Labour peer sent to prison
Labour peer Lord Watson of Invergowrie has been sent to prison for 16 months for fire-raising. The full sentence of 20 months was reduced because he's not a Tory.
Watson: twisted firestarter
Watson has not been asked to leave the Labour party, and New Labour officials are insisting that the conviction and sentence do not represent sleaze, because sleaze is something that the Tories do, not New Labour.
The national media have duly obliged by ensuring the saga, that began last November, has not once made the headlines. A Press Association spokesman said today "You can't put a square peg in a round hole. Now if it had been a toffee-nosed, buck toothed, in-bred, posh git Tory peer that got ratted and set fire to a hotel after a knees-up with his political cronies, then the story would have had legs…"
Watson: twisted firestarter
Watson has not been asked to leave the Labour party, and New Labour officials are insisting that the conviction and sentence do not represent sleaze, because sleaze is something that the Tories do, not New Labour.
The national media have duly obliged by ensuring the saga, that began last November, has not once made the headlines. A Press Association spokesman said today "You can't put a square peg in a round hole. Now if it had been a toffee-nosed, buck toothed, in-bred, posh git Tory peer that got ratted and set fire to a hotel after a knees-up with his political cronies, then the story would have had legs…"
What's fire-raising? Maybe that's why it didn't make the headlines.
Now, harking back to Kate Moss - if it came to light that Boris was 'powdering his nose', the Tories would make him leader, cause they'd win back the young vote.
Posted by Matt | Thu Sept 22, 12:29:00 pm
Fire-raising is the term for arson under Scottish law.
Boris on coke. oh my God..
Posted by Ben | Thu Sept 22, 12:37:00 pm
Thank you for your concern, Jen. I did indeed have breakfast today, which meant that I was a bit late for work, but that's ok, sod them.
I think Boris could be interesting if he were on coke. There's a good chance he'd actually implode - it'd push him over the edge. Or maybe it'd bounce him back to where the rest us are? Sounds like an experiment for ITV:
Celebrity Coke Island
Twelve celebrities from all walks of public life are marooned on an island with only cocaine, beer and some Viagra.
Contestants must consume their daily quota of cocaine, beer and Viagra otherwise they will be dangled by their sexual organs over a pit of very angry squirrels.
Contestants include:
Boris Johnson
Dame Helen Mirren
Robert Kilroy Silk
June Sarpong
Daniel Beddingfield
Carol Caplin
George Best
Natasha Kaplinsky
Stephen Hawking
Charlotte Church
Dr Rowan Williams
Jenna Jamieson
Omar Bakri Mohammed
On a different note. You should cut-and-paste the following link into a new window. It's lovely. If you are at work, you should use headphones, if you give a shit.
http://www.jcbsong.co.uk/jcbvideo.asp
Posted by Ben | Thu Sept 22, 03:20:00 pm
what's the definition of eternal love?
stevie wonder and ray charles playing tennis...
Posted by Ben | Thu Sept 22, 05:08:00 pm
Hey guys - I put something funny on the internet.
It's here. And it's only loosely related to politics.
Posted by Matt | Thu Sept 22, 05:38:00 pm
nice.
I think they should use that - it might win 'hearts and minds'.
Posted by Ben | Fri Sept 23, 10:05:00 am
oh my God.
as if by providence, this story has appeared in the gossip section of today's Telegraph:
Toby or not toby
Fans of ITV's notorious reality TV show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! will be pleased to hear that producers are already targeting future contestants.
And the jungle-dwellers look set to be a little more cerebral in the next series, to be screened in November. For I hear that journalist Toby Young - author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People - and the MP for Henley-on-Thames, Boris Johnson, have both been offered £100,000 to take part.
Johnson appears to have turned the offer down. "I can't think of anything worse than being trapped in the jungle with Toby Young," he tells me.
But Young seems to be taking the proposal rather more seriously. "They told me not to talk about it, so can I just say no comment?" That's all the confirmation we need, Toby.
Posted by Ben | Fri Sept 23, 12:20:00 pm