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AbsolutPurple Posted Sat 14 Jul, 2007 7:18 PM |
Here's how Alistair Campbell (Mr Spin Doctor) called his :
Flaubert warned us that by dint of railing at idiots, one risks becoming idiotic oneself. But Campbell has never been shy of taking that risk. Throughout the book he employs the same manly phrases to praise the few people he likes: Glenn Hoddle is "a decent bloke", Prince Charles "a fairly decent bloke", Robert Janvin, the Queen's secretary, "a thoroughly decent bloke". Geoff Hoon is not only "pretty much a total Blairite" but also "a decent bloke". The MP Bruce Grocott is "always so supportive of me," and, by chance, "such a lovely bloke". But most people Campbell meets come in for some pretty vigorous towel-snapping. Mo Mowlam is "unbelievably up herself". Martin Sixsmith is "a twat". Adam Boulton is at one moment "total scum", then later born again as "a total cunt". Clare Short turns his stomach. Worse, she cannot "recalibrate to circumstances". Bernard Ingham is "a silly old fucker", Roy Hattersley "a fat pompous bugger", Matthew Parris "a little shit", Simon Jenkins "a total wanker", while George Robertson has "a real problem on the blather front". |
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Tianyan Posted Sat 14 Jul, 2007 7:25 PM |
Wow! You are knowledgable! You bought the diary? He is a politician...I don't expect anything less...especially one who has being knocked off his throne, wounded and bitter therefore..ready to bite any any opportunity...
I might buy the book for my dad for his Bday...what do you think? |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Sat 14 Jul, 2007 7:27 PM |
didn't buy the book but read the review in the Guardian
thought you read the Guardian too ??? |
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Tianyan Posted Sat 14 Jul, 2007 7:28 PM |
| I do...though I only read it in school...I am not in school anymore, well, until september at least...I can never be arsed to buy it... |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Sat 14 Jul, 2007 7:30 PM |
Tianyan wrote: I do...though I only read it in school...I am not in school anymore, well, until september at least...I can never be arsed to buy it...
read it on the net ! |
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Tianyan Posted Sat 14 Jul, 2007 7:32 PM |
AbsolutPurple wrote: Tianyan wrote: I do...though I only read it in school...I am not in school anymore, well, until september at least...I can never be arsed to buy it...
read it on the net !
hahah...pwned yet agin...I read the bbc news website, that is about it...as I get too distracted by this site...reading the bbc one is just about the vaguely educational thing I can do whilst online... |
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