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Come Inside... => The Commons => Topic started by: Barman on February 01, 2012, 11:34:27 AM

Title: Fred the Shred
Post by: Barman on February 01, 2012, 11:34:27 AM
There are lots of things going on in the UK that elevate the temperature of my urine towards 100°C....  Angry9:

But this Fred de-knighthood malarkey surely sums up the desperately shameful state of politics in the UK.  noooo:

What a ridiculously sad state of affairs it is.
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Nick on February 01, 2012, 11:38:01 AM
Who gave him the knighthood? McBroon! WHo gave him the pension? McBroon. Who wanted him stripped of it? NuLiebour

Meanwhile:
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http://order-order.com/2012/02/01/above-retribution/ (http://order-order.com/2012/02/01/above-retribution/)
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: The Moan Ranger on February 01, 2012, 11:41:02 AM
CJ sums it up nicely

http://www.grumpieroldmen.co.uk/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28644&p=466250#p466250 (http://www.grumpieroldmen.co.uk/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28644&p=466250#p466250)
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Barman on February 01, 2012, 11:42:29 AM
Who gave him the knighthood? McBroon! WHo gave him the pension? McBroon. Who wanted him stripped of it? NuLiebour

Meanwhile:
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http://order-order.com/2012/02/01/above-retribution/ (http://order-order.com/2012/02/01/above-retribution/)

Zakly...

He's actually done nothing illegal yet he is kicked out of the Lords while the other criminals stay on....

Shame on hypocritical Labour and even more shame on spineless Cameron....

Obo sums him up well...

Quote from: Obo the Clown
If the massively-foreheaded douchebag actually was a Tory, he would have turned around in the face of all this public fauxtrage and said: "These deals were agreed by Labour when they were in government and I can't understand why they're complaining now." And continued to honour the deals.

If he was an astute politician, he would have said: "These deals were a bad deal done by Labour and I'm calling time on them behalf of the hard-working taxpayer." At least that way, he would have still been a massive cunt, but he would have been able to garner some plaudits for his actions.

But because he's a slippery social democrat weasel who has nothing more in mind than to one day be able to say "I was Prime Minister, you know!" he has opted for the weakest possible option: to bow to manufactured outrage and use it as a diversion for some of his other unprincipled actions. It speaks volumes that the only thieving shit who is claiming any victory over this is Ed fucking Miliband!
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Nick on February 01, 2012, 11:44:10 AM
Um, he wasn't in the Lords  ::)
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Barman on February 01, 2012, 11:45:15 AM
Um, he wasn't in the Lords  ::)

Knighthood - you know what I meant!  lol:
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Darwins Selection on February 01, 2012, 11:46:11 AM
Um, he wasn't in the Lords  ::)
Yet. . .

Simple solution is not to accept a knighthood in the first place.

It worked for me.  whistle:
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Nick on February 01, 2012, 11:47:14 AM
 Popcorn:
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Barman on February 01, 2012, 11:49:01 AM
Um, he wasn't in the Lords  ::)
Yet. . .

Simple solution is not to accept a knighthood in the first place.

It worked for me.  whistle:

Sir Darwin! worthy:
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Nick on February 01, 2012, 12:15:14 PM
For services to the turnip industry? rubschin:
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Snoopy on February 01, 2012, 03:32:26 PM
Not to mention his invaluable work as a pedant. DS for PM says I.

If DS doesn't fancy the job I'd vote for Boris ~ there is more to that man than he lets on.
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Just One More on February 01, 2012, 06:54:56 PM
Um, he wasn't in the Lords  ::)
Yet. . .

Simple solution is not to accept a knighthood in the first place.

It worked for me.  whistle:

"Nearly once a knight Darwin"
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Nick on February 01, 2012, 07:25:24 PM
At my age once a night is enough  Snoopysick:
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Pastis on February 03, 2012, 05:15:33 PM
Since RBS is now back in profit and as UK tax payers we own a big lump of it... where's my divvi? Eh?
Title: Re: Fred the Shred
Post by: Snoopy on February 04, 2012, 09:59:25 AM
Since RBS is now back in profit and as UK tax payers we own a big lump of it... where's my divvi? Eh?

Amazingly, although the Govt has no money of its own and used our money to bale out the banks I understand that any profit from the sale of the shares, dividends payable thereon etc will in fact go straight into the Treasury. Well, that's a surprise!  ::)