[Tubby Isaacs]

And ULEZ.

Yeah, exactly. And Low Traffic Networks, which he isn't actually responsible for, but he's the sort of person who looks like he is.

[Youngian]

Hint to Mr Redwood. The saying "the customer is always right" was dreamed up by an American businessman as a gimmick and is not backed up by any research.

In fact, many customers are too bloody stupid to have any clue as to what they want. Best leave that sort of thing to people who know what they're doing, eh?

My former boss, maverick poet publisher Felix Dennis claimed his only skill is knowing what you’ll read six months before you do. Simon Cowell said similar about our ears.

[Bones McCoy]

Hint to Mr Redwood. The saying "the customer is always right" was dreamed up by an American businessman as a gimmick and is not backed up by any research.

In fact, many customers are too bloody stupid to have any clue as to what they want. Best leave that sort of thing to people who know what they're doing, eh?

My former boss, maverick poet publisher Felix Dennis claimed his only skill is knowing what you’ll read six months before you do. Simon Cowell said similar about our ears.

It's also a truncated mis-quote, just like "One bad apple".

The whole phrase is "The customer is always right in matters of taste".

That removes the nosey shop assistant "Ohh that colour won't suit your glasses frames".
While leaving "I'm sorry, these coupons expired three years ago" firmly in play.

[Youngian]

Another annoying one is the Dave Spart take on Karl Marx’s ‘Religion is the opium of the people’ being about the ruling class feeding it to us like a drug, man. Marx was being more poetic and interesting than that. Suggesting religion is an expression of our humanity in a world that has little of it. The heart of the heartless world.

[Andy McDandy]

Religion has always been used to send a message of "Yes, life is shit, but follow these rules and you'll go somewhere less shit".

[Malcolm Armsteen]

Cynical to the last: Tory ministers aiming to be reshuffled to the backbenches. Why? So they can start sucking at the corporate teat as soon as they lose their seats...

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/20 ... -reshuffle

some admit privately they have signalled a desire to move to the backbenches. Doing so allows them to start running down the clock on the up-to-two-year ban that can be imposed on taking up a private sector job after leaving Whitehall.

Scum.

[Andy McDandy]

Also helps with the "not me, guv" excuses. Just a humble backbencher, wanted to speak out, damn this collective Cabinet responsibility...

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ex-ministers can get well-paid jobs, no problem there. What they're keen to avoid is having to run it past ACOBA.

[Watchman]

Hopefully any “potential employer” will have seen how useless these specimens really are, especially if they no longer have the lobbying leverage. Let’s be honest, Gullis, 30p, etc where are they going to get such an easy gig, okay GBeebies for a few, but not the majority, and even that has a shelf-life

[Tubby Isaacs]

That's the thing, the incentive to get easy money is to be as mad as possible.

[Youngian]

Let’s be honest, Gullis, 30p, etc where are they going to get such an easy gig

There’s a route into academia for outgoing Washington appointees and politicians. Perhaps Lee or Gullis could lecture at the LSE. I’ll get my coat.

[Watchman]

Where’s Mercer, so call Minister for Veterans? Bet he’ll get his wife to do some scarky comment


A 98-year-old D-day veteran has been evicted from his rented bungalow in Dorset and moved into a single room in a hostel.

Alfred Guenigault lived for seven years in the rented property in Ferndown with his daughter Deb Dean, who is his carer, and her husband, Bernard Dean. All three have been forced to move after being served with a no-fault eviction notice by their landlord.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Is this where we are now? Relatively obscure media rightists opening lots of bank accounts in the hope that one of them has a dumb algorithm?

[Tubby Isaacs]

Great effort here. The reason the shops are closed is that the building is being redeveloped into a hotel.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Ben Wallace announced he's leaving the Government in the reshuffle and standing down as an MP in 2024.

[Bones McCoy]

Ex-ministers can get well-paid jobs, no problem there. What they're keen to avoid is having to run it past ACOBA.

I fail to see why when Alex and Nadine managed to ignore ACOBA without sanction.

[Bones McCoy]

Ben Wallace announced he's leaving the Government in the reshuffle and standing down as an MP in 2024.

He's taking the NATO thing pretty well - considering.

[Boiler]

Great effort here. The reason the shops are closed is that the building is being redeveloped into a hotel.

A pedal bin would be more intelligent. I would hope she's getting roasted.

[Youngian]

Ben Wallace announced he's leaving the Government in the reshuffle and standing down as an MP in 2024.

He's taking the NATO thing pretty well - considering.

Seems Mr Grownup is a self serving unstable prick like the rest of them

Speaking of which, boo hoo Rishi won’t give me a job

[Bones McCoy]

Hopefully any “potential employer” will have seen how useless these specimens really are, especially if they no longer have the lobbying leverage. Let’s be honest, Gullis, 30p, etc where are they going to get such an easy gig, okay GBeebies for a few, but not the majority, and even that has a shelf-life

Where?
I understand the likes of G4S require people to order thugs about.