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 Post subject: Shite soundbites
PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:46 pm 
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A thread for contrived and otherwise feeble one-liners used by politicians and talking heads keen to get themselves in the press.

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Speaking about the arrangements with Starbucks, the Conservative MP Richard Bacon said: "It smells – and it doesn't smell of coffee. It smells bad."

A play on words so terrible that he has to explain it afterwards.


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 6:03 pm 
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Whenever I see his name I think of the inept, annoying speed-freak former Blue Peter presenter.

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Well Richard Bacon MP has got two out of the three qualifications covered.

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He's actually been quite good on tax avoidance, to be fair.


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Really, how much has he saved?


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Lord Brett wrote:
Well Richard Bacon MP has got two out of the three qualifications covered.

What? When did he present Blue Peter?

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