Friday, May 05, 2006

Margaret Beckett Makes an Ass of Geoff Hoon


Geoff Hoon's appetite for humiliation is endless. At 9.30 this morning he was going to be Joint-Foreign Secretary, taking charge of our relations with Europe. At 10.30, after Margaret Beckett had 'bridled' at being 'harnessed' alongside Mr Hoon it was said he would attend cabinet but not have full Secretary of State status. At 11.30 it was said he "would attend Cabinet only when needed". Methinks Beckett and Hoon may not be ideal 'stablemates'. It seems Number Ten was caught on the 'hoof' at Mrs Beckett's reacion to being 'saddled' with Mr Hoon. Hat-tip to Steve Bell and Matt Buck for graphics

PS Anyone like to come up with more Margaret Beckett 'horse' jokes?

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Alan Clarke once described her as a "horse-faced minx" - the man was a comedy genius.

Anonymous said...

Maybe we should call her Pegasus, the flying horse.

Guido Fawkes said...

David ** CLAPS **

dearieme said...

It would be infantile to mock Mrs Horse-face's looks in a world of grown-up politics. But this is New Labour.

Anonymous said...

Sharing my office and cabinet seat with Hoon, Tony?

Neigh, Neigh and Thrice Neigh!

Anonymous said...

Now I think about it, if She's the Horse and He's the Ass, who is the Mule?

Clippety clop!

Anonymous said...

Looks like Blairs trying to flog two dead hoses

Chris Palmer said...

New Labour ministers tend to prattle on and on and on... Margaret Beckett on the NHS often talked so much she made herself horse.

Anonymous said...

How about the classic German one:

'Da steht ein Pferd auf'm Flur'

('There is a horse in the hallway. ')

Explanation for the Brits: It is funny because it is so NOT funny.

Anonymous said...

If we're switching to german non-humour; how about:

Mein beutelmaus hat verstopfung.

(with all due apologies to Monty Python)

RM

Anonymous said...

"At least Caligula only made his horse a senator, Blair's gone and made his Foreign Secretary".

Pinched from http://partyreptile.blogspot.com/2006/05/getting-blood-transfusion-from-mummy.html