Some interesting quotes and other items around - - -
***To laughter and applause, the Glasgow-born poet laureate Carol Ann
Duffy, declaimed:
"What did we do with the trust of your vote?
Hired a flunky to flush out the moat." [he's resigning! -cs]
***Ann Widdecombe provides the quote of the day... [She always was
retiring at the election -cs]
"Having people from the journalist profession passing judgment on
anyone's expenses is a bit like having Satan heading a commission on
sin"
*** Denis McShane former Labour Minister for Europe said on
The_Daily_Politics_19_05_2009 that Nigel Farage of UKIP "told me:- 'I
have got £1 million pounds in expenses from the European parliament
in the last ten years" [see for yourself on http://www.bbc.co.uk/
iplayer/episode/b00kntpp/The_Daily_Politics_19_05_2009/ It's about
20 minutes in!
***The European Commission's Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels
remains closed after a fire broke out yesterday, the source of which
remains unclear.
***Rantzen: I am ready to stand for Parliament and a couple of
readers comments - -
==Just reached for the bucket" - - "
==The alternatives:--Monty Python --Dan and/or Doris Archer -- Ken
Barlow or....................Gordon, come back, all is forgiven!
== (can't use THAT one)
*** "Sweden takes over the EU's rotating presidency on 1 July".
[Sounds like a move in choreography -cs]
Tuesday, 19 May 2009
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