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Very good piece in the Times as well today about the shortcomings in the Tory "efficiency savings" mantra. Anyone who has worked for the public sector as a contractor will be aware of how very unlikely it is that savings can easily be made in the recalcitrant public sector without a terrifying struggle against vested interests, including many commercial vested interests. It won't be easy and the Tories should stop making it sound as though it will be.
Paint my smile on please.
ReplyDeleteNulabour doesn't do airbrushing.
ReplyDeletecovering up the plastic-ness of NEW labour and replacing it with a granite gloss
ReplyDelete"A brush with danger"
ReplyDeleteaaaaaaaaaah.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry El Presidente Mandelson but we really can't polish a turd.
ReplyDeleteDavid Ike is vindicated as proof that we really are ruled by lizards wearing make-up emerges.
ReplyDeletedon't tar me with same brush
ReplyDeleteLet's just airbrush out that toothbrush moustache...
ReplyDeletearchaeologist descover the last new labour relic
ReplyDeletemadame tussauds dust off their latest chamber of horrors waxwork....
ReplyDeleteA bit more please, some scales are still showing.
ReplyDelete...just going to powder my nose...
ReplyDeleteCameron's instructions to make up were simple: make me look like someone who knows what he's talking about.
ReplyDelete"Don't bother with any foundation; instead add loads of concealer - just like NuLabour."
ReplyDeleteBetter than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick!
ReplyDeleteThat's just a wax figure. Stop dusting it and get over here!
ReplyDeleteA few finishing touches, a quick final polish and - shazzam - the Neo-Liberal Tory Mark II Labour Pretender is once more on the loose.
ReplyDelete@Jimmy and DL. How about this caption. Mandy says "take it off the dropping completely, I didn't realise that little bird hated me so much"
ReplyDeleteIsn't he as fake as the latest missing link discovery?
ReplyDeletePress harder and Roboliar will activate.
ReplyDelete"Is it Boots No 7?"
ReplyDeleteSorry m'Lord, the turd polish doesnt seem to be working.
ReplyDeleteOnly if it's Badger
ReplyDeleteHang on, I’m having a Twigg moment..
ReplyDeleteThe evil, it won't come off
ReplyDeleteWhere's my f**king crisps?
ReplyDeleteArchaeologists have uncovered astonishing evidence that 21st century politicians were incapable of telling the truth.
ReplyDeleteMake up artist: "If a picture paints a thousand words
ReplyDeleteThen why can't I paint you
The turds will never show
The you I've come to know..."
Mandy: "Isn't the third line supposed to start with Words?"
Make up artist: "Don't interrupt while I'm polishing."
Excuse O/T extra but there's a new possible explanation for Foy...
http://cazzyjones.blogspot.com/2010/04/weekend-is-here-one-mandelson-and-his.html
The front page of The Times as a very unnerving photo.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
Catch it while you can - the last time I saw someone pose like this he was wearing long johns in a Littlewoods catalogue.
Mandleson: "I want to look more honest."
ReplyDeletePlastic surgeon: "Well, I could take your second face off."
What about something biblical?
ReplyDeleteSuch as: "Removing the plank in your own eye before the mote in others"?
Thanks trevorsden, that's hilarious! Rogue Male!
ReplyDeleteVery good piece in the Times as well today about the shortcomings in the Tory "efficiency savings" mantra. Anyone who has worked for the public sector as a contractor will be aware of how very unlikely it is that savings can easily be made in the recalcitrant public sector without a terrifying struggle against vested interests, including many commercial vested interests. It won't be easy and the Tories should stop making it sound as though it will be.
ReplyDeleteWouldnt you know it. You getting ready for an interview and you have one of those 'All About Mary' moments
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