen this?
http://intensedebate.com/
It's a free comment system for Wordpress.org and Blogger.
Installing it is a piece of piss, and you get a million more comment filtering options, and there's features for us window lickers like voting up or burying comments etc...
Hope this helps!
I think its the passage where big ears describes gormless as the greatest chancellor of our time or was it the "one eyed socttish idiot remark"?
How could anyone want to sue Marr? I've heard more libels from a wet dishcloth.
I commented hours ago and it's disappeared. Have there been lots like that?
Do the custard throwing survey here:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090307/tuk-government-takes-control-of-lloyds-dba1618.html
Gay Gordon is way out in front so far.
Marr accused Snotty of being a heterosexual and Mrs Snotreceiver complained!
If only someone would pulp Marr - preferably at the same time as the posey car with which he drives into the studio and posily waves at everyone in sight.
The BBC - what a terrible organisation : but you have to admit they have appropriate people working for them!
Plagiarism would be my guess the jug eared cocksucker just cobbled it together off the net and someone actually read it(poor fucker).
Alternatively
its just a marketing scam.It makes some people buy the old version and the new one to compare......wow what a waste of life that would be.
Has anyone mentioned today that dolly is a scruffy cunt who is cuckolded on a regular schedule.
A history of modern Britain
or
How the evil Tories are to blame for everything bad and how wonderful socialism built a workers paradise enjoyed by everyone except the evil Tories who tried to destroy everything the wonderful socialists tried to build with the fabulous workers unions fighting for the workers against the evil Tory bankers and bosses who tried to destroy the poor workers for their own selfish reasons.
Did wingnut write it himself or did he have help from the Prime Mentalist, how Gordon bravely showed us all his vision(s) and led us to the sunlit uplands of a socialist workers paradise marred only by the evil do nothing Tories who tried to spoil everything!
Mr Fawkes
Have you any advice for people who have printed a huge pile of unsaleable books and are now stuck with them?
Marr needs beatin' to a pulp.
He's a "grade-A" C**T and evey programme he's does is S**T.
Perhaps it's a scam to get people to snatch up a copy before its withdrawn!
Is it true that Prince Phillip has tried to have Morgan Tsvangirai of the Zimbabwe MDC killed?
Perhaps the quisling Marr got carried away with the air brushing of what successive governments have done to Scotland and still do to this day.
Interesting Documentary last night on the BBC Gaelic channel, entitled 'Diomhair'(Secrets)
The story of how successive Labour and Conservative governments up until the 1970s worked behind the scenes to discredit the Home Rule movement and the SNP - as revealed through once secret papers now available from official archives.
(available to view by the way on iPlayer) BBC pat Marr on the head for ignoring what vere happens north of the border and is rewarded with hapless stuff for the witless one with big ears
Perhaps tghe book was too much of a Labour love in?
Anything to do with BLIAR's younger days?
Could be Scargill. He turned up on BBC news today trying to re-write history.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7929811.stm
Andrew Marr openly ridiculed the vainglorious Scargill in the book.
Perhaps he refers to Dollys time at Berkly hohoho.
It takes a lot to really cheer me up these days. Now tell me Marr will have to bear some of the costs out of his royalties and I will be over the moon.
There's probably nothing bad about any one person ion it....
Its proabaly recalled like all the other history books, so Nu Lab can rewrite history.
You know, the history where quantative easing helped Callaghan's Labour government to a landslide victory in the 1979 election, after not having to go cap in hand to the IMF.
It's obviously the section explaining that Gordon set up the ineffectual financial services regulatory body, and sold gold at bottom of the market and allowed the personal debt levels to soar unchecked to boost his public spending programmes and that he had abolished "Boom & Bust"
The revised edition will say that Gordon told the Banks as early as 2001 that their irresponsible debt levels and personal lending were unsustainable and also that he warned the financial authorities that the USA banks and government were acting irresponsibly in funding the high level of mortages to people who could not afford to repay.He also warned that going to war in Iraq( was probably illiegal and did not support the action.
Finally at his most prescient - he predicted that an up and coming young black american politician and activist would one day be President of the USA in 2009
Well, they can't have mine as I've already started colouring it.
Oh Bloody Hellfire...
I promise you, with total honesty, the WV is 'Vulva'!
How on earth can one post an important and incisive comment these days without that bloody Hoon person peering round the corner...
I know what's caused the recall:
As Gordon Brown sends Britain back into the economic dark ages, it may just be that the title fell foul of some “trade descriptions act” or misleading advertising rules.
"Is it true that Prince Phillip has tried to have Morgan Tsvangirai of the Zimbabwe MDC killed?"
Nah, his crew don't miss.
Are Amazon still selling the audio CD?
All you'd need to do is compare the chapter lengths betwixt old and new...
I want to fight: 2.34
As a suggestion,start small and local.
your average county or local council is stuffed with nosetroughers just like Parliament.
Congestion charging,Eco towns and other bogus green issues should be fought at a local level.Find your local councillor and stick a squib up their arse.
read your local paper and survey any proposed speed limits in your area.If there is no accident history put in an objection.
Another good one is to stop paying your Tv licence fee.
From small acorns mighty oaks grow.
Frustrate these fuckers wherever you can.
for details see:
Association of British Drivers.
TV Licence Resistance.
Is this an attempt to create a new currency..... based on 'the book'
B1 = £250,000
To the tune of War of the Worlds
"The chances of anything useful from Marr,
Are a million to one they said"
More bad headlines for NuLab are on the horizon
The Government To Be Grilled On March 17th
Anti-citizen! That is your best comment of the year. Short and amusing.
I think it's safe to say Marr isn't a popular chap round here.
Does the PM suffer from some compulsive obsession disorder ?
He seems incapable of changing the record when speaking publicly, same old bloody worn out sound bites again and again and again ad nauseum and if I hear that "Good Samaritan son of the manse story again !!!!
I mean knowing Gordons penchant for being posted missing I am certain that had he been in the vicinity at the time/place of this parable he would not only have "passed by on the other side" he would have been nowhere to be seen till the danger had passed !!
The man has a fondness for using religious imigary for spreading essentially marxist doctrine.
Really little more than a guess, but my money would be on Marr having been shown to be a plagiarist. In truth, it's easy for that sort of thing to happen when you engage a penny-a-word ghost writing factory to do all the hard work. But plagiarism is like a mass disease at the BBC. Look at the stuff that Desmond Wilcox churned out, year after year, all faithfully exposed by Private Eye.....
"To the tune of War of the Worlds"
Marr could be the "red weed"
Mike, Brighton,
The jug-eared one never sees his lurve child. His harridan wife will not allow it.
Guido: "Anti-citizen! That is your best comment of the year. Short and amusing"
Perhaps so Guido, but short and amusing comments from AntiCitizenOne aren't exactly thick on the ground are they, in fact, long and amusing comments from AntiCitizenOne aren't exactly thick on the ground either...
Still, it's a damn sight better than the profane teenage gun nutter fantasies spouted by Mr. 45iq...
Another Draper Downfall Video
A new 'banksy' mural has been stated as graffitti by the local council after his pictures are normally welcomed.
The mural on the side of a building shows a young boy on a ladder that has painted the following in big letters
"ONE NATION UNDER CCTV"
The council have ordered that it be covered up.
Now I really wonder whay that would be?
Marr is featured on this blog.
Since they are obviously keeping tabs on all of us, it's only fair we should be doing the same.
Know thine enemy
Scottish Labour is back says Gray
Iain Gray delivered his first speech as leader to the conference
Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray has declared his party "is back", as he urged members to start preparing for the 2011 Holyrood election battle.
He told the Scottish Labour conference it was time to regroup and recover, in the wake of its defeat in the last parliament election.
Mr Gray also launched a strong attack on First Minister Alex Salmond, branding him "impossibly smug".
And he said a list of well known figures would help shape party policy.
Mr Gray told delegates in Dundee that the party, in opposition, had helped deliver 8,000 new apprenticeships and had won the Glenrothes by-election.
"Glenrothes showed that Scottish Labour is back," he said.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
who on earth would buy that jug-earred cunt's version of history?
comment from toenails blog
63. At 1:17pm on 06 Mar 2009, shellingout wrote:
The peoplpe on this site who frequently attack Margaret Thatcher should remember this.
In all her time as PM she never collected her salary.
Can't see any evidence of Tony or Gordon doing that.
74. At 1:36pm on 06 Mar 2009, fairlopian_tubester wrote:
Nick, you are a genius.
Just noticed on the BBC "Quiz of The Week's News" that Brown did receive 19 standing ovations when he addressed congress.
So the official version - as released by Nick while the speech was still going on - is correct, and all those commentators who listened and counted only 17 or 18 are clearly wrong.
5:40pm UK, Saturday March 07, 2009
Argentina and Chile have joined together and rejected British claims over Antarctic territory and the seabed.
well at least he can't bankrupt that place err..could he?
To change the topic for a bit.
Lord Ahmed .
Now as I understand it he pled guilty .
Could it be this was to avoid a trial which may very well have led to the contents of these texts being revealed?
This is important because although he wasnt physically texting at the time ie pressing the send button what was received by him may shed light on whether he was likley to be composing a reply when the accident occured.
A soft jail sentence appears to have been a cop out.
We will never know now as no trial took place.
Funny that !
OT - Incredible honesty from the FT Alphaville team:
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/03/07/53305/a-deceitful-deal-for-lloyds-banking-group/
I've stopped watching Andy Marr on tv since I found out about his private life - so I won't be buying his book.
There's some cracking stuff about the media and their links with politicians on www.annaraccoon.com ROFL
Noel Gallagher - Cool Brittania
Not so cool now you fucking gold plated bell end
Noel Gallagher helped legitimise New Labour and should be held accountable, tosser,
OT
number 10 petition to get Brown to take a cut in his pension entitlement. If it's good enough for bankers it good enough for the bloke who caused this mess.
please sign
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/diminution/
"this new paperback edition (May 2008) includes a new introductory chapter which mentions recent events such as the beginning of Gordon Brown’s leadership, the start of the international credit crunch and the disappearance of Madeleine McCann."
I wonder...
honestly Guido, you really can be a patronising bastard sometimes.
you pompous oaf!
A few hints in this Telegraph story: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/4954801/Andrew-Marrs-history-book-is-pulped-amid-great-mystery.html
I understand that the recall is because of a complaint by a "very well known" figure who objected to one "silly little phrase" in the book, which accompanied a BBC television series and has been published in both hardback and paperback editions.
"It's quite unbelievable," says my bookworm. "Because of one tiny phrase, which is hardly the world's biggest libel, a book which has already been been bought by 250,000 people has to be pulped. I've never known anything like it."
Aye, ye'll be a'wantin ta know how ah satisfy all ma wimmin!
An' some fine big ones there are too!
Well, ah use a furm hand, - and a tell 'em, - if there's any mess, they mus clear it up!
Coz mind ye, nuthen's'nae ma fult ye understand!
I am ashamed to say I started to read it, but got bored with the sycophantic shit and gave up. (in defence I did not buy it but borrowed a copy) I guess its a bit difficult as he has written that snotgobbler is saviour of the world and we have just noticed that perhaps he is not...:-)
From Wiki.
A viewer complaint that Marr’s comment on the Community Charge (Poll Tax) that "Unlike the old rates, it would be payable by everyone, not just homeowners" gave the inaccurate impression householders who were tenants had not been liable for domestic rates. The BBC Editorial Complaints Unit upheld the complaint and promised the error would be corrected before any re-broadcast
Personally I think it was Mick Hucknall threatened to sue Marr over his professed love for Gordon Brown ... "Holding back the ears" ...
The book reveals a bizarre interest of Derry Irvine in the upbringing of the Blair children, even taking control of the choice of Ewan's school The Oratory!!!!
Take a look at some pictures. Cherie had a longstanding relationship with Derry Irvine.
Jonah Brown strikes again
And I know you will allow me to single out for special mention today one of your most distinguished Senators, known in every continent and a great friend. Northern Ireland today is at peace,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7930837.stm
page 57
second paragraph
second sentence
Defamation plainly... But did any of the complained-of material (or inuendo - remember you don't have deliberately to say anything about the 'victim' at all) - find its way into the BBC broadcasts based on the book?
BARACK Obama will stage a lavish reception for ex-IRA chief Martin McGuinness - days after snubbing Gordon Brown.
The US president will hold two hours of talks with the former terror boss - more than FOUR TIMES the time he granted the PM.
hahahahahahahahahahahahaah deep breath ahahahahahahahhahahahhaha.
The book has already sold so many copies that it must either be plagarism or an up-dated foreward to a new edition.
I suppose it shows some-one else read it.I hate to admit I bought the paperback on cheap offer at W H Smug last year as holiday reading.He did hint that there was much to write about how badly Blair and Brown got on.
Sorry - Moi ?
Mandleson on Marr, red socks! that tosser has no style.
Loved the fack that the pulping was raised by Clive Anderson and Marr conceeded that he couldn't speak about it.
Prime Mentalist Brown has a hissy fit over saying sorry
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160311/Apologise-recession-Browns-credit-crunch-tantrum-30-000ft.html
With this loonie in charge there's just no hope for Britain.
OT Mr Fawkes this is scandelous!
'Which? magazine, The Telegraph, Google/UK Press Association and Channel 4 have all pulled articles over Phorm Inc. (BT/Webwise) legal threats.
Which? magazine, an independent non-profit magazine published by the Consumers Association in the UK, carried out a survey of their readership over British ISP proposals to have Phorm Inc. intercept their customers Internet communications, and inject advertisements based on behavioral profiles.
The product Phorm are promoting is called Webwise, and Phorm have entered into initial agreements with three large ISP's, BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk who between them cover about 70% of the UK broadband market. Similar plans by NebuAd in the United States have attracted Congressional Interest and this form of Internet tracking has been put on hold in the USA...'
Another Government sponsored coverup no doubt in this control society.
WikiLeaks has the full story. Bravo WikiLeaks!
AH (C)
Mandelslime has just effectively said on the Jug Ears show, that the government and especially Gordon doesn't do 'sorry'.
This story line has just got to be pushed 'cos it's fucking hilarious seeing the discomfort of these Liebore toads, as they struggle to cover McTwats obdurate, guilty as fuck arse.
"Seen Elsewhere.
NZ, the Last Land of the Free - Wall Street Journal."
An interesting article. I'm quite jealous of the Kiwis in that they seem to have a leader who seems to know what he's doing for the good of the country, rather than pandering to any core constituency.
On today's Andrew Marr show one of the newspaper review guests Clive Anderson said that he noticed that Andrew Marr's book had been pulled. Marr didn't like the comment, and just said for legal reasons he can't talk about it.
I bought this book for my wife. She said: "Andrew Marr thinks rather a lot of himself, doesn't he? Pity his opinion of himself is misplaced."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4953523/Barack-Obama-too-tired-to-give-proper-welcome-to-Gordon-Brown.html
the link says it all really
Cor, - he carnt arf change 'is toon carnt 'ee?
Bastard!!
They cleaned me up as well, - first clean pair o' nicks oi 'ad in weeks, - that's old minny 'arman for yer!
Of course, we don't correct Gordon in public, - in fact we don't correct him at all for his lying, cheating, swindling, thieving behaviour.
That would be a grave blow to his self-esteem
'n that.
Innit.
Edwin Bollocks, Minsta fer ed-yer-kashun, 'n that, agreed.
Orl ur Unis r dumbed darn polys nah yer kno.
[And once valued Polys are now just receiving centres added a dangerously well-educated aide.]
News just in!
Shares in Birds rise sharply as the millions of the general public rush to buy WMD (Weapon of MP Destruction)!
Reports are coming in that manufacturers are having trouble keeping up with demand!
Polls suggest that the public may colour code attacks! Red for corrupt peers, blue for corrupt conservatives and sticking with green for complete pricks!
This thread has long since "Jumped the shark", as the Fonz might say...
Tony
From the Tap blog 2007:
There is also this short extract from Andrew Marr's recent and excellent 'A History Of Modern Britain' (MacMillan 2007) -
'There was Mandelson, the brilliant but temperamental former media boss, by now an MP. Once fixated by Gordon Brown, he was adored by Blair and returned the sentiment.' Strong words, Andrew....
http://the-tap.blogspot.com/2007/09/whats-bothering-cherie-blair.html
AH (C)
Why is impossible to make this stuff up? Paxo's 'Yeeeerrr'
Marr didn't really need to turn up this morning so completely did he hand over the show to Mandelson. Still, Mandelson's voice must put people off - it was at its most sibilant this morning - sssounded like the ssssnake in Disney'ssss Jungle Book
The climate change protester who apparently threw green custard over Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has been arrested, Scotland Yard has said.
Leila Deen, 29, attended a police station in central London "by arrangement" on Saturday, according to a spokesman.
"Guido Fawkes said...
Anti-citizen! That is your best comment of the year. Short and amusing.
March 7, 2009 7:15 PM"
To all other readers over 55.....I don't know the tune to The War of the Worlds either.
CORRECTION - Derry Irvine playing key part in choosing Blair kids schooling was from Alastair Campbell Diaries.
Maybe the adoration of Blair and Mandelson for each other is part of the problem with Marr's history. It's an excellent book btw and full of interesting stuff. Marr doesn't seem so biassed in print as he does on TV.
how did tabloids manage not to find all this blair stuff
what was that famous moment when an mp walked in on gord brown office un-announced?
Could there be any connection with his Tory & Lib-Dem free broadcast this morning? Part of the agreement for not suing, perhaps?
@dr. sipp: Is this what you had in mind?
You have to go down on the link below, right near the bottom (geddit??) to find this quote:
"The Security and Intelligence services keep on file indiscretions, however politically sensitive, of crown servants, MP's etc - An example of that would be the sexual encounter that occurred between Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson (interrupted accidentally by a member of Michael Meacher's staff) in Gordon Brown's office at the House of Commons while in opposition and is still only known to a very select number of Commons and Whitehall hierarchy."
http://cryptome.info/mi6-sd36.htm
Pizzey admits being in the Angry Brigade:
http://fathersforlife.org/pizzey/failfamt.htm
Red Herring then?
Daily Wail reckons it's this
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1160398/Marrs-pulped-fiction-BBC-stars-history-bestseller-withdrawn-legal-fears.html
Mummy x
www.operationroseblogspot.com
Pizzey was once a feminist but is now fairly anti The Guardian-type feminist- though she still considers herself a feminist. Militant feminists hate her because she claimed the majority of battered women she dealt with were often violent and abusive individuals.
I'd hazard a guess Jackie Ashley (a staunch feminist) is involved in this-no doubt pressurizing Marr to add a few derogatory comments about her.