Comments on Guy Fawkes' blog of parliamentary plots, rumours and conspiracy: The Difference Between Hughes and Oaten

no, just baa-sexuality.

2006-01-27T21:35:00.000Z

no, just baa-sexuality.

So when it is averred that the Welsh have a predel...

2006-01-27T12:40:00.000Z

So when it is averred that the Welsh have a predeliction for sheep there is an implied suggestion of promiscuity?

Recess, you must be the funniest guy in the world!...

2006-01-27T12:39:00.000Z

Recess, you must be the funniest guy in the world!!

No. It's poof, like the plural of sheep is sheep.

2006-01-27T12:33:00.000Z

No. It's poof, like the plural of sheep is sheep.

Isn't the plural of "poof", "pooves"?

2006-01-27T12:21:00.000Z

Isn't the plural of "poof", "pooves"?

Gossipmongers are renowned for total accuracy of c...

2006-01-27T11:50:00.000Z

Gossipmongers are renowned for total accuracy of course! I'm sure variants of this story are still spreading around, girls/boys/horses/tories etc..

Ming for King!!

Am I missing something? Last week's Popbitch said ...

2006-01-27T11:43:00.000Z

Am I missing something? Last week's Popbitch said an unnamed Liberal leadership contender paid GIRLS to shit in their knickers, not boys - so why the link to Oaten-so-simple?

Does everyone understand now why Charlie K had a d...

2006-01-27T10:23:00.000Z

Does everyone understand now why Charlie K had a drink problem?!

The audience were lapping up SH on QT last night. ...

2006-01-27T09:42:00.000Z

The audience were lapping up SH on QT last night. I think the Libs are just about kooky enough to dig this kind of humiliation.

SH seems to think it might be some kind of virtue (from BBC):

--The leadership contender said on Thursday the way he had handled media pressure after admitting gay relationships was a mark of his courage.

--He said it showed "he was not afraid of dealing with things" - a quality "which might be a leadership criterion".

He is also prepared to continue the tradition of irresponsibility without power (masquerading as principle):

--He will say: "Everyone knows that under my leadership there would be no question of entering a coalition for the sake of a ministerial position.

Now we've learnt quite a bit about the Liberals over the past few weeks but the question remains: are they masochistic enough to vote for Simon Hughes?

Ok now that the truth is out, along with Simon him...

2006-01-27T00:49:00.000Z

Ok now that the truth is out, along with Simon himself, perhaps I may be allowed to explain this time please Guido.

Simon as an evangelical Christian believes in a faith that holds his sexuality to be an abomination before God. therefore it is not surprising that he has been in denial since he has to deny his own feelings to himself in order to reconcile his sexuality with his faith.

Are we sure Simon isn't just pretending to be gay ...

2006-01-26T23:13:00.000Z

Are we sure Simon isn't just pretending to be gay to attract interest and look a bit more glam? After all, his 'Early-Christian-in-sandals' image wasn't winning the popular vote, was it.

Ah, he could be bisexual - hmmm. I'm reminded of the New York G&L response to the term:- 'Either you're gay, or you're straight, or you're lying!' Very unfair of course, I'm sure some people are genuinely bisexual, or at least genuinely undecided if they might not be just a bit bi. And one can quite understand the pressures that lead a seemingly mature person at the crossroads of life to commit just one utterly insane, experimental, compulsive act such as, er, voting LibDem.
Yrs aye,
Wm.

I'm quite impressed that Hughes has gone on QT ton...

2006-01-26T22:49:00.000Z

I'm quite impressed that Hughes has gone on QT tonight...
I wonder if he won't suffer vote-wise amongst the sandal-wearing masses? Particularly as Hughes' behaviour is bland in comparison to Oaten's.

Poor old Mike Smithson's head (and bets) will be spinning!

"Five'll get you ten they're regretting setting th...

2006-01-26T21:15:00.000Z

"Five'll get you ten they're regretting setting the dogs on Kennedy now."

That was Campbell's doing, not their's. The fact that they still both put themselves forward as leader could demonstrate ambition trumping stupidity, but could also suggest there is deep unease about a Campbell leadership.

It's hard to think of a more damaging allegation a...

2006-01-26T20:47:00.000Z

It's hard to think of a more damaging allegation against Mark Oaten than attending the Eurovision Song Contest.

From Popbitch today:"I was at the Eurovision Song ...

2006-01-26T20:00:00.000Z

From Popbitch today:

"I was at the Eurovision Song Contest in
Birmingham, 1998. I was sat amongst loads
of MPs, and next to me was the Liberal Democrat
MP for Winchester, Mark Oaten, and his wife.
They seemed a nice enough couple: he was a
bit dithery, she was a bit stern.

"When Israeli transexual Dana International
walks onto stage Oaten nudged me in the arm
and said, "Phwoar! She's a bit of alright!"

"Erm mate", I muttered quietly so that his
missus couldn't hear, "She used to be a bloke!"
The MP looked shocked for about half a second,
then leant over and whispered "Yeah, but
she's still alright though, isn't she!"

Ah - Brighton, that hotbed of the anti-gay communi...

2006-01-26T18:33:00.000Z

Ah - Brighton, that hotbed of the anti-gay community.

Just who is anony-mouse? You have the opinions but...

2006-01-26T17:19:00.000Z

Just who is anony-mouse? You have the opinions but not the guts! Not New Lieboor perchance!

TheoNot just North Norfolk - Tory gay candidates i...

2006-01-26T17:07:00.000Z

Theo
Not just North Norfolk - Tory gay candidates in Brighton and Cornwall 'underperformed' electorally.
Personally I'm glad Libs have got their come uppence.
Althou I still havent foregiven them for pandering to racists to beat the Black Tory candidate - John Taylor in Cheltenham. Okay the Tories were trying to 'foist' a black candidate on the twon but the Liberals played their usual low game their motto seems to be the ends justifies the means

Overwheening ambition brings down the Tatchell tro...

2006-01-26T17:05:00.000Z

Overwheening ambition brings down the Tatchell trouncer and the man who wanted to be a more anti-civil liberties home secretary than Bunko Blunkett.

Five'll get you ten they're regretting setting the dogs on Kennedy now.

What was that about a week and politics?

GUIDO - TIME TO LAUNCH A DRAFT CHARLIE KENNEDY CAM...

2006-01-26T17:04:00.000Z

GUIDO - TIME TO LAUNCH A DRAFT CHARLIE KENNEDY CAMPAIGN!

It's axiomatic they screwed each other - they just...

2006-01-26T16:55:00.000Z

It's axiomatic they screwed each other - they just screwed the entire Liberal Party!

The real question is whether Hughes and Oaten ever...

2006-01-26T16:49:00.000Z

The real question is whether Hughes and Oaten ever....

The distinction is that gay might mean wholly man-...

2006-01-26T16:43:00.000Z

The distinction is that gay might mean wholly man-fucking, where Simon likes a bit of both.

Somehow the Oaten/Hughes debacle shows that being bi is worse than straight/gay - people think you are getting greedy

http://www.geocities.com/byelections83/brecon85/li...

2006-01-26T16:41:00.000Z

http://www.geocities.com/byelections83/brecon85/libbre852b.jpg

Please shut the fuck up.

Once again, I feel a medical opinion may be necess...

2006-01-26T16:24:00.000Z

Once again, I feel a medical opinion may be necessary. But first I am advised by medical collegues to take a secular opinion from a man of the world, a man who knows about politics. First stop, Guido.

What exactly is the differernce between "I admit that I have had some gay relationships" and "I am gay."

Hughes seems to take a distinction here.

Personally, I don't care if he shags goldfish but it just seems that he is yet another graduate of the same school that that nice Mr Portillo attended, viz: I used to be gay but I have...er...been cured.

Does Guido think that Simon is hoping for a cure? If so can I help?

Dr C