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Jimbob - Got a Favourite Band? Tell Us All About It at A2464355 Posted Oct 30, 2003
Ho Ho. I went home last night and watched this farce with an evil grin. That grin was even wider when they started to try and annoint Michael Howard. When Widdy said there was "something of the night" about him, isn't it funny how nobody said "oh, that's unfair... he's a nice bloke really". The response was, really, like "yeah, now you come to mention it... brrr."
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Flanker Posted Oct 30, 2003
Sorry if I offend anyone but if Howard does get elected I think its another nail in the coffin of the Tory Party.
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Demon Drawer Posted Oct 30, 2003
Having a great time watchin the news last night I was too. Me I'm expecting Ken Clarke to throw his pipe into the ring.
Come on Gandalf.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Oct 30, 2003
Sorry, everything I've seen recently leads me to believe that you at grassroots are going to be *totally* cut out of this one. The Parliamentary Party didn't like your last choice and they are not going to let you lot of oiks muck up their party again.
There'll be some horse trading, sure, but unless a maverick like Boris Johnson stands, you're only going to get the one choice...
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Oct 30, 2003
Kenny knows the blue rinse mob won't have him. He's too busy poisoning Vietnamese children with carcinogens to actually run, anyway.
Though I'd pay good money to have a picture of Kerr's face faced with a choice of Howard or Clarke on the ballot paper.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 30, 2003
I'd throw the paper in the bin, I wouldn't want to think I'd helped either of them to the top, frankly.
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Flanker Posted Oct 30, 2003
Agree totally with Blues Shark in fact I'd go further and say that this has got the potential to break the backbone of the Tories by foisting a leader, whom the MPs want, onto the grassroot supporters (whoever they may be) that they don't really want.
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Whisky Posted Oct 30, 2003
Talk about ... I misread your last post and thought you were saying you'd pay good money to see Kerr lining up against Howard and Clarke on a ballot paper....
Kerr Avon for leader of the Conservative Party anyone 
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 30, 2003
You'd have to ditch one of 'em- only two contestants allowed.
And why exactly is that cause for shudder, hmm Whisky?
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 30, 2003
Boris Johnson is more amusing than I am. He'd also be better for winning the blue rinse brigade over with his "slightly bumbling charming polite young man" act.
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Mu Beta Posted Oct 30, 2003
Unfortunately he has all the Despatch Box political ability of a small satsuma.
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Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Oct 30, 2003
He'd play a bloody sight better with the electorate than any of the (alleged) 'serious' contenders, as well...
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Mark the Strange Posted Oct 30, 2003
Mind you Boris does employ the awfull Taki as a writer on the Spectator, so he isn't all sweetness and light.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 30, 2003
Which, let's face it, is who you need to win over. IDS won the respect of the entire house with his trashings of Blair during question time, and a fat lot of good it did him.
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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Oct 30, 2003
He barely has time for his back-bench responsibilities what with all the newspaper work. Can't see him giving all that up somehow.
I can't stand him either
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Jimbob - Got a Favourite Band? Tell Us All About It at A2464355 Posted Oct 30, 2003
Boris is on the front page of the Torygraph today, very carefully avoiding saying anything about anybody. He does, however, reveal that he voted AGAINST IDS.
In touch with the grass roots? 
to anyone not an MP, more like. Is this the moment when the Tory party finally snaps in two between the Parliamentary party and their constituencies?
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Mark the Strange Posted Oct 30, 2003
Kerr, you must watch a different set of PMQ's than I do.
Surely its IDS 's poor ( ish )performances on those occasions that started the plotting.
He never has been that good an orator or a good performer in the house generally.
Any PMQ's are just a bit of theatre to amuse the masses.
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Oct 30, 2003
Is he?
*off to reception to nick their copy and have a giggle*
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- 101: Jimbob - Got a Favourite Band? Tell Us All About It at A2464355 (Oct 30, 2003)
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- 104: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Oct 30, 2003)
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- 106: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Oct 30, 2003)
- 107: Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences (Oct 30, 2003)
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- 114: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Oct 30, 2003)
- 115: Mark the Strange (Oct 30, 2003)
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- 117: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Oct 30, 2003)
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