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jaysay 20-01-2011 17:52
Alan Johnson does a runner
 
See that good old Al has decided he's not up to the task as Shadow Chancellor, not surprising really when he didn't even know the national insurance rate the other day, another Estel Morris, totally out of their depth

accysimon 20-01-2011 17:54
Re: Alan Johnson does a runner
 
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 876966)
See that good old Al has decided he's not up to the task as Shadow Chancellor, not surprising really when he didn't even know the national insurance rate the other day, another Estel Morris, totally out of their depth

It's almost as bad as the French President not knowing which country he is in.

garinda 20-01-2011 18:43
Re: Alan Johnson does a runner
 
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 876966)
See that good old Al has decided he's not up to the task as Shadow Chancellor, not surprising really when he didn't even know the national insurance rate the other day, another Estel Morris, totally out of their depth
I'd have thought you'd have appreciated a 'man of the people' politican, regardless of party allegiance.

An orphan, brought up in a council flat, and who entered politics after years working as a postman.

Makes rather a change from the plethora of public school educated, Oxbridge graduates, careerist politicans, who inhabit both sides of the chamber in the House of Commons nowadays.

:rolleyes:

jaysay 20-01-2011 18:52
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Originally Posted by garinda (Post 876984)
I'd have thought you'd have appreciated a 'man of the people' politican, regardless of party allegiance.

An orphan, brought up in a council flat, and who entered politics after years working as a postman.

Makes rather a change from the plethora of public school educated, Oxbridge graduates, careerist politicans, who inhabit both sides of the chamber in the House of Commons nowadays.

:rolleyes:
Not worth a lite if he can't add 2 + 2 is G or with Labour ya never know;)

gynn 20-01-2011 19:24
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Originally Posted by accysimon (Post 876968)
It's almost as bad as the French President not knowing which country he is in.
...or thay appalling woman Sarah Palin talking about "our friends in North Korea"......

lancsdave 20-01-2011 19:33
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Mr Johnson said he had "found it difficult" to cope with issues in his private life while shadow chancellor
Have the Sunday papers gone to print yet ? ;)

Alan Varrechia 20-01-2011 19:40
Re: Alan Johnson does a runner
 
Maybe he thought it better to step back and let someone with more experience take over, rather than saying nowt and pocketing a good wage.
The honerable but not the tory way a fear.

cmonstanley 20-01-2011 20:54
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the reason for resigning is stated family reasons..ed balls will be a credible replacement..

jaysay 21-01-2011 08:58
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Originally Posted by cmonstanley (Post 877016)
the reason for resigning is stated family reasons..ed balls will be a credible replacement..
Balls by name Balls up by nature;)

garinda 21-01-2011 09:14
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 877090)
Balls by name Balls up by nature;)
Pickles by name.

Pickled by nature.

;)

http://www.bristolfoe.org.uk/pics/pa...ic-pickles.jpg

Though as well as pickles, it looks like he ate all the pies too.

DaveinGermany 21-01-2011 10:01
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So that'd be "Porker & Pickle" then would it ? :D

yerself 21-01-2011 10:46
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Originally Posted by lancsdave
Have the Sunday papers gone to print yet ? ;)
No need to wait. It's just been on the BBC news, Johnson's police protection office was having an affair with his wife. Allegedly.:rolleyes:
BBC News - Alan Johnson protection officer faces investigation

garinda 21-01-2011 12:15
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Originally Posted by yerself (Post 877163)
No need to wait. It's just been on the BBC news, Johnson's police protection office was having an affair with his wife. Allegedly.:rolleyes:
BBC News - Alan Johnson protection officer faces investigation

How boring.

Retiring to 'spend more time with family' is usually a euphemism for something much more exciting. Forcing a resignation, before the story goes public.

It can be something to do with the unnatural use of an orange, and a stocking.

Well it did when politics was more glamorously sleazy. Instead of just sleazy.

Eric 21-01-2011 17:34
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Originally Posted by gynn (Post 876996)
...or thay appalling woman Sarah Palin talking about "our friends in North Korea"......
Or, back in the day, Gerald Ford welcoming Anwar Sadat as the "President of the great state of Israel."

Eric 21-01-2011 17:37
Re: Alan Johnson does a runner
 
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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 876989)
Not worth a lite if he can't add 2 + 2 is G or with Labour ya never know;)

Unlike the tories who add 2+2 (or any numbers for that matter), and come up with the answer: "13 years of Labour misrule.":rolleyes:


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