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Title: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2009, 01:07:50 PM
Opposite Mandy...

That should spark some  boxing

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Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2009, 01:08:45 PM
Here you go... (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7837116.stm)
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Nick on January 19, 2009, 01:08:58 PM
Yes, but Mandy is not in the same Chamber, so Clarkey can' trap him into lying to Parliament  Banghead Banghead
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2009, 01:10:32 PM
Yes, but Mandy is not in the same Chamber, so Clarkey can' trap him into lying to Parliament  Banghead Banghead
No, but I think a bit of aggressive attacking of the Labour shite should now be in order... go get em Ken!  razz:
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Snoopy on January 19, 2009, 01:27:01 PM
You know ~ I could have sworn we covered this when the news broke over the weekend but I'm damned if I can find where. Must be another CRAFT moment.

One thing is for sure ~ Our cigar smoking, suede shoe wearing, jazz loving Ken will not let the slimy little toad get away with anything. Ken can out-bully John Humphries when the mood is on him.

Speaking of which did anyone else hear Darling being skewered by Humphries this morning? And I always thought that JH was on Labour's side.
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2009, 01:47:43 PM


Speaking of which did anyone else hear Darling being skewered by Humphries this morning? And I always thought that JH was on Labour's side.

I missed that!  evil:
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Snoopy on January 19, 2009, 02:00:42 PM
Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00gqgv2
You need to skip forward to 2hrs 10 mins into the programme
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Nick on January 19, 2009, 02:05:06 PM
I don't think foreigners are allowed to do that  point:
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2009, 02:06:14 PM
I don't think foreigners are allowed to do that  point:
No... I can't watch iPlayer without running Onspeed... and that is shite.  noooo:
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Snoopy on January 19, 2009, 02:16:02 PM
You don't need to watch iplayer ~ just listen.  Banghead
It is about 12 minutes of pure babble. I reckon that when Darling got off the line Mandy would have been round to the Treasury to staple the bastard's tongue to the desk.

Honest ~ it's worth the effort.
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Nick on January 19, 2009, 02:22:43 PM
I still don't think foreigners are allowed to  noooo:
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2009, 02:55:58 PM
You don't need to watch iplayer ~ just listen.  Banghead
It is about 12 minutes of pure babble. I reckon that when Darling got off the line Mandy would have been round to the Treasury to staple the bastard's tongue to the desk.

Honest ~ it's worth the effort.
I'll have a go then... have to download realplayer first...  ::)
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Snoopy on January 19, 2009, 03:06:26 PM
And on the subject of "Today" ~ NICK! Did you catch that prat drivelling on about how essays are an outmoded form of examining a child's knowledge of a subject and how modern multiple choice/answer tick boxes give a better idea of the child's depth of knowledge?

His logic?  "Children write a lot of nonsense and that is stressful to the examiners so it cheaper and easier to use tick boxes that can be marked by computer.
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2009, 04:25:45 PM
Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b00gqgv2
You need to skip forward to 2hrs 10 mins into the programme
Listening to it now!  cloud9:
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Grumpmeister on January 19, 2009, 04:30:12 PM
His logic?  "Children write a lot of nonsense and that is stressful to the examiners so it cheaper and easier to use tick boxes that can be marked by computer.

Grades by Microsoft? The next generation is doomed  pcwhack:
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Snoopy on January 19, 2009, 04:35:12 PM
Darling goes on "Today" to tell the nation that all will be well and that he has topped our share of RBS up from 49% to 70%. Within four hours RBS shares (the ones that Darling has bought with our money) have lost 68.3% of their value. Another brilliant scheme by our glorious leaders.  Banghead http://uk.reuters.com/article/marketsNewsUS/idUKLJ3973120090119
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Grumpmeister on January 19, 2009, 04:42:24 PM
Of course the share value was going to drop. With a 70% stake in the bank the remaining shareholders are frantically trying to offload theirs as they can see the shadow of nationalisation getting closer.
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: The Moan Ranger on January 19, 2009, 07:42:46 PM
Also,Bruin kept referring to "ANB" Amro this morning during the press conference at No.10. Hardly re-assuring, is it!
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Snoopy on January 19, 2009, 07:43:42 PM
The man is a liability. Shoot him.
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Grumpmeister on January 19, 2009, 07:45:49 PM
I did notice that in the bit I saw, it seemed to be more along the lines of blaming the current situation on every other country and not himself though.

Can't shoot him Snoop. Now his is committed to Trident the MOD can't afford to waste any bullets.I'll lay odds that any firearms that the police recover from now on are going to end up in military armouries by the end of the year.
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Barman on January 19, 2009, 08:40:37 PM
What a complete wanker... (https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.freesmileys.org%2Fsmileys%2Fsmiley-taunt001.gif&hash=cd0d1ec1f8aa65aa15d7138c125564b3fd84232f) (http://www.freesmileys.org)
Title: Re: Ken Clarke is back!
Post by: Nick on January 19, 2009, 10:00:35 PM
And on the subject of "Today" ~ NICK! Did you catch that prat drivelling on about how essays are an outmoded form of examining a child's knowledge of a subject and how modern multiple choice/answer tick boxes give a better idea of the child's depth of knowledge?

His logic?  "Children write a lot of nonsense and that is stressful to the examiners so it cheaper and easier to use tick boxes that can be marked by computer.

He should be strangled. Slowly