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Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:05 pm

Anna Soubry is speaking about Fox on Newsnight.

She wants to be in the government, doesn't she?

Abernathy · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:09 pm

She is a law graduate who used to be a TV presenter. somehow, it's completely impossible to take her remotely seriously.

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:11 pm

Ha, ha. Anna Soubry reduced to saying the opposition are making "political capital".

ie they're doing well on the issue.

Now Soubry's said Werritty is a "private individual".

He should have put that on his business card then.

Abernathy, I know, I lived in the Central region when she was on TV with Oscar the Newshound and other luminaries.

satnav · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:13 pm

The government is clearly running out of MPs willing to go on TV to try and defend the indefensible. Her performance was truly cringeworthy.

I see Cameron has also let it to Sir George Young to present the report to parliament tomorrow.

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:19 pm

Nice chap who can spend a few minutes referring to something that happened in 1978, and hope everyone's gone to sleep?

satnav · **Posted:** Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:48 pm

I think that is now the government's new media strategy. Instead of arguing with TV presenters like Paxman either send on a MP who is one sandwich short of a picnic or else send on Young or Hammond to bore viewers to death.

Tubby Isaacs · **Posted:** Mon Oct 31, 2011 11:49 pm

Some venture capitalist ex-mate of Liam Fox on about reducing employment legislation because "the unemployed have rights". And "the state is 50% of the economy"- that's because it's a recession, isn't it?

Now he's had a go at "it's immoral what we're doing, borrowing money". Guess who's going to be made to pay?

Actually he redeemed himself by attacking Fox at the end.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 12:02 am

Mark Serwotka just gave an impassioned, principled, angry and effective account of himself against a slimey Francis Maude, whom I'm rapidly forming an impression of as one of the most despicable, scheming, and hateful of Cameron's cronies.

Nice one, Serwotka.

mattomac · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:16 am

Nice to see Serwotka invited on to something.

Abernathy · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:35 am

mattomac wrote:

Nice to see Serwotka invited on to something.

Don't tell me - he's a Taff. :wink:

mattomac · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 4:34 am

He's Irish isn't he?

And I was a former member of the PCS

Picklechu2 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 13, 2008 10:01 pm **Posts:** 639

Cardiff boy isn't he, Serwotka? I find him extremely likeable. He is the antithesis of Bob Crow!

mattomac · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 1:10 pm

Why the hell did I think he was Irish?

On the flip side apparently we share the same birthday

oboogie · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:13 pm

mattomac wrote:

Why the hell did I think he was Irish?

On the flip side apparently we share the same birthday

He's descended from the Wicklow Serwotkas Matt.

mattomac · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2011 11:50 am

Ah that clan....

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