He’s actually going!

Just seen on the BBC: Gordon Brown ‘stepping down as Labour leader’ The one eyed loon is actually leaving Downing street, of course it throws the horse trading with the LibDems wide open again and may yet result in Labour staying somewhat in power for a while at least. But I’ll take solace where I can find it and that the one eyed Scottish idiot is leaving is worth a drink in my book. +10

Are they related?

Just over 400 years a after the last man to enter Parliament with honest intentions, someone who looks an awful lot like him is trying to get in by more orthodox means. Old Holborn is standing as the Jury Team candidate for Cambridge – get the low down on his official profile here. Hopefully he’ll do better than the man whose visage he shares. +10

In other news…

Obviously the big story at the moment is four ministers taking cash for access the defence of which was that that they were variously lying or should not be given credibility (Guido has a petiton). So that’s reassuring then we don’t need to worry about ministers offering to take cash for access as they’re either mad or lying (or possibly both) – but still fit to govern whilst exceeding the government’s recommended weekly alcohol limit (which is much cheaper to do in the subsidised bars in the houses of Parliament). Whilst that’s been going on Gordon has re-announced plans to … Continue reading