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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Gordon Shaking at the Dispatch Box

See it on GuyNews.TV

100 comments:

mental health professional said...

There is a growing debate on politicalbetting.com as to whether Brown is mentally unstable and on the verge of cracking up or whether he has rapidly worsening Parkinson's Disease.

My money's on the former though either way he is clealy becoming a lame duck Prime Minister.

genghiz the Kahn said...

In your guts you know he's nuts.

crackers (colonic irrigations) said...

I think it is fear, shit inducing bowel tremor fright, that causes the hand(s)to wave about. He anchored one on his buttock but the other tried to escape with his papers. Poor fellow. He thought by writing of 'courage' some of it might enter his own gutless soul. Sadly not. Typical bully. Put him in the ring and all his bellicosity disolves into a pile of shit and piss. And where is Bhownaggree at this time of need.

Tuscan Tony said...

I bet your hand would be shaking like Gordo's you'd been doing what he does under the despatch box:

http://tinyurl.com/2nou4y

grex said...

Latest Brown tic: smoothing hair with hand.

Big Jock Knew said...

Is he on medication ?

backwoodsman said...

Consider that this is a party who apparently covered up the fact that Harod Wilson was too pissed to function in the afternoons when he was PM. They have previous, as Sir Ian blair would say.

Anonymous said...

Held together by medication for sure. Anyway, its becoming increasingly obvious he is Ed Balls sockpuppet.

poohbear said...

The shaking may be due to strong medication? The PMs weird/strange behaviour of late,the fake smiles/grinning and the parkinson like tremors indicate a strong 'anti-psychotic'drug or powerful 'anti-depressent' may be involved! He seemed to be displaying the syptoms of a manic depressive before and now he displays the symptoms of someone undergoing treatment? Perhaps an MD reader could confirm this? The natural concern is that he has his finger on the 'N'button!

PS
Has anyone noticed the 'on/off' smile? creeeepy or what?

ooh err missus!! said...

I love the way Shaking Brown put his hand on his hip like a big mincing jessie. Reminds me of Frankie Howard.

Cassandra said...

Liam Byrne was absolutely pitiful on the Daily Politics as well.

Anonymous said...

I am amazed that more fuss was not made of this. It looked like a seminal moment to me the sort from which a politicans credibility never recovers. From clunking fist to sweaty palms - from flash Gordon to brown trousers.

He clearly having won the big prize is finding that he does not enjoy it and may well decide to call it a day himself - decent outside bet methinks.

Yak40 said...

"Harod Wilson was too pissed to function "

True or just a yarn ?

Peter Hain's Body Oil said...

In October, a poster on this site speculated that Brown was receiving regular depot injections of the antipsychotic major tranquiliser largactil. I was sceptical at the time but according to netdoctor.co.uk the drug can cause the following side effects:

'Abnormal movements of the hands, legs, face, neck and tongue, eg tremor, twitching, rigidity (extrapyramidal effects)'

Worrying.

Anonymous said...

On a lighter note, make sure you have a look at Private Eye for the cartoon with Gordon Brown on a rocking horse..

oh my god said...

There's enough material there for an entire case conference!

Anonymous said...

Gordon's shaking fist : due to Parkinson's or just a side-effect from compulsive masturbation ?

Penfold said...

a stroke to many perhaps.

Anonymous said...

Another contributory factor to his delirium tremens could be stage-fright.

After all, this is a man who has skulked in the Treasury for ten years, avoided direct confrontation with political opponents, and used bag-carriers like Whelan and Balls to do his dirty work for him. Brown is only used to sycophants and well-wishers.

At least Blair was prepared to face down his critics directly and was capable of handling the derision and insults that accompanied his every move.

Brown, I fear, is emotionally underdeveloped and thus simply cannot cope. He is simply not used to being mocked.

Anonymous said...

"Consider that this is a party who apparently covered up the fact that Harod Wilson was too pissed to function in the afternoons when he was PM."

Unlikely. However, it is a fact that Winston Churchill was rarely sober when he was Prime Minister.

red despot spotter said...

the mans representing the biggest bunch of crooks and liars that our houses (it is our houses) of parliment has seen for some time , they are making us believe there shit and they have been found out.

if you look at gordon and think ahhh poor bastard hes had enough give him a chance , the countries fecked, all for his stab at changing history.

as sqemish as it is to watch justice served in this way and man getting abandoned by his friends. if he hangs onto power it will only get worse, he has a choice call the general election (under the guise of the public wants one which we do) or just be a publically humillated and disgraced party of politcs.

your leading labour to some form of nazi thinking , your cabinet is nearly totally full of tossers and youve lied to the country and its people. what i mean is if you hold the office of prime minister and lie you must suffer the harshest consequences that being public humiliation.

your party has lost political advantage , time for a change , if you dont sense it you will suffer the fate of fools .


thanks
red despot spotter

kevin mcguire, a canny c*nt, said...

mental health professional said...

There is a growing debate on politicalbetting.com as to whether Brown is mentally unstable...

This needs debating??? The canny lad is letting the side down real proper like. Plus there's my future money grabbing opportoonities to think aboot.

allan said...

Oh for Blair back, knew we'd miss him. He pisses all over Brown and Cameron. (Which the former may well enjoy).

mutleythedog said...

I am worried abut Broon - I don't think he likes being Prime Minister as much as he thought he would. Shall we get together to send him a nice present for Christmas - such as a box of fudge? You could do one of your nice pledge things for it Mr Fawkes!!

Anonymous said...

anon 3:04 has it dead right.

Anyone who has ever watched a nervous best man give his speech will recognise that hand shake.

This does not prove he is a nutter (though that has been well established elsewhere).

Anonymous said...

The video is no longer available.
Suspicious or what?

Anonymous said...

Don't talk about Blair coming back please. My stomach has only just settled down.

labourwarcriminals said...

dont worry you will get Blair back as it is Europe now running the show and Blair will soon be running that and Brown again.

the UK is but the EUs puppet

we are placing bets on what war he will conscript the EU into first?
Iran? Syria? Russia?

still whatever war Blair decides to send us to im sure Cameron will make sure the Tories give him a standing ovation when the Blairs leave the EU presidency - if they ever do!

you couldnt make it up!

MixTogether said...

Sweepstake- how long till Blair Minor resigns?

I'm saying 7 days.

Charlotte Corday said...

I was half hoping that Brown would do a William Huskinson at the St. Pancras opening last night and put us all out of the misery. I give him 18 months.

And I do wish that young David Miliband would stop pulling silly faces - he's gurning in the "Telegraph" and puffing his cheeks out like a frog on BBC News.

Anonymous said...

I'm giving him another 3 months. I'm hoping for good news just before my skiing holiday. It was in my horoscope.

poohbear said...

Labourwarcriminals,

The EU army fighting a war? That would be a right old tragic comedy,
you can imagine the French would do the fancy parades? the Germans would organize the brothels and women trafficking? The Italians would do the VAT fraud and smuggling operations? the Poles would just get pissed and lock themselves away? the Dutch would deal the drugs? that would leave the Brits to do all the fighting at the front line, equipped with the worst kit availible?

Anonymous said...

PMQs is always available on BBC website isn't it? Why can't I find todays?

Guido Fawkes Esq. said...

No PMQs today. Which must be a huge relief to Gordon.

Anonymous said...

Brown is simply a man who has never been challenged or confronted in his life. Suddenly he finds himself actually having to debate and engage with people who don't lick his arse, who can spot his lies and who point out the flaws in his thinking. He simply can't cope with it.

With this psychological wreck in charge of the country, there is real hope of exterminating the NuLab scum at the next election.

Cassandra said...

I don't know about Wilson but his cabinet colleague - one G. Brown wsa noted for his major trouble with the sauce. I once saw him pissed as a newt while out in the west end - which just goes to show that I am getting on a bit.

superannuated rocker said...

You've all got it completely wrong. It's just a 50's dance form that Brown's planning to revive. He's practising first so he gets it right.

Shake, rattle and roll...

DR Mayo said...

Brown suffers from Despatch Box panic attacks which induce a feeling of fear and extreme tension. This manifests itself in unsteadiness, tingling in the extremities (hands and feet), trembling and inexplicable perspiration. Diarrhea and vomiting can also occur. Aresponse can be either fight or flight.

If I was PM Brown's medical adviser I would presribe a short course of tricylcic antidepressants. Alternatively some psychotherapy can also help and perhaps if he had a word on the side to Cameron to go easy, this could also help.

Trust this is helpful for those with our noble OM's best interests at heart.

Yours

P Mayo MD

PS Mr Dennis I know the name of a good dermatologist.

big joe turner said...

4.36: He's a one-eyed cat, peepin' in a seafood store.

Newmania said...

He would be handy for making ones foam bath froth in a satisfactory way....

anglo celt said...

Brown is mentally unstable and clearly not equipped for the role of PM. I give him less than 12 months and expect him to jump, for "health reasons" before he's pushed.

It's going to get increasingly uncomfortable for him from now on as the economy deteriorates, the budget deficit and trade gap worsen, and rebellion grows on his back benches.

Sit back and enjoy the show.

No crocodile tears please. The cunt deserves everything he's going to get.

brown's dismal shower of shite said...

Apart from Brown imploding before our eyes, has Jacqui Smith cracked up? She has been behaving oddly today, and seems strangely "out of it".

I suppose that's what happens when you promote people way above their ability?

We've already seen Bob Ainsworth, Andy Burnham, Ed Balls, James Purnell, Yvette Cooper, and Liam Byrne (amongst others) taken apart and humiliated live on television.

Who's next, out of Brown's sorry bunch, to be publicly skewered?

Anonymous said...

"Home Secretary, for how many days should alleged terrorists be detained without charge?"
Big Jacqui: "How do you expect me to know? I'm just the Home Secretary. Ask Gordon. He'll know. He always knows."

Anonymous said...

Och, yon wee scunner Miliband forgot tae take the vibrator oot ma ass when I was at yon dispatch box. Ah'm fair gonna whack the wee bairstard for this - ye'll see if ah doont.

Peter said...

Just think the guys been waiting 10 years for the job. He eventually gets in the door sits down and oochnoo... everything turns to shit.
Tragic!!!!

Madasafish said...

Labour warcriminals
The EC army?
Don't make me laff.
See the Germans et al in Afghanistan. No night action. No combat...

An EC Army would surrender to the Belgian Army without firing a shot.
:-)

Anonymous said...

How does that song go?

"Now the drugs don't work, they just make you worse...."

Anonymous said...

Can't comment on mental health matters, but Brown does look physically unwell.

spot the loonie scotsman said...

Clearly what Brown now needs are some new drugs to counteract the worsening side effects of the drugs he is on for his psychosis.

Here are some of the side effects of largactil:

Agitation

Weight gain

Abnormal movements of the hands, legs, face, neck and tongue, eg tremor, twitching, rigidity (extrapyramidal effects)

Rhythmical involuntary movement of the tongue, face, mouth and jaw, which may sometimes be accompanied by involuntary movements of the arms and legs (tardive dyskinesia)

Anxiety, restlessness and agitation (akathisia)

Sound familiar?

Anonymous said...

> And I do wish that young David Miliband would stop pulling silly faces - he's gurning in the "Telegraph" and puffing his cheeks out like a frog on BBC News.

They don't call him Millibean for nothing. He thinks he's Rowan Atkinson.

Anonymous said...

"Brown suffers from Despatch Box panic attacks which induce a feeling of fear and extreme tension. This manifests itself in unsteadiness, tingling in the extremities (hands and feet), trembling and inexplicable perspiration. Diarrhea and vomiting can also occur. Aresponse can be either fight or flight"

The further effects of panic attacks are pissing one's self as final miasma takes hold. Keep your eyes on his trouser front area for evidence of dampness at the next PMG.
It's a dead give away.

mitch said...

Oh dear nuliebores messia appears to be imploding before our eyes all that plotting and fuming at bliar and now he cant do the job.send for the men in grey suits and white coats we have a basket case on our hands.

satanic economist said...

Alliance and Leicester shares faling again today, now at 666p.

The mark of the Beast is upon them and his homunculus Darling will pay the price.

Anonymous said...

This has nothing to do with his state of mind. Try resting your arm in that position and the same will happen if you catch the nerve right. Note his other hand isn't shaking. I'm not his biggest fan by any means, in fact he's doing a great deal of damage to this country but come on.

Tuscan Tony said...

Anon 6:37pm "Keep your eyes on his trouser front area for evidence of dampness at the next PMG"

That would I presume be Prime Minister's Gurning, then.

Tuscan Tony said...

anon 7.07pm - nope, all OK here in Tuscany. Must be the largactil after all. Hope Mrs. Brown keeps a very long handled spoon at the side of the bed, for her sake.

Dennis said...

Harold Wilson was barking mad. Paranoid schizophrenia the diagnosis. Though I met him once on holiday in the Scillies and he seemed all right.

P.S. P Mayo MD, 4:39, what on earth do I need with a dermatologist? When I venture outdoors I must take a long broom to fend the ladies off.

Anonymous said...

re tuscan tony

guido - we must have a picture of gordon gurning.....with the collar....priceless

Anonymous said...

There's someone who wants to be PM even more than Gordon did, and he doesn't want to wait 10 years. Ed Balls will be the key player in Brown's undoing. He used Brown to climb the greasy pole, and he tried to use Brown to precipitate an early election which would have strenghened his position if Labour had won. Sooner or later he must conclude that Brown has served his purpose, and it would be characteristic of him to arrange for Mrs Balls, or even a humble spear-carrier, to wield the knife. The Ides of March may come early next year.

Tuscan Tony said...

GODDAMMIT Ed Balls as PM?!?!? I'm ging to bed.

labour insider said...

Brown's shitting himself because he knows he's lost the confidence of the Parliamentary Labour Pary and the unions and now over-ambitious scorpions like Ed Balls are eyeing his job.

Dennis said...

Of course, Brown himself is not an "over-ambitious scorpion". Instead he is a charming and genial family man with the best interests of our country at heart.

Miliband is the one to watch. Balls is too obviously a geek.

Atlas shrugged said...

Guido what you seem to not understand is.

If you was him and knew full well what seriously terminal economic and social problems this country is well and truly heading for, and in fact has already arrived at. You would be doing more then just shaking and waiting for the proverbial 'knock on the door' right now.

You would be dumping in the back of your Y-fronts quicker then a fly tipper trying to qualify for the Guinness book of records.

'Gordon the incredible' not to say 'totally unbelievable' must have real manly nerves of Scottish macho steel.

Otherwise he would have pissed those favorite extra large pair of pink and black M&S frilly panties he prefers to sport to the commons of his by now.

This current PM, is aging quicker then any other PM on slimming pills has ever done recently before.

One could be forgiven for thinking he knows something very big and is on something he is not telling us or anyone else but his personal doctor about.

But only because thinking such a thing has not been made criminally illegal quite yet.

Anonymous said...

"Miliband is the one to watch. Balls is too obviously a geek."

And Milliband is a perfectly normal person, by comparison??? He abandoned his responsibilities as Foreign Secretary to fly to America to be present at the birth of a child he intended to adopt. Meanwhile the King of Saudi Arabia was in town, handing out orders.

No-one would deny that Balls is a geek. But this is the age of the geek, isn't it?

Dr P Mayo MD said...

Anon 707. Brown's hand shaking is the result of a panic or nervous attack which is why he clutches his buttock with one to stop the involuntary movement and waves papers with the other. Trust me I am a doctor.
Mr Tuscan. Brown is not on the antipshchotic drug chlorpromazine(Largactil) since this would calm him. He displays extreme agitation, aggression and tremor - panic at the Dispatch Box and should be taking a mild antidepressant such as Imipramine.
Mr Dennis if the ladies are after you I suspect that you are pretty robust in the trouser department. My late pal Dr Barnard would have tried to give you a head transplant but sadly he is not in a fit state to operate.
Thats enough medical matters

Yours in health and wealth
P Mayo MD

transfattyacid said...

Poor Gordon, he waits for years only to show how much he needed Tony:)

Now that really is sad.

Anonymous said...

One of the central themes of the THE THICK OF IT PM resignation episode is keeping the fact that the PM-designate is 'chugging anti-depressants like smits'.

They knew something, those script writers.

paramediente said...

Having tried valium and then meleril, Brown is on 20mg of cipralex (escitalopram)daily. Sadly, it's not working and so he'll be on a huge dose of beta blockers for next week's PMQs.

my life is not complete said...

3:27 PM

Unavailable?

Damnation and disappointment!

I've cancelled a wank in my underpants, forgone a packet of wotsits, and spent 50p in the local internet cafe, just to view this video clip. What an anti-climax!

kevin mcguire, a canny c*nt, said...

Anonymous [6:37 PM]said...

The further effects of panic attacks are pissing one's self as final miasma takes hold.

Maybe the good Doctor (Mayo) can advise, but isn't there a male behaviour [sic] called Angel Lust, that can happen to soldiers killed/dying in battle?

Not that I'm suggesting that a twat like Brown should be mentioned in the same breath as our courageous soldiers, who unlike Brown who utilises a ghost writer to write about courage but has yet to sample the real thing, but have performed it daily on behalf of a corrupt PM.

Dennis said...

Guido, in your "Seen Elsewhere" box you list an article called "Heffer is Right" by Simon Heffer. This is the article he writes twice-weekly for the Broonograph and we have already read it.

Travis Bickle said...

What a line up on the front bench at PMQs, Gordon shaking his hands, Harriet nodding her head when she should be shaking it, Miliband gurning, Straw nodding his head so violently it just might fall off and the hideously frighening Kelly scaring the living daylights out of any poor toddlers who thought they were turning on to watch CBBC. Could be a video for aga beedling do.

Anonymous said...

Jeez...Balls as PM?

Ed Balls bears a striking resemblance to Alan B'stard's pathetic sidekick, Piers, in The New Statesman.

Not only that, he has the same level of gravitas as Piers.

The idea of Balls as PM is beyond laughable. He is a figure of fun inside his own party, for fuck's sake. He is a fucking cretin.

He is pathetic in interviews and, frankly, is about as statesmanlike as, well, Mr Bean. Miliband Jr has the standing of a political colossus by comparison.

i'm sorry i haven't a clue said...

anonymous 3.27pm

This video has in all likelihood been withdrawn due to concerns about the deeply traumatic effect it may possibly have on young children and any adults of a weak psychological disposition.

However, I would like to assure the general public that at no point did they, in fact, observe a six-foot pink latex rabbit vibrator delivering a political discourse, and television viewers do not need to adjust their sets nor do they need seek psychiatric evaluation - though I would grant that this latter course of action would be one most appropriate in my own case.

I would also like to give David Blunkett a special commendation for correctly guessing that I was, in deed, performing an impression of myself, Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

stanislav said...

delerium tremens fatalis ex masturbatum continuum.( From the Big Opus Dei Book of Sins, ed. Sister Ruth Man Kelly, Society of Fuckwits)

That's what it is. I told you all months ago. Plumbers know these things. It's all the wanking. It's done for him.

Trumpeter Lanfried said...

Doesn't this show what a mistake it was to let cameras into Parliament?

The Government front bench now ham up their reaction shots and noddies; exactly the sort of behaviour which was predicted by those who opposed the introduction of cameras.

To add insult to injury, they are not very good at it. They would never get an audition in a decent theatre like the Basingstoke Hippodrome.

Anonymous said...

I prescribe a course of co-codamol and a nice walk in the countryside. It'll leave Broon feeling like a new man.

Tone made me do it - he's a bad influence said...

The Nationalisation of the Northern Rock loan book will be the biggest scandal of our age.

£30bn is more money than was raised by ALL the privatisations added together.

All because "the economic genius" Brown impossed the tri-partate Bank regulation system when he made the B of E independent 10 years ago.

Thus is only "sucess" will turn into the failure that is The Rock that will echo throughout the history of the western banking system.

Shake he might.

ps where IS Branson. "Radio 4 anybody but the English" said he was going to rescue it.

red despot spotter said...

Branston is sensing the pickle apart from doing extraordinarly well under nu liebour , people are beginning to see just how corrupt this bunch of idiots are , which has suited him.

dont expect to see him now the PR guns are being loaded with shit instead of hello.

as for betting on gordos replacement i just cant see milliband has the wieght plus i sense the party is grumbling badly about the "young twerps" so i reckon its an experineced member jack straw aka the posh undertaker , he walked backwards for the queen , somthing he would do for gordo. ed balls no chance he really cant hack having to think and tell the truth at the same time.

sorry no sympathy for gordon , hes lied and so have his mates, turned our country into miserable place and is trying to get us into the eu without asking .

enjoy trolls what youve done , exploded your leader and on target for doing the same to your party.

next lot are road hauliers and farmers to flip that expensive diesel shure will be putting prices up and putting a squeeze on retail, the very thing that you need right now. i think theyll be wanting a change of goverment.


thanks
red despot spotter

Dr P Mayo (Proctologist) said...

Mr Canny C*nt (aka K Macguire Esq)

Angel Lust. Hmmnnn. Delicate in the context.

I prefer to draw your attention to the late Mr A Pierrepoint's observations on matters concerning mortality and the trouser dept.

With regard to my earlier recomendations, I suggest PM Brown takes a course of Nonoamine oxidase inhibitors(Phenelzine). This will lift his mood and enable him to cope with DBP(Despatch Box Phobia).

Yours concernedly

P Mayo MD

In an emergency I can be contacted at my local golf course(Sunningdale Old)

Anonymous said...

I don't think Wilson was pissed in the afternoon. George Brown was, though - is that who you mean?

prime minister on the verge of a nervous breakdown said...

Did Gloomy Gordon cause this on an overseas school visit ?

'Twitching' Illness Hits Several Students, Staff at Virginia School

A mysterious illness causing an odd "twitching" symptom has stricken several students and a staff member at a Virginia high school.

But one mother said her child is experiencing bouts of sudden twitching and uncontrollable arm spasms, along with headaches and dizziness.

Testing continues at William Byrd High School in Roanoke County where students and staff have shown strange symptoms of twitching and spasms since September, but a cause has yet to be determined.

Samson said...

One has to wonder about the state of Gordon's health.

One is not allowed to die in the House. The reason for the ban is that the buildings count as a royal palace, and Nigel Cawthorne, author of The Strange Laws of Old England, clarified: "Anyone who dies there is technically entitled to a state funeral."

Erm eh! We can’t be doing with that. Quick get him out.

mancmonkey said...

The shaking will pass. I had a similar condition when i was masturbating three times a day, as soon as the novelty wears off for him being a wanker he will be right as rain.

Julian said...

We couldn't have Ed Balls as PM - the man makes a Friesan heffer look cross-eyed.

Anonymous said...

Interesting; he is under considerable internal stress. He knows his days re numbered.

woman on a raft said...

One has to wonder about the state of Gordon's health.

I was wondering about that, and considering that he has authority over the UK's nuclear weapons.

However, Mr Raft assures me that Mr Brown can't set them off without permission from Mr Bush, so that's alright then.

I'm further advised that if something DID go wrong, our Chief Police Officer would protect the public by shooting them all first to prevent them being vaporized to death.

Anonymous said...

Rocking Horse Syndrome???

Almost as interesting is Milliblink's blowing his upper cheeks in relief beside Rockin Gordo.

Anonymous said...

"He knows his days re numbered."

Re-numbered? Is this some kind of bizarre NuLabour policy to throw us all into confusion, and exercise in double-think?

Anonymous said...

"We couldn't have Ed Balls as PM - the man makes a Friesan heffer look cross-eyed."

Won't stop the tosser trying though. If Brown was a man of ambition beyond ability we ain't seen nothing yet....

JERRY HAYES said...

Bottler Brown's nightmare is only just begining. I popped into the Commons last night to meet an old chum for dinner. At 7.30 the place was deserted. Why? becuse the flagship debate on law and order collapsed at 6.45. Why? because the government whips office could not find enough people to speak in support! The oderly transition from Camelot to Gormanghast is now complete.

Anonymous said...

I've noticed a complete lack of comment in the MSM. Nothing on the beeb or on any of the main politics comment sites, only on the politics blogs...

Anonymous said...

Jack Straw didn't get rid of his Himmler specs for contact lenses for nothing. He wants it, and I wouldn't bet against him getting it. Everyone else in the cabinet is either:

a) useless
b) under 30
c) Hazel Blears

When Grim Gord is carted off to Rampton, who is going to stand in Jack's way? Milipede? Testis? Don't make me laugh. Watch out for Jack, Gordon, he wants your job, and I think he'll get it.

Anonymous said...

do the shake and vac, and put the freshness back, dooo the shake and vac and put the freshness back.

Astro-Turf Lawnmower said...

Woman on a raft,

Mr Raft repeats the old rubbish about use of the UK nuclear deterrent requiring US say so. This is nonsense, the UK nuclear deterrent is wholly independent and can be fired at who we like when we like.

Gordo would need the permission of the Queen to use it though as, contrary to Blair's and doubtless Gordo's belief, UK Armed Forces serve the Queen and her heirs and successors, NOT the Prime Minister.

I'm sure if Gordo had a funny turn and ordered the Royal Navy to fire their missiles at rich people in Surrey or whatever, the First Sea Lord would simply refer the matter to the Monarch. She would hopefully refuse the order and immediately dissolve Parliament or at least ask someone else to form another government.

Hope this helps.

Trumpeter Lanfried said...

Hello, I've just woken up.

Both George Brown and Harold Wilson were habitually pissed. But when George Brown fell over in the gutter and resigned from the Labour party The Times memorably wrote, "George Brown drunk is a better man than Harold Wilson sober."

Anonymous said...

"This is nonsense, the UK nuclear deterrent is wholly independent and can be fired at who we like when we like."

We also have a large number of "tactical" nuclear weapons that can be slung under helicopters and passing tradesmen. We weren't supposed to know about those but the AWRE went and posted about them on their "aren't we a bunch of clever dicks" website.

Anyway, we can launch Trident but if the US happens to turn off their GPS system at the same time fuck knows where the missiles will land.

Anonymous said...

Ah Churchill was very often drunk. Remember that story of some pompous woman that said to him "You, sir, are drunk" and he replied "But tomorrow I will be sober. You, however, will still be ugly" or some such. Many of us have been drunk in front of a lady, but few of us have been sharp enough to respond with such wit. What a hero he was.

Anonymous said...

"Many of us have been drunk in front of a lady, but few of us have been sharp enough to respond with such wit. What a hero he was."

Yes indeed, though he rather spoiled the effect by shitting his pants just after he'd said it. Still a great man, mind you.

Astro-Turf Lawnmower said...

Anon 9:56am,

"Anyway, we can launch Trident but if the US happens to turn off their GPS system at the same time fuck knows where the missiles will land"

They will land not far off where they we targetted them. In the absence of GPS the missiles will work out where they are according to the position of the stars and head to their targets. They won't be quite as accurate as they might have been, but given their destructive power this will be academic.

As I said, the British nuclear deterrent is wholly independent. Never let anyone forget that basic fact.


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