Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy: Harman - Ouch
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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Harman - Ouch

That was expensive. No, Guido didn't lay it off. Mike Smithson will be chuffed.

Bet she isn't Deputy-PM, mind you the way Guido's bets are going...

UPDATE : Not DPM, Guido got that right at least. Worse reporting from the Telegraph and Sky. It was also a pretty bad call some time back from YouGov's poll of the membership for the Times as well.

UPDATE II : Cruddas transfers from Amicus and the TGWU swung it for Harman. Johnson won in the affilates and MPs sections and still lost.

54 comments:

Anonymous said...

Haaaaa ha ha ha ha!

Ed said...

Come clean - what was the damage?

Julian said...

Never mind, at least you didn't do what the Telegraph did and announce Johnson had won on the front page (hurriedly corrected a few minutes later).

Alistair Darling to succeed the clunking fist as Chancellor?

mitch said...

so the "vote for the one with no testicles" thing worked, im sure hain will be happy for her.
How many of the 5 will be spending more time with their familys.she wont be dpm id put money on it.

Mark said...

The announcement that she has essentially been voted by the party into the chairman role will probably upset her a little. I reckon she had her eye on the Dep. PM role or a heavyweight cabinet post at least. It just proves that sometimes you get what you ask for.

stalin's gran said...

Talent will out.

The Hitch said...

Talking about getting it wrong, I bet you dont know what Cherie is up to at the moment that would have been impossible until this coming wednesday.
Her plans are getting very grand(and expensive)

surely her husband knows where the NuLab money came from said...

Well at least La Harman knows that her son has benefited from a Grammar School education.

Anonymous said...

Quote from Guido - 'He will, after the eliminations, win by a margin in excess of 5% according to number crunching from rival campaigns.'

Thanks you twat I am £250 down because of you! Don't pretend to know things you don't, the Newsnight performance showed how much of a bullshitter you are.

Iosef said...

What sort of massive gimp would stake £250 on Guido's uninformed witterings?

Bet you another £250 there won't even be any charges in the so-called 'cash for questions' rubbish either.

anglo celt said...

I noticed Gay Gordo all triumphalist and pompous this afternoon now he's got what he's always wanted.

They say pride comes before a fall, and, fuck me, has that cunt got one hell of a fucking fall ahead of him.

Jimmy said...

Quote from Guido - 'Good luck at Ascot, where Guido would rather watch the ladies than the horses...'

You should have been watching the ladies in the deputy leadership race, rather than the horses.

mandysmatelot said...

It was close and Harman will have benefitted from her 'gender' line. I.e., I may have nothing between my ears, but look what I've got between my legs!

Mindless sexist bigot said...

From Wiki...

Harman is a niece of Elizabeth, Countess of Longford and was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, London

she sent her eldest son to a grant maintained school, then her younger son to St Olave's Grammar School, Orpington.

Just a little too right wing for the Tories ;-)

Trumpeter Lanfried said...

Brown will ignore her, of course.

Anonymous said...

It doesn't make any difference if Brown ignores her. She'll be on the telly and people will see a fairly harmless looking woman rather than another dull bloke, and if Cameron has shown us anything, being harmless looking but stupid is no impediment to success.

Anonymous said...

Look, can anyone give me the news in a straightforward fashion?

I have been at a 6 hour lunch and I cannot understand what is happening!

Is Harriet Harman Deputy Leader, is she going to be Party Chairman, is Alan Johnson gpoing to be Deputy PM. Why has this result been announced now?

I have just seen the BBC and some bloke was saying Labour are going to win the next election.

Muswell Hill Mafia said...

And we asked you about the suspicious action in Harman - and you ruled her out... tut tut :D

Baby Aoife said...

Daddy says I have to forget about the private nursery now... waaahhh!

Anonymous said...

Guido I have long avoided any of your 'tips.' Here's one of mine: leave the betting to those who are better informed!
You should have 'laid' Hain in 'size' since he never stood a chance.

Muralitharan said...

Mafioso - what's this about a suspicious action?

Anonymous said...

Fair play for admitting your pain!

It wasn't just the Telegraph that cocked up. I was watching Sky News when it announced Johnston as winner.

I said to my son 'bugger, if I'd taken Guido's advice I'd have made some money'.

'Do they ever make mistakes when they call results?' he asked.

'No' I replied. When they call it means they have inside info. After a fiasco in the US Elections they're much more careful these days.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Anonymous said...

Ha ... Ha ... Ha ... Harman!

So it's a housemasters job at Eton for the boy David, or should that be at a city academy?

And the Gordstapo kicking in Guido's door. Probably to invite him to join the cabinet. Uuuuummmmm ... OK, this IS Anon!

And all those juicy bloggers' pensions there just for the taking. The McBroonreich will last 1,000 Milibandseconds.

anyonebutgordon said...

It's a fix. No way the rank and file voted for a turncoat champagne socialist niece of toffs who sends her children to grammar or selective schools.....
Was the election monitored by North Koreans?
More sleaze.......

hatfield girl said...

Hard not to be taken by anyonebutgordon's view.

Anonymous said...

Isn't this the stupid woman who used to make a big song and dance of breast-feeding in public?

Perhaps, we should all call her "Bitty" from now on.

I shall post this on other blogs in the hope that it causes her grief.

Muswell Hill Mafia said...

muralitharan

Harman was consistently backed by someone (albeit at long odds)- someone without deep pockets likely had some returns that did not have a AJ/Benn 1,2.

Cassandra said...

Hang on there - I believe the older lad went to the Oratory and was therefore selected on the basis of being RC so that's OK isn't it? In Blair's Britain it is mandatory to respect parents' desire to preserve their culture - but only as long as that culture includes an irrational belief system.

Chris Paul said...

Shame. But you can't say you weren't given the real SP, as I suggested when you first suggested this 5% cushion it wasn't likely to last, once the Cruddas transfers kicked in.

Wish I'd put £250 where my mouth was ...

The Hitch said...

Mr chris paul
many of us would love to put our boot where your head is.

Anonymous said...

So 'Vote for me because I'm a woman' actually worked ????

She can't be that stupid if she managed to intimidate half the Labour party into voting for her on the basis of gender.

Anonymous said...

Anon 5.50pm - as it was the Newsnight performance that proved what a bullshitter Guido is, why did you decide to stake £250 on his advice? If you decide to bet on the basis of what someone you already know to be a bullshitter says, you are a bit of a willy.

tapestry said...

The media have no idea do they. Elections are mostly fixed nowadays. Harman was nowhere a week ago, except I wrote it would be Harman on June 15th on Politicalbetting as it was obvious that was the one Brown wanted. He's got his girl in the end. She knows how to curry favour!

cyril stein (decsd) said...

anon 250 You are a whinging twat. Nothing worse than a whiner. Get down the benefits office for a top up.

harriett "bitty" harman said...

Chris Paul is an utter tit.

And I should know...

Chris Paul said...

I'm learning new vocabulary here every day. Shows really that Britain's public schools are depraved.

Ouch! Hitch. Sticks and stones etc. So please keep to the names and avoid the threats of physical violence. You namby pamby gob-trite.

Ten more years for Labour I think. Tories in melt down. Lib Dems in tatters. Hitch up hisself.

mutleythedog said...

Im wondering if she shags her secretary - and if its a girl?? Amthe only one who has sexualfantasies about El Harman?

mutleythedog said...

Did I win the fuckin caption competition ? I am sure I was the best..

AntiCitizenOne said...

so "vote for a cunt" worked!

Harriet "Bitty" Harman said...

Chris Paul:

What would you know about British public schools, other than what you might have gleaned from your visits via the Tradesmans' entrance?

Your over-frequent visits to Guido and Iain's blogs betrays you for what you are...you're just jealous, aren't you?

For you, the really bad news is that, whatever political party is in power, you will always be "down there" and those of us who have had a proper education will be "up there" looking down on oiks like you.

You are a complete tit...

...and I should know!

Geezer said...

Chris Paul really is a sad pinko C***!! Why does this Labour she-male Troll spend his time on right-wing blogs?? Too many other sad c***s on left-wing blogs and he'd prefer to be a stand out C***?

The thing is, he is a "useful idiot", as the Americans might say.

He is a shining example of why people shouldn't vote Labour, his childish ramblings, defence of the indefensible, six-former (below average six-former) level political analysis and understanding are truly risible.

Keep up the good work, your presence on these blogs can only be beneficial to the Right.

big better said...

Does anyone have the full results? - my figures are a few points out


Re: Harriet Harman! (#13)

by alexhilton on Sun Jun 24, 2007 at 09:03:26 PM GMT
1st Round:
Benn -16.4%
Blears - 11.7%
Cruddas - 19.3%
Hain - 15.32%
Harman - 18.95%
Johnson- 18.16%

2nd Round:
Benn - 18.2%
Blears - Out
Cruddas - 20.39%
Hain - 16.42%
Harman - 21.32%
Johnson- 23.74%

3rd Round:
Benn - 22.33%
Blears - Out
Cruddas - 23.89%
Hain - Out
Harman - 25.88%
Johnson- 27.9%

4th Round:
Benn -Out
Blears -Out
Cruddas -30.06%
Hain -Out
Harman - 33.58%
Johnson- 36.35%

5th Round:
Benn -Out
Blears -Out
Cruddas -Out
Hain -Out
Harman - 50.43%
Johnson- 49.56%

harriet "bitty" harman said...

Geezer:

10 out of 10 re: our good friend "Chris Paul."

I think that it's only on Iain's blog that you're not allowed to say the C word.

But on Guido's blog, I believe it's okay to call Chris Paul a cunt.

And I should know!

The Hitch said...
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Anonymous said...

What are your tips for Wimbledon Guido ?

Anonymous said...

I believe that the Labour idiot known as Chris Paul also goes under the name of PatPrimer74 in the House Price Crash Forum.

His writing style and meaningless statements are very similar.

Anonymous said...

So NewLab now sing in perfect Harmony; or should that be prefect Harmony?

Anonymous said...

Do the bookies e.g. betfair, make more money if there is a supposed "favouite" e.g. Johnston, announced in advance and is "promoted" elswhere e.g. www.order-order.com, that then turns out to be wrong?

chefwithdirtyhands said...

Your 'Update II' is wide of the mark. the decisive shift from Crudass to Harman was in the MP/MEP category.

true blue said...

Oh how I am chuckling at the attacks on Chris Paul, well said Hitch and Geezer etc ! This silly little boy needs to take a swim in Manchester`s open sewer (aka the River Irwell), he should feel at home there amongst the rats !

Anonymous said...

Ho Ho Ho, Hurrah for The Harperson

hovis said...

I had to double take at today's Telegraph headline
"Alan Johnston forced to wear bomb belt"

Then I realised there was a "t" in the last name..

G Eagle said...

Dear Senor Guido

Schocking

Just think about Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire and how much gaming impacted on her

.... but I suppose it encouraged the Duke to boost the Economy by compensatory spending

Tot siens

G E

machiavelli said...

Yes, it was expensive. Last time I take betting tips from you, Mr Fawkes!
I knew I didn't bet for a reason...


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