Comments on: Trumpety-trump, trump, trump, trump

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:43:56 +0000

Yep. Hence the “you won’t find me talking about Home Office matters after this World Cup” remark in his Newsnight interview.

Cynical but openly cynical all the same. I wonder why more people haven’t mentioned it.

By: Katie Bartleby

Katie Bartleby — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:55:13 +0000

It’s terribly deliberately timed. It embarrasses the labour party but because the most public outcry is about Owen’s knee, it doesn’t bring down the Government. Someone cleverly told him to hold off if he didn’t want to be Howe and to wait and see if England got into the quarter finals.

By: Jonn

Jonn — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:59:36 +0000

Mat: I’m not convinced it’ll do any more to finish off Blair than anyone else has.

To deliver the killing blow a former minister would need some combination of credibility, popularity and competence that Clarke is entirely lacking. The funny thing is, he doesn’t seem to get that his populism never actually made him popular.

By: i blog, you blog, they blog, weblog » Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

i blog, you blog, they blog, weblog » Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:34:46 +0000

[...] Justin ChickenYoghurtÃ‚Â has clearly got some kind of zoological imagery related bet going on… A svelte Safety ElephantÃ‚Â sashaying into the sunshine would be a sight indeed… a cycling helmet incongruousy and comedically perched on his head like a seashell atop a hot air balloon… If the BBC had made a chimp do it the animal rights lobby would have gone berserk… out of ideas, flapping and gaping like a landed fish, long years of opposition inexorably opening up before it like an elderly hippo being homed in on by a ravenous crocodile… Anybody able to pick up a newspaper… is a minerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s canary. [...]

By: MatGB

MatGB — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:01:12 +0000

Ah, but y'see, this whole thing (and I just started clicking links again after listening tot eh re-run) could be the end of Tony, which would be nice... But overall, it's rather good theatre, even if much of it doesn't hold water.

By: Friendly Fire

Friendly Fire — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:04:58 +0000

Fuck it to them Justin………. and you have……. I have to remember my daughter’s (18 month old she was) obseesion with Nellie the Elephant.

clarke ken at least had credibility

By: Bloggerheads

Bloggerheads — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 19:55:44 +0000

Safety Elephant goes on carefully-regulated rampage…

BBC – Howe do Clarke’s words compare? Guardian – Charles Clarke: what the bloggers are saying The Times – Blair shrugs off former minister’s media attack Tony Blair – No more coded critiques – let’s have an open debate on……

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:54:44 +0000

Seriously, shush – can’t breathe, sides hurt.

By: Quin

Quin — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 15:08:14 +0000

I had a tea/monitor interface situation after reading that last sentence. Heh.