And another thing…

Size-ist eh? I see. I post that word on Mr Dale’s site and half an hour later it turns up here. It’s not like it’s an everyday sort of word is it? Hmm.

Very fishy.

Incidentally, Nicholas Soames is sometimes cruelly victimised by way of appellation (mountain).

If reference must be made to his shape it should be that he is a ‘person of size’.

Hrm…I must say that’s a bit of a shame. I have no problem with an ordinary suit and the gown, but he could wear a slightly better suit, and a somewhat less disgusting tie…

Alastair – I have to say that your response does have echoes of a comment made to ConHome in reference to Sir Alan Sugar.
Rather revealingly someone said that he (Sir Al) wasn’t the sort of person one invited to dinner!
Such hilarious arrogance.
Btw. Have you read the comments there today about John Bercow?

It’s a shame he isn’t wearing the uniform of the speaker especially when he wants to raise the authority and power of that office. What better way than being the part by looking the part.

It’s on days like this that I’m pleased we sill have the Queen to uphold some of this nations traditions.

Jeans and teeshirt

Why not?

I’ve seen Bercow interviewed a couple of times this evening. He seems extremely pompous, full of his own importance and uncharismatic. He certainly hasn’t endeared himself to anyone from what I can gather. Not that he, or any other MP for that matter, cares two hoots about what we think.

Anyway, since Tom’s very busy at the moment, how did all of you first get interested in blogs? I started out on Guido you know. Oh, I didn’t hide behind the name of a famous dead footballer in those days. I was, well, all sorts of names. But never an anonymong. I drew the line at that. Yes, as Dubya said, when I was young and irrepsonsible I was young and irresponsible. Ah great days, when Mr Stansilav would wipe the floor with the lot of them. What talent. And, just for once, I really mean that.

Now, 18 months later, I have my own fan club (hi Stewart).

It could work for you, you know.

Me: Those were the great old days. And we were like the Roman Empire, Tom.

Tom: Don’t worry about anything, Frankie Five Angels.

I thought Bercow was great when he appeared in Happy Days, as Chachi – cousin to the Fonze:

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Watched Bercow being interviewed by ITV. He came over as a nasty piece of work, totaly full of himself, and I cannot see him doing what is needed, its just more of the same I think. I hope i am proved wrong but I do not think I will be. time will tell.

Mildly off topic, hope you don’t mind, Tom, seems important, even though it will put your boss out of a job.

Imprison MPs who lie

I can’t remember how I first got into blogs, but it was maybe our host who taught me that blogging could be fun as well as contentious and confrontational.

Not that ‘fun’ will solve all our problems, but it helps prevent one going bonkers.

So, did he have help getting into the high chair and will he have a stool to rest his feet on?

It is a shame he chose not to wear the regalia, but sadder still I fear will be his actions in office. Hopefully I’ll be proved wrong.

Tom,

The drab robe Bercow has chosen is called a Geneva Gown – just for future reference.

And his reason for choosing it, I suspect, reflects his drab, self-serving nature rather than a passion for reform.

Modernise Parliament, certainly; heaven knows it is needed. But the Speaker reflects the continuum of history that makes Westiminster – as you say – the Mother of Parliaments, and like it of not, Bercow should accept that part of his job is to reflect that history in his “uniform”, rather than portray himself as some form of shabby functionary.

He takes another slice of the Great out of Britian.

I don’t think I’m size-ist.

But I admit to profound mind-ism.

I regard the size of a mind as more important than damn near everything else…except total evil, of course!

Philosophically, there’s probably little difference.

It’s prejudice either way.

Baby steps?