Comments on: The Budget Song 2010

By: janina davison-forder

janina davison-forder — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:12:24 +0000

@spencer: actually his blogspot for boris watchers has been hacked seems as though these people have nothing better to do than criticize a man who actually has the publics interests at heart! another example of biting the hand that feeds you

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By: spencer

spencer — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:50:32 +0000

Dungeekin asks for more on Boris Johnson’s allegations that his [Ed: the report is about his emails] hacked:

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641311932

but there was never anything further. Perhaps there was no hacking, just a nasty allegation that was impossible to disprove.

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By: spencer

spencer — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:35:11 +0000

Obviously touched a bit of a raw nerve by asking about Boris Johnson’s allegations that his [Ed: not this website] had been hacked during the mayoral campaign.

Funny we never heard any more about it. It did its job though. The damage had been done.

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By: ed gibb

ed gibb — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:13:23 +0000

‘…indeed burgling, when viewed in Darwinian terms, was clearly approaching a crisis. Burglars were finding that almost everywhere had been burgled. Burglars were forever bumping into one another, stepping on the toes of other burglars. There were burglar jams on rooftops and stairwys, on groaning fire-escapes. Burglars were being burgled by fellow burglars, and were doing the same thing back..Returning from burgling, burglars would discover that
they had been burgled, sometimes by the very burglar that they themselves had just burgled!’
From London Fields, by Martin Amis.
Pretty good description of our Houses of Parliament, and No.10, isn’t it?
Ed

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By: Dungeekin

Dungeekin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:43:32 +0000

They do seem to have a gift for taking every penny of our cash, don’t they?

Shame they lack the capability to do anything meaningful with the money.

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By: ed gibb

ed gibb — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:34:30 +0000

@dungeekin
‘…pick a pocket or two’
Sorry if it’s obvious and easy. I hope that it’s
obvious how easy it is for these theives to take
well over half of my income.

Regards, Ed

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By: Dungeekin

Dungeekin — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:57:50 +0000

@Ed Gibb

Sorry, I can’t do a remake of ‘You’ve Gotta Pick a Pocket or Two’, for two reasons.

1: It’s far too obvious and easy;
2: I’ve already used that song to have a crack at the BNP and Nick Griffin.

I’m sure some more Labour-related song parodies will turn up, though.

@spencer

I’m disappointed that you found it silly. Perhaps you’d care to expand on that, especially as I missed the R4 broadcast in question?

Regards to all

Dungeekin

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By: spencer

spencer — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:14:07 +0000

Silly song.

Does Boris Johnson feel embarrassed [Ed: inappropriate]

It even made Radio 4 news.

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By: Tiresias

Tiresias — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:48:12 +0000

Darling’s Budget was like the mouthwash the dentist gives you. It was pale pink, mildly astringent, bland yet nasty and a preparation for some bloody business ahead.

Chancellors with bushy eyebrows are always bad – Denis Healey, Norman Lamont, Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling. Even Stafford Cripps had a decent pair of puss moth caterpillars above his eyes.

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By: ed gibb

ed gibb — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:21:16 +0000

Anyone remember Lionel Bart’s musical about
Oliver Twist?
How about a remake –
Alistair!
“You’ve gotta pick a pocket or two…”

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