Comments | venta: Friday singalong

venta

Friday singalong

Jun 05, 2009 15:44

All together now:

Ten cabinet ministers, sitting on wall...

Comments 18

phlebas June 5 2009, 14:52:19 UTC

And if one cabinet minister should accidentally redouble her efforts to speak up for Salford people as their Member of Parliament...

venta June 5 2009, 14:59:38 UTC

Er... I think I've missed whatever you're referring to. I mean, I know Blears was MP for Salford, but I'm not sure what speaking up she's been doing of late.

venta June 5 2009, 15:03:29 UTC

I've caught up now.

I thought you meant that she actually had been speaking up for Salford, and that that's what caused her to (have to) resign.

phlebas June 5 2009, 15:04:06 UTC

It was the best ex-ministerial reason I could find.

al_fruitbat June 5 2009, 14:57:43 UTC

The people I feel sorry for are the 'Have I Got News For You' team. I mean, it's already been recorded yesterday. What are they going to do tonight? :-D

venta June 5 2009, 15:04:28 UTC

HIGNFY Saturday Special ? If they could stop laughing long enough...

I'm quite looking forward to tonight's News Quiz.

d_floorlandmine June 5 2009, 16:16:51 UTC

Yes, but that's recorded on Thursday nights, too ...

venta June 5 2009, 16:17:33 UTC

Oh, I know it is. I just suspect they'd have had quite a fun time with yesterday's news (Squirrel Nutkin's resignation, for a start) even if today's would have been better...

Thread 8

venta June 5 2009, 15:48:57 UTC

Aaaaand another one. I think I'll get some popcorn. All we need now is Peter Snow with a resignometer.

ulfilias June 5 2009, 16:12:59 UTC

Awesome =:-)

venta June 5 2009, 16:16:03 UTC

Aaaaaaaand another (Caroline Flint).

jiggery_pokery June 5 2009, 19:57:26 UTC

I respectfully submit that the appropriate soundtrack is Another one bites the dust.

shui_long June 5 2009, 21:27:50 UTC

The final count appears to be six cabinet ministers, plus at least four junior ministers. Nowhere near enough... though I applaud James Purnell and Caroline Flint for telling it like it is, even if it does destroy their political careers. Alan Johnson has done no harm to his future prospects by behaving in a statesman-like manner, despite the temptation.

panzerpenguin June 6 2009, 11:14:30 UTC

Being Home Sec will destroy his reputation in short order, exactly as the Ponce of Darkness (come on - Brown is just a poorly disguised zombie, Mandy is running the show on behalf of his chums in the EU Commission) intended ( ... )

onebyone June 6 2009, 21:13:38 UTC

I applaud James Purnell and Caroline Flint for telling it like it is, even if it does destroy their political careers

In the same sense that when the rats jump overboard, they destroys their sailing careers.

Purnell and Flint are both minor Blairites (most of the big beasts having been slain already). Scrapping with Brown doesn't harm their political careers long term - they'll live or die by what happens after Labour loses the election more than by whether they stick around as ministers for the next 11 months.