I'm sure the whole piece is brilliant but I'm laughing so hard at "a man whose byline picture marks him out as one of those people who laugh long and hard at their own jokes" that I'm yet to make it to the end.
Hey, lay off John Crace; he's one of the good guys! His off-beat humour has got this reader, at least, through the grim farce of the BoZo, Truss/Kamikwazi, Sunak years.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson claimed thousands of pounds for work on his constituency home in Hartlepool shortly after announcing his resignation as an MP, it was reported. He renovated the terrace house in 2004 and sold it for a £136,000 profit. Lord Mandelson's spokesman insisted the expenditure was to repair the property, 'not improve it'.
centrist MPs spent so long pissing inside their own tent to get rid of Corbyn they’ve only got a rancid smelling bit of canvas left. Which is really rather funny.
It's said that "you can't polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter". Uncanny.
Good piece, Mic; I think you’re right.
Ziggy Starmdust.
His stoic quiff went from art-deco to Baz Luhrmann.
Apologies for linking to the far right Daily Mail but always worth revisiting how New Labour MPs used and abused their expenses during their time in g’ment. Many of them are still MPs now of course. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1181189/Full-list-MPs-ministers-caught-expenses-scandal.html
I'm sure the whole piece is brilliant but I'm laughing so hard at "a man whose byline picture marks him out as one of those people who laugh long and hard at their own jokes" that I'm yet to make it to the end.
Hey, lay off John Crace; he's one of the good guys! His off-beat humour has got this reader, at least, through the grim farce of the BoZo, Truss/Kamikwazi, Sunak years.
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson claimed thousands of pounds for work on his constituency home in Hartlepool shortly after announcing his resignation as an MP, it was reported. He renovated the terrace house in 2004 and sold it for a £136,000 profit. Lord Mandelson's spokesman insisted the expenditure was to repair the property, 'not improve it'.
And if not MPs, sat in the House of Lords.
centrist MPs spent so long pissing inside their own tent to get rid of Corbyn they’ve only got a rancid smelling bit of canvas left. Which is really rather funny.