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Title: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Nick on January 30, 2009, 11:01:52 AM

1. 0947 Gordon Brown looked angry when it turned out some dope had forgotten to turn off his mobile phone during his G20 talk - until the red-faced British PM found out it was his handset ringing. And it went off twice.

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2. The BBC's Tim Weber at Davos tweets: ITN journo challenges & heckles Brown... WEF spokesman intervenes: this is a press conference not an argument

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Bar Wench on January 30, 2009, 11:33:31 AM

http://twitter.com/tim_weber

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The problems arise of globalisation, but that does not mean we should end globalisation. We need to manage globalisation well

Ummm how about managing it at all! In fact can one end globalisation?

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Nick on January 30, 2009, 11:36:59 AM

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We need to manage globalisation well

And that cuts out Gordo anyway

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Barman on January 30, 2009, 11:53:42 AM

Wasn't there a rumour that he pissed himself at a press conference on Monday?  lol: lol: lol:

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Bar Wench on January 30, 2009, 11:55:19 AM

If it wasn't on twitter it didn't happen!

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Nick on January 30, 2009, 11:56:39 AM

Quote from: Barman on January 30, 2009, 11:53:42 AM

Wasn't there a rumour that he pissed himself at a press conference on Monday?  lol: lol: lol:

That rumour has a considerable presence in the blogosphere. It may even be true

Note Guido's headline  lol:

http://www.order-order.com/2009/01/its-for-you.html (http://www.order-order.com/2009/01/its-for-you.html)

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Bar Wench on January 30, 2009, 12:35:57 PM

Blogland is more or less convinced he is on the verge of a major breakdown. Fingers crossed!

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Snoopy on January 30, 2009, 01:47:15 PM

Quote from: Bar Wench on January 30, 2009, 12:35:57 PM

Blogland is more or less convinced he is on the verge of a major breakdown. Fingers crossed!

Students of political history will be aware that Harold Wilson carried on for some time AFTER it became obvious that he had dementia.

Going further back in history this country has a record of being ruled by loonies and madmen for centuries.

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Nick on January 30, 2009, 01:54:57 PM

King Lear is a lesson to us all  noooo:

IN fact Shakespeare got a lot of mileage out of bonkers leaders, now I come to think of it  rubschin:

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Bar Wench on January 30, 2009, 01:57:19 PM

So does being a leader turn you bonkers or do you have to be bonkers to become a leader?  rubschin:

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Nick on January 30, 2009, 01:59:10 PM

Both

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: The Moan Ranger on January 30, 2009, 03:08:31 PM

The call originated in America........ lol:

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Bar Wench on January 30, 2009, 03:14:23 PM

 ::)

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Barman on January 30, 2009, 03:27:17 PM

Quote from: The Moan Ranger on January 30, 2009, 03:08:31 PM

The call originated in America........ lol:

lol: lol: lol:

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Snoopy on January 30, 2009, 04:55:03 PM

Quote from: The Moan Ranger on January 30, 2009, 03:08:31 PM

The call originated in America........ lol:

Five gets you ten the b@st@rd asked these people for an "alarm call" so that he could say "Sorry but it was the White House"
http://www.whitehousemotel.com/

Title: Re: Gordo having a hard time at Davos
Post by: Bar Wench on January 30, 2009, 04:55:31 PM

 lol: