The Minister for Fitness
Caroline Flint is well known and admired by many, especially when throwing a few shapes on the dance-floor as at last year's Labour party conference. She does have a nice smile.She hopes to transform the public into a fitter and more active nation in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics. She says "The biggest gains to health and to the economy will be made by encouraging more physical activity among groups of people who don't normally do any." Quite, and she need only look to the tubbies in the government to start with, Fatty Clarke is gone, but Reid and Prezza remain as cabinet heavyweights. Gordon Brown is no lightweight either
If Prezza did some exercise beyond occasionally swinging a croquet mallet and giving secretaries dictation he might not feel so impotent.
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ahem ...
http://freebritannia.6.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=3030
Do try to keep up at the back.
I think we ought to combine the concept of British Military Fitness Training
http://www.britmilfit.com
with some national sponsorship from a well known sports brand like Nike...
Free fitness training on the nation's parks...and I can think of one or two well known instructors to get the ball rolling...
this picture does her no justice at all; I saw her on the news earlier and she is a dog.
I thought the problem was Prezza was getting a bit too much exercise.
well, lets be honest, although the position is one hell of a big-brother nonsensical abuse of cabinet, if you are going to have a Minister of Fitness, there are few, if any, MPs more fit than Caroline Flint :-D
Actually Guido and freebritannia, your point about Prezza and the other Cabinet, er, heavyweights, was made by John Humphrys early this morning. Flint deftly avoided the question.
The fit Minister? Fit, but she knows it.
I have a photo of her in a skirt split to the upper thigh if anybody wants it , just dont tell my readers (or mrs Hitchens)
Watching her husband following her around at Conference, as the eyes of every drunk, sex-starved delegate attach themselves to her rear, is an object lesson in machismo. He even stands behind her when she's in conversation with a proprietal hand on her arse.
I certainly would, mind.
Once the Dear Leader has moved on to saving humanity at large, will Gordo be retaining Ms. Flint's services? Is she well-positioned in the looming hand-over? I do wonder....
Up close she is the proud posessor of a moustache.
A friend of mine blurted it out while looking at Flint's pic in an art gallery exhibition and ended up making an exhibition of herself...as Caroline Flint herself was stood behind her.
The girl in question is an aspiring political journalist...red faces all round then...
It's important under those circumstances to be able to maintain face-forwardness, so that Flint never gets to put a face to an insult. In any case, isn't it the portraitist who should be raked over the coals? Who was it, anyway? There are some who could use some humiliation, particularly those whose bios begin with "son of..." or "daughter of..."
Re Mr Flint: I think the operative part of anon's musings is "following her around". Machismo? No.
Mmmmmmmmmmmm.......she nice!
Yes Mr Hitchens ....... that picture would be most agreeable!
hangthedj
In that case, I dare say she has a fanny as hairy as a gorillas forehead,
a real velcro triangle,probably has a minge that looks like jimmy hendrixes hairdo.
Another example of nanny-statism.
Where's the money for schools to buy back the sports fields sold off.
Yet more NuLab spin and puffery sold to the lechers by a piece of totty "prostituting" herself for the party.
Bah humbug, hang em all.
", if you are going to have a Minister of Fitness, there are few, if any, MPs more fit than Caroline Flint :-D "
Gwyneth Dunwoody with Ann Widdecombe as her shadow?
The picture shows her with Erickson the serial womaniser. If he has been
up to his usual with Ms Flint,(which her hand tenderly on the swede would suggest) the body fluid mix should be enough to put anyone off. even Ulrika.
Anyone can have her now...even Peter Hitchen's who must be keen to have a picture (Hidden from the delightful Mrs Hitchen's)
in his possession. That does rather show an obsession.
Hangthedj: "Up close she is the proud posessor of a moustache."
Is this what you mention?
http://www.headsofgovernment.co.uk/images/hi-res/CarolineFlint.jpg
"I dare say she has a fanny as hairy as a gorillas forehead,
a real velcro triangle,probably has a minge that looks like jimmy hendrixes hairdo."
Is that really necessary?
That photo isn't real - if it is then her father must have been either David Niven or Terry Thomas.
If I want to drink beer, smoke fags, eat curries and exercise by walking to my car it is up to me. Quite what it has to do with nanny-NuLab and the hard faced Ms Flint is unclear. Another minister (Flint) selling her integrity cheaply in the name of a photo-op and eye-catching initiative. It's been a bit of a fire sale of late in NuLab...
My next bonus cheque bets that this will have NO effect on the level of obesity in the UK!
AnyonebutBlair, disguise your IP address! You are a prime candidate for Clockwork-Orange-style aversion therapy, probably the next "initiative" to be announced by Our Tone. If you keep posting such comments the NHS will be round, one fine morning at 4.30, to kick your door in and drag you away.
Why do we need a fitness minister? This is worse than the 1976 minister for drought! Get fat, do what you want. This used to be a free country until the nanny state took over.
Hangthedj 2:27pm "A friend of mine blurted it out while looking at Flint's pic in an art gallery exhibition and ended up making an exhibition of herself...as Caroline Flint herself was stood behind her."
was STOOD behind her ?!!!??
For the fukkin goddamm love of God, will someone please help me to drive a stake through the heart of anyone who can't figure out the correct way of using the fukking English language. Is it truly that difficult to see that it should be "Caroline Flint was standing behind her" or "Caroline Flint stood behind her" but not "WAS STOOD".... ?
And to that woman who chimed in on this topic in another thread (and in fact it may even have been on Iain Dale's site....sorry) and tried to argue that it's an acceptable colloquialism, and that in blog-speak it's permissible to write in txt-msg format... just shut-up and sit down ! In that thread, some guy had had the audacity to write "I'm sat" and Jane, I think her blog-name was, tried to defend him as I hovered over him with my 9-iron.
It does bother me if my taxes are spent replacing your liver or your heart brought on by your alcoholism and your obesity.
Well if someone carried her in and propped her in place, I think "was stood" is appropriate usage. But I don't know how much she'd had to drink by that point, so it's purely hypothetical.
How about remedial classes for twats who could never catch cricket balls, tackle at football and so on? I used to help other kids in class with reading, but out on the playing fields it was survival of the ablest.
"Is this what you mention?
http://www.headsofgovernment.co.uk/images/hi-res/CarolineFlint.jpg "
All that set of photos is somehow scaring:
http://www.headsofgovernment.co.uk/index.php
ForeheadVeinPoppingAgain - I don't think there is such a word as fukk. I believe it is spelt with a 'c' in place of the first 'k'. You can't really complain about other peoples' grammar if you can't even spell swear words correctly.
PS I do agree with you though. Death to those who write in text-message-speak.
'Caroline Flint is well known and admired by many....' Guido get real. I don't know much about her, don't admire her and think that the state should keep the fuck out of our lives. Wouldn't mind discussing Wilberforce with her though.
Do you hear a whooshing sound sometimes Crackers? Coz it all just goes over your head.
Dear Mr ForeheadVeinPoppingAgain
I may speak for others besides myself when I say that we take your point, but the correct spellings of those venerable English words are not "fukk" or "damm".
We pass in silence over the question of your idiosyncratic punctuation, arguments about which subject occupy several terabytes of squabbling on the Manual of Style talk-pages at Wikipedia.
I am, sir,
Yours truly
A. de T.
It does bother me if my taxes are spent replacing your liver or your heart brought on by your alcoholism and your obesity
On behalf of all drinkers and smokers everywhere, you don't have leg to stand on matey. It's the booze n' fags taxes that keep the NHS in business. It's not your taxes spent on replacing their liver, it's our taxes spent on giving birth to your children. A little gratitude wouldn't go amiss. Agree with you about the fatties though.
that was from me, computer autothingy messed up
http://www.headsofgovernment.co.uk/images/hi-res/DavidMilliband.jpg
Is David Millipede related to Ms Flint?
There is a family resemblance ... but I can't quite put my finder on. Anybody?
"Is that really necessary?"
No, but it made me laugh.
Unfair on Gordon Brown, he is a lot lighter in real life and wittier. Not difficult in the latter case.
Looks like another case of "Thunder thighs"
That Tone can really pickem!
There's something about Ruth Kelly's fizogg that always brings to mind Gordon Brown.
Can't help feeling queezy when I see her.
Caroline Flint is my least favourite "Blair Babe".
There is a coarseness about her face and voice, which rivals Heather Mills. She is fond of the word "issues". I don't know her background, but I imagine she got in on an all-women shortlist after a stint on a loony-left council.
Foreheadwhatever:
'was stood' in the context you mentioned is definitely naff. But do not forget that the 'passive' is a useful tool in the language: "At dinner I was sat/placed next to Mrs. Smith" etc.
(Pity about the 'fukk' though...you were hoist with etc.)
See if you can get any pictures of her as the dungaree clad wimmin's group stalwart she reportedly was at uni.
After listening to C. Flint and Ann Wideastheycome on R4 this morning, weighing up the arguments and coming to a considered conclusion, I have decided that D. Cameron is broadly correct, we need some decent fit birds in da House.
I am pleased to report that the Tories are getting their act together with some serious stilletos on the A list and I look forward to having a nice letch at Bournemouth.
With regard to the main topic, picking on fat bastards in our celebrity obsessed society is clearly discriminatory and not in keeping with the hypocrisy of our time of being inclusive. So munch away I say, whether it is on a packet of crisps or a tart.
That picture is indeed the one. Good spot.
The political journalist in question hasn't got a famous family and the fact that she is "shag-able"* has nothing to do with her journalistic progress.
Admittedly my grammar was poor on the post, but as a tabloid hack I am of course always more interested in writing something interesting/titillating and skimping on facts and serious stuff like spelling/grammar.
Good God! We have subs for that.
*As said by one imfamous machiavellian former spin doctor.
A plethora of petards...glad to correct myself before I get canned by someone else. Should have been. 'was seated'.....oops!
Totty's always good to see, even if it isn't Claudia Schiffer.
Of course there already is the Fitness-For-Purpose Minister specially drafted in for The Home Office :
http://www.bbdo.co.uk/blog/archives/158
Never mind Flinty, has anyone googled Louise Bagshawe and seen the woman in red pose?
What a gel. Get her on the platform in Blokepool, DC
That red number certainly suits her. A little too 'prissy' for me though.
Guido has taken the piss out of all of you,
That photo is of Nancy dell olio and Iain Dale before the dye job, they are working on a project together.
Ms Flint is, what we used to call, "a piece of work". She is recorded as saying that when it comes to families, fathers are not a neccesary ingredient.
Well, I would like to know who else should wear the moustache.
How can she be minister for fitness? I personally find her quite unattractive.
She should wear shorts to be convincing
To all of you linguists out there....I'm glad you agree with me that people who use "I'm sat" or "I'm Stood" in the wrong context should be taken outside and pummeled senseless... and thank you to those who have pointed out the scenarios in which 'I'm sat' and 'was stood' may be used (although I never said they can't EVER be used) and I profusely apologise for my use of the City-spelling of certain swear words. The company which employs me has "PC-language filters" which prevent messages with the words Fuck, Cunt, Rectum-Breath, etc etc from going out, and so, we've all learned how to circumvent this feature by deliberately mis-spelling the words...hence my spelling of fukk and godamm earlier on, which the spelling brigade here have pounced on (PermanentExpat and co). Sorry...Just a force of habit. Unless Guido has an objection, I will forthwith cease from ever writing fukk on this blog when I really mean fuck.
Stick her name into Google Images and you get several pictures of beds - what's that about?
When you type in the words Caroline Flint into Google Images, the google search algorithm delivers (not necessarily incorrectly, by the way) a type of bed called a "Caroline Daybed" as shown on the TotalBedroom.com website, with this particular model coming in a "Flint" finish...
When I typed the same words into Google Images there were 14 pictures of Caroline, sans velcro triangle unfortunately, and search result number 16 is the Caroline Daybed in Flint. There's a link to her website in there somewhere...and not a single velcro triangle picture on that either...disappointing...searching in Google Images for "Amazon Jungle Hair-pie" also fails to deliver any pictures of Caroline ...
Sergeibrin etc.
My allusion to Ms Flint and beds was clearly far too subtle if you feel the need to explain the google search algorithm.
I will try to be blunter in future.
yes please try harder to be more blunt in the future. We didn't become gazillionaires by being clever with word-play and allusions...
SergeiBrin &LarryPage 8:38 AM said...
When you type in the words Caroline Flint into Google Images, the google search algorithm delivers (not necessarily incorrectly, by the way) a type of bed called a "Caroline Daybed" as shown on the TotalBedroom.com website, with this particular model coming in a "Flint" finish...
For those of you who do not understand the inner workings of search engines, you can search for a phrase by enclosing the search term in double quotes, viz "Caroline Flint". This should retrieve only documents containing this phrase.
Your local professionally qualified librarian should be able to explain (that's if Public Libraries still employ them).
atutorial on how to use Google....uh....hello... ?
puh-leeeze !
http://www.google.com/corporate/execs.html
now can we get back to the discussion about her amazon-jungle hair pie ?
"Your local professionally qualified librarian should be able to explain"
Would I need to be fingerprinted first?
Fruning Graplecard said...
Ms Flint is, what we used to call, "a piece of work". She is recorded as saying that when it comes to families, fathers are not a neccesary ingredient.
Well, I would like to know who else should wear the moustache.11:37 PM
Fruning old chap,it appears from a previous comment here that Ms Flint is living proof that the family moustache need not be cultivated exclusively by male family members.
I`d like to direct readers to your own blog where they`ll find the lovely but immodest Mrs Graplecard,a real woman with curves where there should be curves and a definate lack of facial hair.
ForeheadVeinPoppingAgain said...
"Hangthedj 2:27pm "A friend of mine blurted it out while looking at Flint's pic in an art gallery exhibition and ended up making an exhibition of herself...as Caroline Flint herself was stood behind her."
was STOOD behind her ?!!!??
For the fukkin goddamm love of God, will someone please help me to drive a stake through the heart of anyone who can't figure out the correct way of using the fukking English language. Is it truly that difficult to see that it should be "Caroline Flint was standing behind her" or "Caroline Flint stood behind her" but not "WAS STOOD".... ?"
Maybe she was put there by someone else, in which case she was stood there.
Someone else mentioned the incresing number of anti-Labour stories in Rupert`s rags recently.Topically today they urged readers to exercise and get rid of those "man boobs".The boobs they chose to show to demonstrate said appendages belonged to one T.Blair along with quite a nasty dig about "middle-aged bodies being allowed to slip".I`m not sure if the following comments on oestragen levels in food being responsible for men developing more female traits was a sign of a forthcoming revelation of some kind or just a coincidence.I rarely read the Sun but as another poster remarked there are definate signs of the rats not only deserting the sinking ship but holing the lifeboats on the wasy out.
I am having to revise my opinion of la Flint after listening to her on my local BBC radio this morning. she felt obliged to explain in simple terms what Body Mass Index meant and said "You know" in between almost every word. I still wouldn't say no to an ear and tummy rub though.
she's on Newsnight just now, wearing what looks suspiciously like a Hazel Blears jacket
I heard the Flint / Widdicombe interview on the today programme. Widdicombe came across as well informwd spontaneous and intelligent. Flint on the other hand came across as a wooden, thick dullard. She is a deeply unattractive woman.
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