Sir Michael White Concedes to Guido
Many will remember fondly Guido's spit roasting by Paxman and Sir Michael White last year. Guido remembers that they both took particular umbrage at Guido's news priorities. At the time the top story on the blog was a video of Gordon picking his nose. Paxman went into his faux outraged Grande Dame routine at this prioritising of political tittle tattle. Today in his column Sir Michael concedes that perhaps Guido knew better what the public want. He has obviously been studying the YouTube charts:
"YouTube's clip of chancellor Brown picking his nose is twice as popular as his PM's debut last June."So you can teach an old dog new tricks...Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at Downing Street
Views: 118,600 on the Downing Street YouTube channel
Prime Minister Gordon Brown picks his nose on budget day
Views: 233,649 on the Guido Fawkes' YouTube channel
29 comments:
You smug git :-)
Dear Guido. Sir Mick and Jeremy, both being meja men, know the use of a hook to engage punters. Your hook of a Brown Study beats a daily page 3 outasite. I'm reading your blog daily because you follow through on stories the MSM dump for whatever reason. Please keep it up.
When do we get video of Michael White picking his nose?
A Scotsman told me about 15 years ago that SNP was short for Scottish Nose Pickers. Spooky or what?
Wonder what the forthcoming exit of a heavily sedated Gordon from No. 10, bound in a straightjacket and mounted on a Lecter-style sack trolley will score, then? I'd buy a blu-ray player just for that one.
Wonder if Sir Michael (note the toff title) thinks so highly of Bean now?
Glad I don't work in No 10 - don't think I could stand the rages and rants.
They are so jealous!...turns out ted Kennedy has a brain tumor well bush can`t get one.
Yeah but read the comments!
Grauniad readers are not happy with the whole lying shower - or Sir Michael.
Thus Dame Michael: The fax [...]speeding up the political pace by the late 80s.
The late 80s? He really is a sweet old thing, isn't he? I was using a fax (admittedly analogue but it worked a treat) in the early 70s, on a tiny (but Fleet Street) paper. Obviously we were ahead of the Guardian but then... (you can fill in the rest yourself). It was a MuFax, made by Muirhead of Scotland.
233,649 up nearly 20 to 233,768 in just two hours; nice plug Guido
I think the nose picking was a diversionary tactic. While we wewre arguing with Paxo et al about its relevance, Gordie was burying bad news - under his bogies.
which of the commentariat are you going to fry this week? the janet daley attack was spot-on.
Ephraim Hardcastle was good today Paxo turned up at the BBC Studios on Sat night for the freebie seats on "I'll do Anything "the show looking for a Nancy the show Joe Public cannot get near
Speculation he was trying to buttonhole Lloyd Webber to make a show where they audition for a new head of BBC News has been ruled out Hope he didn't have gusset problems sitting in those peasant seats
Why was that sanctimonious irritating little man Michael White knighted. He is soooooooooooooooo up himself.
http://www.gordonout.blogspot.com/
I happened to have seen the aforesaid Newsnight Footage when it was aired, and at the time had no idea who either of you were.
The following became apparent quickly: Michael White came across as a cornered animal, desperate and gagging for some sort of leverage. He was being opportunistic and hypocritical, and his interrupting tactics did nothing to warrand any sort of esteem. On the other hand, the fellow on the projector seemed to know exactly what he was on about and not bothered in the slightest about cheap veteran-trickery.
I don't tend to heap praise on even my closest friends, but on that occasion, I tip my hat good sir.
Subsequent to this airing, I read Guido almost weekly, and have only ever bought the guardian to line my puppies' litter tray.
And that, as they, say is that.
mr white is a fucking spastic of the first order.
they will make any cunt a sir these days.
Guido knighted him for services to pomposity
well the pompous arse certainly qualifies on that basis.
Paxo's as vain as a cock - his roots were showing last night and he kept his chin up in case the viewers saw.
A Clerihew
Michael White
Is not a knight:
It's simply his pomposity
Which elevates this monstrosity.
[WV - aiavxnf = I have eggs enough? Is this some smug pro-abortion comment?]
Only twice as popular as "Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives at Downing Street"? They must have forced every civil servant in Whitehall to watch the official one to boost the viewing figures that high.
I think you're too hard on yourself over that newsnight item. White and Paxman came across as t*ssers in my opinion.
Is Micky White into dogging, then?
Maybe I didn't quite understand the reference to old dogs...
Mr Fawkes:
As a fair-minded soul who always likes to see the best side of his fellow man, I am rather confused and worried by this picture of Sir Michael White.
(1) Has he fallen into the trap (that so many gentlemen who have lost their hair have done) of believing that a photo cropped to hide their shiny dome is somehow flattering?
(2) Is he aware that, outside HM Forces or Constabulary, a 'tache like that is generally considered to be the trademark of a player of the pink piccolo?
(3) By taking on this deeply serious and admonishing countenance, does he believe that people will view him as some sort of intellectual commentator?
For what it's worth, I've always considered him an arse-licking, supercilious leftie cunt whose entire career has been funded by the income from non-jobs that the Guardian advertises on a Thursday.
And which will soon be a thing of the past.
Yet more evidence of the Broon one's terminal dishonesty. When asked on Stoke Radio what he thought of the toff campaign he said (according to the DT) "These are just elements in every by-election. You know when I was fighting my own constituency campaign before, I had someone in a kilt playing a bagpipe following me everywhere because they wanted to emphasise the fact that I was Scottish". So being Scottish in Scotland is a bad thing is it? What a mad and bad tosser this loser is. And how could the DT just print this stuff without noticing it made absolutely no sense.
118K watched Gordo arrive. I didn't realise there were that many sad bastards around. Or is the snot meister himself watching 118K times
I have always felt you have been unfair to Dame Michael. He might be an irritating prick and a New Labour sycophant, but by God he's a damn fine journalist.
'Sir' Fuck wit is a loathesome twat and when the time comes, when the crisis window opens, he and his kind should be handled in the appropriate manner as should all the traitors of the last ten years.
Did Sir Michael ever get his Mont Blanc back, or is the snotmeister still using it as a butt plug? Someone should tell him to pop into his nearest Barclays, you can allways pick up a free biro there.
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