Monthly Archives: May 2010

Dear Chancellor

Charity they say, begins at home. Not so?
I was over at my mate Old Holborn’s place today and there was a rather interesting link, something I hadn’t seen before, or in fact even bothered to look for. It was a link to the Department for International Development, and it gave a break down, country [...]

Unpaid Bar Bills

From here.
Get this though:
In the worst case, Labour MP Khalid Mahmood left a food and drink tab worth £8,200 unpaid for more than six months.
But last night Mr Mahmood insisted that a long-term illness had prevented him from settling his bill sooner.
He said: ‘I was ill for two years with kidney failure and I [...]

Diane Abbot Joins the Playpen

Enters the Labour leadership playpen.

It makes sense I suppose. She does tick all the right boxes, well except the white one, she’s a chick and a high profile one at that. Mutterings on Twitter have made me giggle this morning, people saying she brings diversity to the leadership race as she’s the only one with [...]

Cry Me a River

Doesn’t this woman just get on your tits? She’s always looking a miserable as sin, like she’s swallowed a combination of battery acid, lemon juice and nails for breakfast. Anyway the good old BBC wants us to feel sorry for this sorry excuse for a human being. Someone firstly needs to tell the BBC to [...]

***Breaking*** MPs Unpaid Booze and Burger Bills

Kirsty Walker is having a bit of a hissy fit on Twitter because she thinks some bad news is getting buried. Apparently the publication of MP’s unpaid food and drink bills was supposed tro have been published tomorrow and now at short notice they’ve made it available tonight. Just in time it seems to [...]