Scot Free-ish

Just for a wee moment there I thought that

Idi Amin wasn't going to be the last

King of Scotland

after all.

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Who Dares Spins

The difference between Damian McBride and me is:

he's a prick.

And I'm a holier-than-thou prick.

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Skeletons In The Cupboard Coming Home To Roost*

And the spins of the father will be visited on the son.

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* Credit Tom Stoppard.

See Also: Picture Of The Year 2009

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Shadow Of His Former Self

Someone really does need to

take the rise out of me.

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Friends [The One Where They Screwed Each Other]

And, of course, Gordon will be my

Finance Minister.

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Clone Of Brown

BROWN: One day, Ed, all this will be yours.

Then four months later it will all be mine again.

By proxy.

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see also: Red In Tooth And Claws

2010: Picture Of The Year

Bigotted Old Woman

explains politics to Gillian Duffy.

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Backbench Rebellion

And I would say this to the House:

bollocks to you all.

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Fun Times

They always said the creation of

New Labour

would be a roller-coaster ride.

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link: Fun Times

*

You're History

I didn't go into politics to win

popularity polls.

Anyway, in my head I'm the best

Prime Minister ever.

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link: You're History

*

That Harry Lime Moment

I came back.... to haunt you.

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New Labour, Old Habits... 4

BROWN: So, Ed, I could play Damian McBride

to your Gordon...

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see also:

New Labour, Old Habits... 1

New Labour, Old Habits... 2

New Labour, Old Habits... 3

&

Picture Of The Year 2009

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Grown-ups In Power

BROWN: Here's the deal:

You run the country then I'll ruin it.

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The Brownfather

BLAIR: The day I woke up to this I knew I couldn't resist Gordon anymore.

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Futile. Finished. Fucked.

When I said: "I've been humiliated enough"

I forgot there'd be memoirs.

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see also:  The Battle For Labour's Soul

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Electoral Reform

Vote Cameron Get Clegg.

Vote Clegg Get Cameron.

Vote Brown Get Stuffed.

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Happy Man Be His Dole, Say I [Henry 1Vth pt one]

And it falls to me to announce that

the jobless figures have just

increased by one.

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Who Needs Votes?

CAMPBELL:  Why didn't the Party like our deal on electoral reform?

MANDELSON:  Search me. Having a completely unelected parliament

seems perfectly reasonable.

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R.I.P.

I saved the world - and they still

buried me.

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Leadership Bid

Must practice my Gordon Brown face.

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