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Re: New Year, same tories (none / 0)

It's not because he went dressed as Madeleine, but his description of the disguise that is very offensive:

He said his costume would include "pink pyjamas, a teddy bear and a vial of fake blood".

This bloke has a brilliant career ahead of him. He might be the next Boris Johnson.

Most economists teach a theoretical framework that has been shown to be fundamentally useless. -- James K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 01:56:30 PM EST
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Re: New Year, same tories (none / 1)

The worst aspect of this is that you're probably right. I don't know how people can even imagine ideas like that, let alone see them through. What was he thinking ? Or more likely we ask how much coke do you have to ingest before that seems like a good idea ?

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:01:39 PM EST
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Re: New Year, same tories (none / 0)

That's not a coke idea. That's medication.

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 02:42:50 PM EST
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