Did any one see the interview with Tebbit the other night. He was asked whether he thought Portillo would make a good leader of the party. "There must be some one within the party who is more normal than him. Duncan-Smith for example, good defence background and a man with a family "

No surrender, from the man once thought to be right wing of a dalek.

Private Eye is talking about who is to be elected as new captain of the Titanic, very good. I'd love it, just love it if Anne Widdicombe could become leader. Private Eye calls her Doris Karloff, which seems very unfair.

-- Anonymous, June 13, 2001

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Ageing party

-- Anonymous, June 13, 2001

He's called "Portillione" on Radio 2's Hudd-lines program - cue music from The Godfather.
He just looks like a bad 'B' movie actor to me.

-- Anonymous, June 13, 2001

Widdicombe scares me...not her politics (which make me laugh, or her desperate oh-so seriousness that makes me chuckle too) just the look of her. Shudder The stuff of nightmares. Port-a-loo is very clever and cunning. S**t Back stabbing ahoy!

-- Anonymous, June 13, 2001

you have heard the 'why is a tight rope walker like a blow job from Anne Widdecombe' joke ..... you mustn't look down

-- Anonymous, June 13, 2001

It's funny that the likes of Redwood still think the answer to there problems is to go further to the right.

-- Anonymous, June 13, 2001

but it is so like Tony Benn abd his cronies after 1983 when Labour had to become more socialist to get back into power. Need to learn from history, or hopefully not.

The average age of the Conservative party members who will elect their leader is 65. Dodgy statistics I know, but for every 21 year old there should roughly be two 87 year olds ??

-- Anonymous, June 13, 2001

The lesson of history is that man does not learn the lesson of history.

-- Anonymous, June 13, 2001

A man brought a very limp dog into the veterinary clinic. As he lay the dog on the table, the doctor pulled out his stethoscope, placing the receptor on the dog's chest. After a moment or two, the vet shook his head sadly and said, "I'm sorry, but your dog has passed away." "What?" screamed the man. "How can you tell? You haven't done any testing on him or anything. I want another opinion!" With that, the vet turned and left the room. In a few moments, he returned with a Labrador Retriever. The Retriever went right to work, checking the poor dead dog out thoroughly. After a considerable amount of sniffing, the Retriever sadly shook his head and said, "Bark". The veterinarian then took the Labrador out and returned in a few moments with a cat, who also checked out the poor dog on the table. As had his predecessors, the cat sadly shook his head and said, "Meow." He then jumped off the table and ran out of the room. The veterinarian handed the man a bill for $600. The dog's owner went postal. "$600! Just to tell me my dog is dead? This is Outrageous!" The vet shook his head sadly and explained. "If you had taken my word for it, it would have been $50, but with the Lab work and the cat scan..."

-- Anonymous, June 14, 2001

Widdecombe comment today .... “Ken is a formidable man. If he decides to stand for leader, I shall consider my position,”

see she has heard the joke too

-- Anonymous, June 14, 2001

Curious how Clarke would juggle his pro-euro convictions with the visceral hatred much of his party have for the currency. What a mess they're in, difficult not to enjoy the spectacle.

-- Anonymous, June 14, 2001