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Sack Brian Hire Boff

July 7th, 2009 2 Comments

If there’s one Conservative Assembly Member who seems to command widespread respect even amongst the opposition, it’s Andrew Boff.  Zero cost on the itemised expenses, too.
If there’s one Conservative Assembly Member who seems to command no respect at all even within his own party, it’s Brian ‘Mean Mr. Mustard’ Coleman.  Itemised expenses, as yet, unavailable.
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Next Boris Reshuffle – New Safe Pair Of Hands?

July 7th, 2009 No Comments

If you’re looking for a solid, popular right-winger who’s currently looking for work and is guaranteed to cause fewer bad headlines than Brian ‘Mad, Bad or Sad’ Coleman, there’s one stand-out candidate:

Come on, Boris. You know it makes sense.
[image via J.delanoy and wikipedia]

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Expenses: Cough ‘Em Up, BriCo

July 6th, 2009 2 Comments

Boris’s astonishingly bad choice of lieutenants took a new twist today when all but one Assembly Member published their expenses on line.  The exception was the only one Boris picked for a role other than the statutory Deputy Mayor, Richard Barnes, which he has to.  It is, of course, tubby Barnet petrolhead and chair of [...]

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