Speccie Party: No Canapes, Plenty of Sardines
It was not quite politics babylon on St James - Diane Abbott cosying up to Jonathan Aitken, Andrew Neil cosying up to a bevy of dusky maidens (really), Matthew d'Ancona cosying up to no one in particular. Guido dropped in on the Speccie party. They had heavies in the undergrowth, yet still Guido squeezed in.
Dave apparently did his usual 15 minutes of smiling, showing his face to friends thing, before heading back to Notting Hill (Guido arrived late, so that is second hand, possibly even completely untrue). Coulson was chatting cheerfully to some totty. The co-conspirator's sweetheart - little Jenny of the Bank of England - was inquiring as to her permanent successor on the Daily Politics - still no news. Melanie Philips actually looked jolly, Simon Hoggart looked lost, Katy Taylor-Richards was wearing a short skirt.
It was as packed as the proverbial tin of sardines. Guido experimented with the cocktail of the night - sponsored by the Ardbeg whisky firm - it was a very strong sort of a whisky sour with Grand Marnier. Guido thinks he will be snoring on the sofa through Diane and Brillo tonight...
Dave apparently did his usual 15 minutes of smiling, showing his face to friends thing, before heading back to Notting Hill (Guido arrived late, so that is second hand, possibly even completely untrue). Coulson was chatting cheerfully to some totty. The co-conspirator's sweetheart - little Jenny of the Bank of England - was inquiring as to her permanent successor on the Daily Politics - still no news. Melanie Philips actually looked jolly, Simon Hoggart looked lost, Katy Taylor-Richards was wearing a short skirt.
It was as packed as the proverbial tin of sardines. Guido experimented with the cocktail of the night - sponsored by the Ardbeg whisky firm - it was a very strong sort of a whisky sour with Grand Marnier. Guido thinks he will be snoring on the sofa through Diane and Brillo tonight...
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No photos?
I miss your totty watch pieces.
Really? A co-conspirator? Sweetheart of the fragrant Jennifer? Oh how swoon-some...
Guido is a freeloader at heart. Despite the vitriol he throws at MPs, he would probably feel quite at home among them in the House of Commons.
Guido: "Andrew Neil cosying up to a bevy of dusky maidens (really)..."
Ah, the Speccie Party, that explains why dear old Brillo is wearing a jacket and tie on This Week tonight.
Pray tell, who was Michael "I'm not a politician, I'm a broadcaster, like you" (to Emily Maitlis) Portillo prancing around with then?
Iain Dale's blog is running an open thread at the moment, so I've suggested that he's replaced with someone who will stir things up like "Guido" does, instead of just blindly following the establishment line.
Don't 'spose he'll publish it though!!
Was Mrs Dale outside, pleading to be allowed in?
Katy Taylor-Richards.
Would I? Yes I would have bid for lunch with her. Guido could however have fucked off! (after buying the drinks).
In the Times today:
National Audit Office rejects Treasury accounts
Fuck me they can’t even get away with fiddling the books any more.
I am reminded of the Doors song:
‘This is the end . . .’
andrew and those maidens , ime not jealous of course .
seems as though labours last ditch smear revelation on boris aid ray mallon , has not helped them in local by election results , still some to come in , 1 ind , 1 lib and 1 con labour in 3rd or worse only polled 5% in one . BNP are cheering .
question time review , i didnt see all of it but it was nice to see some good scottish people , unlike the highway robbery that is gordon brown and darling duo . nichola sturgeon was on form , but it was interesting to note that not all scots want independence , and it was nice to see opinons of folk who like the union . labour fielded ian macascill (weather man) look e likey his ecnomic response was woefull , you could hear the audience mummble smug liar. Andrew lansley turned out to have more interests in subjects than previously and wasnt put off by ecnomic questions .baroness lib dem (who has done a lot of work with the iraqi marsh arabs) wasnt an attack monkey for the lib dems , and peep show star at least was not making a dress statement (the RDS found last week a bit weird )
the pork troughers club had a tough time in inetrview on r4, but one lab mp was disgusted citing that for the salary there would be plenty of people wanting to take their place , although i did ponder how good parliment would be if some of the pros were absent. however situation is not just bad in parliment 18 weeks off , best pension scheme , fully subsidised living .
one said that basic 62k when you took tax and nat ins off was about 48k , so being as everything else is paid for near a grand a week to blow as you please without any further worries ,esp being as we are now in so much ecnomic do do , i mean just what have we been paying for all these years , note to gordon "must repair the roof when it sunshine"
i am also hearing that VED increase is a con , high oil prices mean petrol revenues are down , so hes making the short fall up . so i guess he will freeze duty but this will not help road haulage .
tommorow , freddie forsyths new thriller "to catch a pig"
Andrew Neil seems to have a thing about dusky maidens.Private Eye regularly publishes a photo of him(clad in manky old vest and a baseball cap)cuddling up to one.
Bob,
Specially for you, "The Doors" remixed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-O7z_jOy1w
Cheers Anticitizen,
Perhaps a little modern for my taste.
Sometimes (fuck off) I'm a bit slow so if this is old news I do apologise.
In the thread on Balls running down some hapless pedestrian there's the following comment:
Heidi said...
Ed Balls is a dickweed, there's no denying it. But I know a thing or two about ministerial cars, and believe me, a Prius is no "limo".
It jumped out at me having 'known' a Heidi (bitch) but what struck me and no one followed up on it was "I know a thing or two about ministerial cars".
Heidi, please come back and tell us more about your intimate knowledge of ministerial cars, that or your prices and contact number!
should have come to Zac Goldsmiths party.. fair amount of booze there...
http://torybear.blogspot.com/2008/07/cheers-zac.html
Anyone who wastes malt whisky in a cocktail needs shooting.
O/T. I was idling conversing with a chap today, his views about pigs troughing it at Westminster and Brussels would have gone down very well here in Guidoland though his comments about them all ( liblabcon ) being as bad as each other had to be tempered somewhat because his children were with him. This man is a self-declared Communist and has been since his youth.
Britain’s spending watchdog is refusing to approve the Treasury’s accounts,
the times
hahah they got the hat trick the party the country and now the treasury WTF ??
mitch 5.36
It's the accounts at Bradford & Bingley that is more trouble. The Yanks have seen the books and run a mile and 4 UK 'institutions' have come riding to the rescue (backed by who, i wonder?).
Now hands up who thinks the Bradford & Bingley is the next bank to be so busy that it'll be on every news broadcast?
'Another £100bn please Mr Darling or we'll pull the plug'.
Tory Bear said...
should have come to Zac Goldsmiths party.. fair amount of booze there...
http://torybear.blogspot.com/2008/07/cheers-zac.html
July 4, 2008 2:52 AM
Why did Zac `I own the Torys and I'm a fucking useless twat` Goldsmith have his fingers up Daves arse again `gottle of geer`.
Money can't by you love but it can buy you a lot of influence including political parties!
Perhaps it livened up after your curfew dragged you from the malt.
The La-La land of Scottish MSM labour-luvvies is nicely illustrated in today's Scotsman.
"Downing Street, is, apparently, an upbeat place to work, with a crack squad of advisers who can rip through the credit crunch, world oil price spikes and various international skirmishes in short meetings with West Wing-style efficiency, albeit in far more modest surroundings"
http://tinyurl.com/5juw48
Don't beome an insider Guido!!
Also, I think you have spelled Dyane Abutt's name incorrectly.
I don't fancy your chances...
The Conservative MP's who voted to keep their noses in the trough!
The Conservative MP's who David Cameron MUST insist are deselected.
David Amess (Southend West),
James Arbuthnot (Hampshire North East),
Henry Bellingham (Norfolk North West),
Brian Binley (Northampton South),
Sir John Butterfill (Bournemouth West),
Christopher Chope (Christchurch),
John Greenway (Ryedale),
Gerald Howarth (Aldershot),
Bernard Jenkin (Essex North),
Julie Kirkbride (Bromsgrove),
Eleanor Laing (Epping Forest),
Anne McIntosh (Vale of York),
Andrew Mackay (Bracknell),
Andrew Rosindell (Romford),
Hugo Swire (Devon East),
Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth & Horncastle),
Angela Watkinson (Upminster),
Ann Widdecombe (Maidstone & The Weald),
David Wilshire (Spelthorne),
Lady Ann Winterton (Congleton),
Sir Nicholas Winterton (Macclesfield)
Gosh!
It's strange that someone who publicly anialates public characters should be able to get into these type of parties & able to take home a doggy bag fall of dirt to dish!
Sneaky devil you!
Any chance of a piccy of Katie in the short skirt?
Possibly holding a stick of celery??
I see that Gordon McBraveheart, author on a book - nae, two books - on courage - dodged the vote on MPs freebies when it became clear that "his" side would lose.
Is there a pattern emerging here?
Strapworld, thank you for that list of troughing Tories. I was pleased to see that my local MP wasn't on it & shall write him an appropriate letter/email. However, 2 Tories MPs in the surrounding areas were on it so shall try & get some publicity for them through a letter to the local paper - pigs in the breeze (of publicity). Reading the Scotsman 'No 10 is an upbeat place to work', I noticed that someone commenting on it had helpfully added a list of Scottish MPs who voted to stay in the trough & subsequent comments added additional ones missed from the original list. Where would we be without the Internet? Does anyone know did those arch troughers Millipedes, Balls, Harman etc vote against troughing or just abstain like the Dear Leader?
That cocktail is a waste of Ardbeg and Grand Marnier.
Whilst Guido was drinking someone else's booze there was a storm brewing for BoJo & a Coonservative, but no mention on these pages. Asleep at the wheel Guido, or just pissed?
Certainly a waste of Grand Marnier. A cheaper way to get the taste of Ardbeg is to clean your BBQ with TCP and drink the result.
Any chance of a piccy of Katie in the short skirt?
Possibly holding a stick of celery??
what is this, 'allo 'allo?
did she have the egg whisk andthe flying helmet? Did she say things only once?
Ahh, you've seen little Jenny. Come back to the Daily P., all is forgiven! We need the brains and the looks to help us study Brown's 'bent' books that can't be signed off.
"I am reminded of the Doors song:
‘This is the end . . .’"
Brilliant for the background music but can we also have the explosions reflected in the river as the airstrike napalms the buggers.
Re: This Week.
They had an interesting doctor on who questioned the governments stance that knife crime has not gone up. In his experience a substantial amount of the victims simply do not report the crime, some of them obviously being gang members.
The Abbott agreed with him.
There is no excuse for journos to let Nulab get away with this lie in future.
jus'askin said...
but can we also have the explosions reflected in the river as the airstrike napalms the buggers.
July 4, 2008 10:24 AM
I point out that we paid for the buildings.
Rope, Lampost.
Keep it simple, make 'em dance.
(besides which it's traditional)
See katy-taylor richards has taken up with seat-seeking George Eustice. They are now permanent item which is nice, if sad for Guido.
Still, at least KTR can't be the world's worst Lobby hackette while Rosa Prince is still on the Telegraph!
Rosa Prince is not a lobby hackette as much as a pisspoor diary columnist.
Don't think george useless is having much luck seat hunting.
Back to the strawberry farm soon for the ex press officer.
God, I'm still in mourning at the passing of Jennie from the Daily Politics.... Mind you, Anita, her temporary / permanent? replacement at the DP did read out my very grumpy email in full on Monday's show about Darzi's crap NHS report....
Jennie always used to edit them.... But I still forgive her.
Anon 10:44
"I point out that we paid for the buildings."
Tacky bit of Victorian repro-Gothic.
Anyway I want to see a naked blackened Blears running across Westminster Bridge with her skin hanging off.
It's traditional.
Just spotted tag "freedom to party".
Does this extend to the freedom to drive while shitfaced?
The only time I ever went to the Spectator garden party I got shitfaced on gin, tried to set fire to Simon Hoggart and had a nice chat with Enoch Powell. They never invited me back. Happy days.
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Katy Taylor-Richards is not a lobby journalist, or political correspondent, even if she likes to call herself one - she is still a humble (though not so humble in her case!) graduate trainee at the Express.
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