Comments on: Boris and Expenses

By: nert

nert — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:57:51 +0000

Transport for London in spending row over £2,761-a-day consultants.

What an incredible waste of taxpayers’ money.

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By: dave

dave — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:05:52 +0000

ps. Andy Murray goes down in flames to Roddick, never mind mate, you will come back and win it, you are only 22 years old. You have hugely enhanced your reputation.

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By: dave

dave — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:04:26 +0000

Ha ha, that is very funny, Lying Scotsman, about time someone came right out and said that! They are skirting around it in the House of Commons for weeks!

But of course we are only referring to the railway locomotive, ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!

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By: angela

angela — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:06:14 +0000

Ha ha, Meli, that is such a funny anecdote! Sadly Gordon is still ensconced at Drowning Street.

You have reminded me of a series that I absolutely adored, that is as fresh and funny now as it was when it was written. “Yes Minister” was absolutely brilliant writing and I so wish they would repeat it on television.

The episode when Paul Hacker finds out that he is on an assassination list was screamingly funny and the acting was brilliant. I know that it was Lady Thatcher’s favourite tv. programme.

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By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:30:36 +0000

Gordon Brown and expenses:

THINK ABOUT IT – The Flying Scotsman is to be re-named in order to honour Gordon Brown

At last Gordon Brown decided to throw the towel in and resign.

His cabinet colleagues decided it would be a worthy gesture to name a

railway locomotive after him. So a senior ‘Sir Humphrey’ went from

Whitehall to the National Railway Museum at York, to investigate the

possibilities.

“They have a number of locomotives at the NRM without names,” a

specially-sought consultant told the top civil servant. “Mostly freight

locomotives though.”

“Oh dear, that’s not very fitting for a prime minister,” said Sir

Humphrey. “How about that big green one, over there?” he said, pointing

to 4472.

“That’s already got a name” said the consultant. “It’s called ‘Flying Scotsman’.”

“Oh. Couldn’t it be renamed?” asked Sir Humphrey. “This is a national

museum after all, funded by the taxpayer.”

“I suppose it might be considered,” said the consultant. “After all the

LNER renamed a number of their locomotives after directors of the

company, and even renamed one of them Dwight D Eisenhower.”

“That’s excellent”, said Sir Humphrey, “So that’s settled then .. let’s

look at renaming 4472. But how much will it cost? We can’t spend too

much, given the expenses scandal!”

Well, said the consultant, “We could always just paint out the ‘F’”

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By: nert

nert — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:11:37 +0000

Scotland Yard is investigating a Conservative peer who claimed tens of thousands of pounds in overnight allowances despite living just 46 miles from Westminster, it was reported today.

The Daily Telegraph identified the peer as frontbench transport spokesman Lord Hanningfield, who is also the leader of Essex council and has a full-time chauffeur provided by the local authority at taxpayers’ expense.

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By: Greychatter

Greychatter — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:49:17 +0000

Great to see that poem on Boris’s blog.
Posted that poem last week on Guido’s Blog- after receiving it from an ex-pat in Australia.

Is that how the world sees great Britain?

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By: angela

angela — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:16:55 +0000

Arnold, it’s great you love reading the blogs. We would love to read your thoughts too. Serious blogs and hilarious jokes all add to the interest….

The Mayor wrote a great piece on Howard Stern recently, and Howard’s film PRIVATE PARTS was on ITV4 last night. Absolutely outrageous, but totally hilarious.

Howard Stern was the originator of the “prank” phone call, that went so disastrously wrong when Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand tried it.

Howard’s pranks were more along the lines of getting one of his gang to ring in to CNN when a pretty female interviewer was on air, to ask her seriously in front of twenty million viewers “Would you bang Howard Stern?”

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By: nert

nert — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:13:50 +0000

Boris Johnson above: “To be honest, I always prefer using the bike” except when I’m in my People Carrier (very large car, about the size of an SUV).

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By: Guy

Guy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:17:47 +0000

Anyone dealing with public funds should be above reproof. Audrey, the Mayor probably had to leave a taxi waiting for a while he was at a meeting. However, I think your electric car idea is very environmentally sound and should be tested.

Cyclists should have their own dedicated lanes and there should be a campaign to keep them separate.

Boris should seek out the more environmentally sound ideas – Go Green Boris!

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